Maximilan Schiffers, NRW Fellow

Maximilan Schiffers

NRW Fellow

Dr. Maximilian Schiffers is a postdoctoral researcher at the NRW School of Governance, Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include lobbying, NGOs, and interest groups, as well as public policy change and governance in a transforming society.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Duisburg-Essen (2018) and an M.A. from the University of Munich (2012).

His postdoctoral research project is titled "Politics of Change and the Politics for Transformation: A research program on the dynamics of policy change, advocacy strategies, and coordinative governance in a transforming society." As part of this project, he examines the drivers and barriers to the implementation of the Green New Deal legislation in the United States in order to identify cooperation and conflict in the implementation processes of transformative policy change. The goal is to develop impulses and implementation knowledge for practical transfer to North Rhine-Westphalia in the context of the European multi-level system.

Maximilian Schiffers is a NRW Fellow at AGI from May to June 2024.

AGI is pleased to welcome Dr. Maximilian Schiffers as an NRW Fellow at AGI from May to June 2024.

Dr. Maximilian Schiffers is a postdoctoral researcher at the NRW School of Governance, Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include lobbying, NGOs, and interest groups, as well as public policy change and governance in a transforming society.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Duisburg-Essen (2018) and an M.A. from the University of Munich (2012).

His postdoctoral research project is titled “Politics of Change and the Politics for Transformation: A research program on the dynamics of policy change, advocacy strategies, and coordinative governance in a transforming society.” As part of this project, he examines the drivers and barriers to the implementation of the Green New Deal legislation in the United States in order to identify cooperation and conflict in the implementation processes of transformative policy change. The goal is to develop impulses and implementation knowledge for practical transfer to North Rhine-Westphalia in the context of the European multi-level system.