Volkmar Lauber

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Volkmar Lauber (born December 8, 1944 in Wels ) is an Austrian lawyer and political scientist .

academic career

Lauber studied law and French from 1962 to 1968 at the University of Vienna and graduated with a Dr. iur. from. His original career aspiration was a diplomat . In parallel to his studies, he worked as an academic translator in French between 1966 and 1968. In 1968 and 1969 he completed stays abroad on a scholarship, working at the two Paris- based institutions Institut d'études politiques de Paris and Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales . In 1970 he received his Master of Laws from Harvard University and was enrolled at the University of North Carolina from 1972 to 1976 . In 1977 he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science . He then became a junior professor. After further positions at the University of South Florida and the West Virginia Wesleyan College , he became an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center in 1979 , where he taught "European Studies". From 1980 to 1982 he was an assistant professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College. In 1982 he was finally appointed professor for political science at the University of Salzburg and remained so until his retirement in 2013.

In research, Lauber was mainly active in the field of energy policy . a. researched on climate policy , renewable energies and peak oil . Of particular importance was his collaboration with the Swedish political scientist Stafan Jacobssen authored and 2006 in the journal Energy Policy published essay The politics and policy of energy system transformation - Explaining the German diffusion of renewable energy technology , which in around 600 to August 2015 scientific publications was quoted . His teaching activities also included comparative political science and public policy , particularly in the fields of energy and the environment .

Publications

Monographs

  • The Political Economy of France. From Pompidou to Mitterrand , Praeger, New York 1983, ISBN 978-0030636912 .
  • The Politics of Economic Policy. France 1976-1982 , Washington DC 1983.

Editing

  • Herbert Dachs , Peter Gerlich , Herbert Gottweis , Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller , Emmerich Tálos (eds.), Politics in Austria. Das Handbuch , Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-214-07680-9 .
  • Volkmar Lauber (ed.), Switching to Renewable Power. A Framework for the 21st Century , London, Earthscan, 2005, ISBN 978-1844072415 .
  • Artur Mol, Volkmar Lauber, Duncan Liefferink (eds), The Voluntary Approach to Environmental Policy , Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000.
  • Volkmar Lauber (ed.), Contemporary Austrian Politics , Boulder: Westview Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0813328904 .
  • Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Franz Horner, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Talos (eds.): Handbook of the Political System of Austria , Vienna 1997, ISBN 978-3214059675 .

Articles in specialist journals (selection)

  • Volkmar Lauber, Staffan Jacobsson, The politics and economics of constructing, contesting and restricting socio-political space for renewables - The German Renewable Energy Act . In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (2015), doi : 10.1016 / j.eist.2015.06.005 .
  • Aviel Verbruggen, Volkmar Lauber, Assessing the performance of renewable electricity support instruments . In: Energy Policy 45, (2012), 635–644, doi : 10.1016 / j.enpol.2012.03.014 .
  • Volkmar Lauber, The European Experience with Renewable Energy Support Schemes and Their Adoption: Potential Lessons for Other Countries . In: Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review 2, (2011), 121-133.
  • Volkmar Lauber, Elisa Schenner, The Struggle over Support Schemes for Renewable Electricity in the European Union: A Discursive-Institutionalist Analysis . In: Environmental Politics 20, Issue 4, (2011), 508-527, doi : 10.1080 / 09644016.2011.589578 .
  • Aviel Verbruggen, Volkmar Lauber, Basic concepts for designing renewable electricity support aiming at a full-scale transition by 2050 . In: Energy Policy , 37, Issue 12 (2009), 5732-5743, doi : 10.1016 / j.enpol.2009.08.044 .
  • Staffan Jacobsson, Anna Bergek, Dominique Finon, Volkmar Lauber, Catherine Mitchell, David Toke, Aviel Verbruggen, EU Renewable Energy Support Policy: Faith or Facts? . In: Energy Policy 37, Edition 6, (2009), 2143–2146, doi : 10.1016 / j.enpol.2009.02.043 .
  • Volkmar Lauber, Staffan Jacobsson, The politics and policy of energy system transformation - explaining the German diffusion of renewable energy technology . In: Energy Policy 34, Edition 3, (2006) 256–276, doi : 10.1016 / j.enpol.2004.08.029 .
  • Volkmar Lauber, REFIT and RPS: options for a harmonized community framework . In: Energy Policy 32, Edition 12, (2004), 1405–1414, doi : 10.1016 / S0301-4215 (03) 00108-3 .
  • Volkmar Lauber, Changing Priorities in Austrian Economic Policy , In: West European Politics 15, Issue 1 (1992), 147–172.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The oldest professor in Salzburg . In: Salzburger Nachrichten , October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Google scholar . Retrieved August 10, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Lauber, Volkmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH catfish