Environmental policy change in Eastern Europe and Latin America against the background of political and economic liberalization

我访问罗格斯大学三个月的主要目的是写一本书的手稿，在这本书中，我研究了政治和经济自由化背景下东欧和拉丁美洲的环境政策变化。这份手稿代表了我博士论文的进一步发展，随后将提交给学术出版商。相对于博士论文的进展主要包括用于补充案例研究分析的新的经验数据。在这种情况下，这本书应该会吸引更多的读者。然而，我也想从讨论理论框架和量化分析的结果中受益。在这种情况下，我特别想知道，他们如何评价我通过环境起诉对政府执法承诺的可操作性。更笼统地说，我想提高我的数据分析技能，学习新的技术。我的第三个目标是促进康斯坦茨大学和罗格斯大学之间更紧密的合作。在最理想的情况下，我们可以发起一个关注公共政策分析的联合研究项目。这样的合作对我的康复阶段也是有利的，因为我可以处理我的部门研究没有涵盖的主题，例如评估研究。

The principal objective of my three months visit to Rutgers University is to produce a book manuscript, in which I examine environmental policy change in Eastern Europe and Latin America against the background of political and economic liberalization. The manuscript represents a further development of my doctoral thesis and shall subsequently be submitted to an academic publisher. The progress vis-à-vis the doctoral thesis mainly consists of new empirical data for a complementary case study analysis. In this vein, the book should have appeal to a larger audience. Yet, I would also like to benefit from discussing the theoretical framework and the results of the quantitative analysis. In this context, I am particularly curious to see, how they evaluate my operationalization of the governmental enforcement commitment through environmental prosecution. In more general terms, I wan to improve my data analysis skills and get learn about new techniques. My third objective is to stimulate a more intense cooperation between the University of Konstanz and Rutgers University. In the most ideal case, we could initiate a joint research project focusing on public policy analysis. Such a cooperation would also be advantageous for my habiliation phase since I could address topics which are not covered by the research of my department, such as evaluation research.