Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Government. Michael studies comparative environmental politics with a broad interest in the challenges and strategies related to adopting timely policy responses to environmental change. His research focuses primarily on policy advocacy, including corporate lobbying on climate change, transnational advocacy networks, and the innovation and diffusion of environmental policy. Michael has published his work in the American Journal of Political Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and other peer-reviewed journals.

Research interests

• Environmental politics and policy
• Comparative public policy
• Policy advocacy and lobbying
• Political networks
• Policy innovation and diffusion

Selected publications

• Lerner, Michael. Forthcoming. “Local power: Understanding the adoption and design of county wind energy regulation.” Review of Policy Research.
• Cory, Jared, Michael Lerner, and Iain Osgood. 2021. “Supply Chain Linkages and the Extended Carbon Coalition.” American Journal of Political Science. 65(1):69–87.
• Guess, Andrew M., Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, and Neelanjan Sircar. 2020. “A Digital Media Literacy Intervention Increases Discernment between Mainstream and False News in the United States and India.” Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. 117(27):15536–15545.
• Lerner, Michael, Ryo Fujikura, Mikiyasu Nakayama, and Manami Fujikura. 2016. “The Influence of Limits to Growth and Global 2000 on U.S. Environmental Governance.” International Journal of Social Science Studies 4(8):52–63.