SPOKESMEN COUNCIL
Professorship in Social Psychology, TU Chemnitz
has been Junior Professor of Social Psychology at TU Chemnitz since April 2015. His research focuses on ideological attitudes (authoritarianism & social dominance orientation) and biases, fundamental dimensions of social judgement and discrimination, integroup contact as well as integroup conflicts and emotions towards groups.
Selected Publications
(2017) Grenzfiguren – Zur politischen Theorie des Flüchtlings. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
(2016) ‘On Border Subjects: Rethinking the Figure of the Refugee and the Undocumented Migrant’, Constellations 23(1), 36-57.
Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM), Berlin
has been junior research group leader at the Center for Integration Studies at the TU Dresden since January 2018. After an apprenticeship as a landscape gardener, she studied landscape planning at the TU Berlin and earned her doctorate in architecture. The central topic of her research is the connection between urban reproduction, social coexistence and racism or (post)colonialism. Her work focuses on postcolonial urban research, migrant-diasporic memory politics, critical integration research and racism critique, post- and decolonial theory and practice.
Selected Publications
(2019) mit: Fallon Tiffany Cabral , Kerti Puni-Specht, Tran Thu Trang: „Kulturproduktion und Selbstorganisierung im Spannungsfeld von Exotisierung und Rassismuskritik: Asiatische Deutsche im Blick“, in Best Practice!? Theoretische Reflexionen, didaktisch-methodische Konzepte und Erfahrungen zu rassismuskritischer Bildungsarbeit. Fereidooni, Karim und Stefan Hößl (Hrsg.). Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau-Verlag.
(2017) „Zur Kolonialität des Städtischen“, in Decolonize the City! Zur Kolonialität der Stadt – Gespräche | Aushandlungen | Perspektiven. Zwischenraum Kollektiv (Hrsg.). Münster: UNRAST-Verlag.
Hannah Arendt Institute for the Research on Totalitarianism, Dresden
focuses on right-wing extremism, xenophobia, and political culture in Germany and has written extensively on these issues. He cofounded the Working Group for Comparative Dictatorship and Extremism Research at the German Political Science Association (DVPW) and was its spokesman between 2003 and 2012. Kailitz was also one of the four expert witnesses appointed by the Federal Constitutional Court in the NPD ban proceedings 2013–2017.
Selected Publications
(2019) Im Namen des Volkes. Warum AfD-Spitzenpolitiker wie die Nationalsozialisten reden – und was Demokraten dagegen unternehmen können, in: Spiegel vom 21.12.2019
(2020) Sachsen – eine Hochburg des Rechtsextremismus? (Hrsg. zusammen mit Uwe Backes) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Faculty of Theology, Leipzig University
Gert Pickel’s research is centered on the areas of political culture and sociology of religion. He has published on islamophobia and perception of out-groups. As evidenced by respective textbooks, Pickel has extensive expertise in the empirical attitude research and social research methods in political science. He is the board member of the Center for the Study of Right-Wing Extremism and Democracy.
Selected Publications
( 2015) Politische Soziologie – Ein Einführung in Theorien und empirische Ergebnisse. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
(2013) Religion und Politik im vereinigten Deutschland. Was bleibt von der Rückkehr des Religiösen? Wiesbaden: VS Verlag (with O. Hidalgo, eds)
Professorship in Methods of Empirical Social Research, Marburg University
researches on integration of migrants and minorities in European societies, with particular interest in the interplay of individual factors on the one hand and group- and country-specific contexts on the other. She has published extensively on socio-cultural integration of migrants, specifically on attitudes regarding gender roles and homosexuality and the effects of discrimination. International comparisons based on secondary data sets and data collection among mobile and hard-to-reach populations are at the center of her research.
Selected Publications
(2015) ‘Immigrants’ attitudes towards homosexuality: The role of religion, origin country socialisation, and acculturation’, International Migration Review 49(4), 1042-1070.
(2014) ‘Are they acculturating? Europe’s immigrants and gender egalitarianism’, Social Forces 92(3), 899-928 (with P. Mühlau).
