Dr. Silke Beck
Division of Social Sciences
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Governance & Institutions
Working Group Climate Change
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1733
fax: ++49 - 341 - 235 1836
Dr. Silke Beck
Areas of Expertise & Research
- Global Environmental Assessment
- Science and Public Policy
- Science and Technology Studies
- Comparative Policy Analysis
- Environmental Governance
New Publications:
Vertrauen geschmolzen? Zur Glaubwürdigkeit der Klimaforschung. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 32-33/2010.
Moving beyond the linear model of expertise? IPCC and the test of adaptation. In: Regional Environmental Change 2010.
Eva Lövbrand, Roger Pielke, Jr., and Silke Beck (2010): A Democracy Paradox in Studies of Science and Technology. In: Science, Technology & Human Values, first published on August 26, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0162243910366154.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
since 01/2010
Research Scientist, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Politics
2005 - 2009
Research Scientist, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Economy
2004/2005
Research Scientist, Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld University
2003
Guest Researcher, New Academy of Nature and Culture, Loyola University Chicago, Ill., USA
2000 - 2003
Research Scientist, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
1999/2000
Research Fellow, Global Environmental Assessment Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge/ Ma., USA, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
1996 - 1999
Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld University, funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)
1994 - 1996
Scientific Assistant, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
1989 - 1993
Scientific Assistant/ Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg
Academic Education
10/2000
Dr. rer. soc. (~ Ph.D.) Sociology, Bielefeld University
1996
Magistra Artium Political Science/Germanistik, University of Heidelberg
Completed Projects
Membership
Reviewer for:
- GAIA
- Environmental Pollution
- Global Environmental Change
- Forest Policy and Economics
- Nature & Culture
- Science, Technology and Human Values
