Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

Dirk von Schneidemesser

Dr. Dirk von Schneidemesser

Research Associate

E-Mail

dirk [dot] vonschneidemesser [at] rifs-potsdam [dot] de

Dirk von Schneidemesser is a social scientist and research associate in the project "Co-Creation and Contemporary Policy Advice" at the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam. Before joining RIFS, he completed his dissertation on the communication of policy options for sustainable local transport at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Dirk received his M.A. from the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg and FLACSO Argentina in Buenos Aires. Dirk is part of the Berlin based initiative Changing Cities e.V. which is responsible for the co-creation of Germany's first bicycle law, passed in 2018.

  • 2013-2017 Hertie School of Governance
  • 2012-2013 University of Bamberg
  • 2011-2012 Hope Foundation
  • 2010-2010 UNHCR Malaysia

  • Participation
  • Urban Transport
  • Local Politics
  • Civil Society

Publications at the RIFS

Publications prior to joining the RIFS

  • 2016 - 'Election campaigning enters a fourth phase: the mediatized campaign' (with A. Römmele), Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 26(4), 425-442.
  • 2013 - 'Social Sciences and Interdisciplinarity in the Era of Globalization: A New Generation of Interdisciplinarians' (with J. Baier, and A. Müller), in G. Fulquet, C. Janz, & A. Kumar (eds.), Analyzing Globalization in the 21st Century, pp. 13-28, Palm Leaf Productions, New Delhi.