FURTHER MEMBERS
deputy director at Hannah Arendt Institute for the Research on Totalitarianism, Dresden // apl. Prof. at the Institute for Political Science, TU Dresden
researches on extremism and politically motivated violence in Germany and Europe from a comparative perspective. Recently, he has conducted a research project on right-wing motivated multiple offenders in Saxony. He is the co-editor of the Yearbook Extremism and Democracy and the same-titled publication series at Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Selected Publications
(2014) Rechts motivierte Mehrfach- und Intensivtäter in Sachsen. Göttingen: V&R unipress (with A. Haase/M. Logvinov/M. Mletzko/J. Stoye).
(2012) The Extreme Right in Europe. Current Trends and Perspectives. Göttingen: V&R unipress (with P. Moreau).
Dr. phil. Anne-Coralie Bonnaire
Associate member of staff (ESF-sponsored project „Academic Integration“),
Junior professorship of intercultural competence, TU Chemnitz
holds a PhD in Communication and Media Studies. Since May 2016 she has been a part of the project “Promotion of international students’ academic integration”. She pursued her trinational Master-studies of intercultural and communication studies in France, Germany and Bulgaria. Her work experience includes Project officer for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bulgaria and French-German collaboration officer at the Picardy Regional Parliament.
Selected Publications
(2018) «L’image de l’Europe dans les télévisions régionales en France et en Allemagne», Les Essentiels d’Hermès, Paris: CNRS..
(2017) «Pegida, AfD: les discours de peur en Allemagne», in Rouet Gilles (Hg.), In/comunications Européennes, S. 87–91. Paris: CNRS.
Center for the Study of Right-Wing Extremism and Democracy, Leipzig University
researches on the effects of social crises and transformations on society members using qualitative and quantitative methods of empirical social research. One of his focus areas are “Mitte” surveys – carried out at Leipzig University since 2002 – which explore political attitudes in Germany. He is the spokesman of the Center for the Study of Right-Wing Extremism and Democracy (KReDo).
Selected Publications
(2016) Comparative Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism in Europe. New York: Routledge (with J. Kiess/E. Brähler, eds).
(2016) Extremismus in Sachsen. Ansätze. Befunde. Beispiele. Leipzig: Seemann Henschel (with G. Pickel).
Department of Psychology, Leipzig University
is Professor of Social Psychology (Leipzig University) and member of the Center for the Study of Right-Wing Extremism and Democracy (KReDo). He researches and teaches on processes in and between groups (e.g. conflicts, collective thinking and action), motivated social cognition (e.g. effects of threats, need for control and action ability) as well as social psychology of ecological crisis. His research is quantitative and experimental.
Selected Publications
(2016) Comparative Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism in Europe. New York: Routledge (with J. Kiess/E. Brähler, eds).
(2016) Extremismus in Sachsen. Ansätze. Befunde. Beispiele. Leipzig: Seemann Henschel (with G. Pickel).
Professorship Political Theory and the History of Ideas, TU Chemnitz
is a political scientist and historian working in the field of contemporary history and researching primarily on the questions of political thinking and intellectuals in the 20th century. He is deeply interested in the perception of cesura and intellectual processing of personal turning points in the repeatedly exploding realms of experience during “The Age of Extremes” (Eric Hobsbawm). Prof. Gallus has also dealt with outlier and the third way positions as well as challenges of exile and transnational linkages. Recently his publication “Meinhof, Mahler, Ensslin. Die Akten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” has received wide public attention.
Selected Publications
(2016) Politikwissenschaftliche Passagen. Deutsche Streifzüge zur Erkundung eines Faches. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag (ed.).
(2015) Zur Historisierung und Aktualität des 20. Jahrhunderts. Signaturen quer zu den großen politischen Ordnungssystemen und Narrativen, Jahrbuch Extremismus und Demokratie 27, 13-32.
Research Associate, Chair for Central and Eastern European Studies, TU Chemnitz
deals with questions of political culture and democracy quality in East Central Europe, primarily with the impact of populism on representative democracy of the western type. Since the begin of Pegida demonstrations, Kocyba researches on right-wing protest movements und scientific approaches to racist dispositions in the society. He has been the board member of the Institute for Protest and Social Movement Research since 2006 and is the co-author of the institute’s study “Protestforschung am Limit”.
