{"id":56605,"date":"2021-10-05T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=56605"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:30:58","slug":"michael-lerner","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/michael-lerner\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Lerner"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Michael Lerner is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Government at the LSE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael studies comparative environmental politics with a broad interest in the challenges and strategies related to adopting timely policy responses to environmental change. 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