Selected Publications
(2016) Über die ‚Veredelung des empirisch vorfindbaren Rassismus‘. Anmerkungen zu aktuellen Dresdner Studien über Pegida. In: J. Klose/W. Schmitz (eds): Freiheit, Angst und Provokation. Dresden: Thelem, 187-237.
(2016) Wieso PEGIDA keine Bewegung harmloser, besorgter Bürger ist. In: K.-S. Rehberg/F. Kunz/T. Schlinzig (eds): PEGIDA: Rechtspopulismus zwischen Fremdenangst und ‚Wende‘-Enttäuschung? Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 147-163.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. habil. Tom Mannewitz
Junior Professorship in Political Science Research Methods, TU Chemnitz
focuses in his primarily comparative research on political extremism and democracy, political culture in Germany as well as methods of political science (including macro-qualitative methods, concept and indicator research). In 2014, he habilitated with a work on reconceptualization and regionalization of political culture in Germany. He currently holds Junior Professorship in Research Methods of Political Science at TU Chemnitz.
Selected Publications
(2015) Politische Kultur und demokratischer Verfassungsstaat. Ein subnationaler Vergleich zwei Jahrzehnte nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
(2015) ‘Jenseits von „Islamismus“, „Links-“ und „Rechtsextremismus“ – eine gefahrenorientierte Extremismustypologie’, Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 5, 61-87.
PD Dr. habil. Isabelle-Christine Panreck
Hannah Arendt Institute for the Research on Totalitarianism, Dresden
is a political scientist and researcher on populism and democracy. Her work focuses on measures of democracy education in and out of school in an international perspective, with particular attention to the comparison of Great Britain and Germany. In 2019/20, she was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Selected Publications
(2020) Populismus – Staat – Demokratie. Ein interdisziplinäres Streitgespräch. Wiesbaden: Springer VS (Hrsg.).
(2020) Zulasten zivilgesellschaftlicher Freiräume? Staatlich geförderte Demokratiebildung in Großbritannien. In: Zeitschrift für Politik 67 (4), 437-454.
Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden
is interested in questions of validity at the interface of politics and law. His theory setting works are based on large empirical studies. Since 2014, Steven Schäller enlarged his research focus working on comparative democracy and social movement research as well as on players from the right-wing populist movement and the New Right.
Selected Publications
(2018) PEGIDA and New Right-Wing Populism in Germany. London: Palgrave Macmillan (together with H. Vorländer and M. Herold).
(2016) Föderalismus und Souveränität im Bundesstaat. Ideengeschichtliche Grundlagen und die Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Professorship social policy education, College of the Saxonian Police (FH)
is since 2017 professor for social policy education at the College of the Saxonian Police (FH). He studied political science, sociology and geography at Technical University Chemnitz, did a doctorate in 2007 about extreme political parties in Eastern Europe, qualified as a university lecturer in 2013 by a comparative work on system changes in 1989/90. His reseach focus lies in the area of democracy, dictatorship and extremism.
Selected Publications
(2011) ‘Extremismus in den EU-Staaten’, Wiesbaden: Springer VS (Hrsg. mit E. Jesse).
(2015) ‘Extremistisches Gefahrenpotenzial – Untersuchungsgegenstand, Messung und Fallbeispiele’, Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Sonderband Extremismus 25, 37-59.
Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Leipzig University
is a research associate in the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology (Leipzig University) and member of the Center for the Study of Right-Wing Extremism and Democracy (KReDo). Since 2009, he has been researching on religious pluralism, with special attention to attitudes towards Islam and Muslims. His reseach focus lies in the area of public attitudes towards migration, particularly towards migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and religious minorities.
Selected Publications
(2016) ‘Islam als Bedrohung? Beschreibung und Erklärung von Einstellungen zum Islam im Ländervergleich’, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 1-37 (with G. Pickel).
(2016) Wer unterstützt PEGIDA und was
erklärt die Zustimmung zu den Zielen der Bewegung? In: O. Decker/J.
Kiess/E. Brähler (eds.): Die enthemmte Mitte: rechtsextreme und
autoritäre Einstellung 2016. Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag, 137-152 (with
O.Decker/E.Brähler).