Michael Krell

• since 09/2024
  Doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences on the topic: “Municipal politics of the party Freie Sachsen”
• since 05/2024
  Guest author DIE ZEIT
• since 04/2024
  Research Assistant at the Chair of Human Geography at the TU Dresden
• Winter semester 2023/24
  Lecturer at the Chair of Human Geography at the TU Dresden
• 08/2023 – 02/2024
  Teaching traineeship
• 07/2023
  First State Examination for teaching secondary level
• 2020 – 2023
  Student Assistant at the Chairs of Human Geography and Didactics of Geography at the TU Dresden
• 2017 – 2023
  Studies of Geography and History at the TU Dresden

• Political geographies of the radical right and their effects,
  Focus: Protests, discourses & local politics of the party "Freie Sachsen"

Editorial Work

• Autor*innenkollektiv Terra-R (2025): Das Ende rechter Räume: Zu Territorialisierungen der radikalen Rechten. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot. (Open-Access/Print/Review)

• Krell, Michael; Böhme, Tom (eds) (2024): Sächsische Realitäten. Analysen aktueller Protestphänomene der radikalen Rechten in Sachsen. Dresden/München: Thelem. (Open-Access/Print/Review)

Journal Papers

• Rudolph, Lisa-Marie; Rothe, Peter; Krell, Michael (2026): Der Fall "Hypezig". Analytische Perspektiven auf urbane Clubkultur zwischen alltäglicher Subjektivierung und der Verarbeitung globaler Krisen am Beispiel empirischer Untersuchungen in Leipzig. In: Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde 99 (2), 137-160. Link

• Rothe, Peter; Krell, Michael (2026): "Bayern ist die Vorstufe zum Paradies". Affektives Place-Making als populistische Mobilisierungsstrategie in den Aschermittwochsreden der CSU-Parteivorsitzenden. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung - Spatial Research and Planning 84 (2), 119-133. Link

• Krell, Michael; Nguyễn, Paul (2026): Stadt, Land, Weltverschwörung? Eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse des Aufgewacht-Magazins der radikal rechten Kleinstpartei Freie Sachsen. In: ZRex - Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung 6 (1), 56-73. Link

• Krell, Michael; Köhler, Klemens; Böhme, Tom (2025): "It determined my everyday life, it makes you just afraid". A socio-spatial investigation into the effects of freelance and local journalism on the far right in East Germany. In: Journalism Research 8 (3/4), 297-316. Link
  
  German version:  „Das hat meinen Alltag bestimmt, man hat einfach Angst". Auswirkungen freier und lokaljournalistischer Arbeit zur extremen Rechten in Ostdeutschland. In: Journalistik. Zeitschrift für Journalismusforschung 8 (3/4), 317-338. Link

• Autor*innenkollektiv Terra-R (2025): Zu Territorialisierungen der radikalen Rechten. Über die Notwendigkeit der Auseinandersetzung mit einer autoritären Formation. In: Raumentwicklung. ARL-Journal für Wissenschaft und Praxis 2025/2, S. 17-20. Link

• Krell, Michael (2025): „Stürmt mit uns die Rathäuser“. Eine skalensensible Argumentationsanalyse des sächsischen Kommunalwahlkampfes der radikal rechten Kleinstpartei Freie Sachsen im Jahr 2024. In: Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde 98 (1), 26-48. Link

• Autor*innenkollektiv Terra-R (2024): For a Non-Exceptionalist Spatial Theory of Far-Right Mobilizations. In: Essex, Jamey; Gallaher, Carolyn; Luger, Jason (eds.): Intervention Symposium "Worldbuilding and Worldbreaking: New Spatialities of the Far-Right". Antipode Online. 

• Krell, Michael; Meyer, Frank (2024): Freeports, elites, and loopholes: A socio-spatial exploration of the globalized geographies of contemporary art trade using the TPSN-heuristic. In: Erdkunde. Journal of Human and Physical Geography 78 (2), 111-128. Link 

Book Chapters

• Luger, Jason; Seichter, Zita; Krell, Michael (2026): “It is, like any space, full of possibilities”: Intrrview on spatial contestations and far-right mobilizations in the digital age. In: Burri, Regula Valérie; Göbel, Hanna; Reimers, Inga (eds.): Grounding Digitalization: Technologies, Materialities, and Spaces. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 185-199. Link

• Krell, Michael; Zschocke, Paul; Ludwig, Nils (2025): Performative Territorialisierung: von Montagsprotesten und Neo-Kameradschaften. In: Autor*innenkollektiv Terra-R: Das Ende rechter Räume: Zu Territorialisierungen der radikalen Rechten. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 51-78. Link

• Krell, Michael (2024): Sachsen First. Die Raumfrage im Grundsatzprogramm der Freien Sachsen. In: Krell, Michael/Böhme, Tom (eds): Sächsische Realitäten. Analysen aktueller Protestphänomene der radikalen Rechten in Sachsen. Dresden/München: Thelem, 62-89. Link

• Böhme, Tom; Krell, Michael (2024): Freie Sachsen: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen? – Eine Einleitung. In: Krell, Michael; Böhme, Tom (eds): Sächsische Realitäten: Analysen aktueller Protestphänomene der radikalen Rechten in Sachsen. Dresden/München: Thelem, 6-26. Link

Other scientific publications

• Schwarz, Anke; Hedtke, Christoph; Mullis, Daniel; Kübler, Felicitas; Hutta, Jan; Braun, Johann; Krell, Michael; Streule, Monika; Ludwig, Nils; Zschocke, Paul; Domann, V.; Kamuf, Viktoria; Seichter, Zita (2026): "Territorialisierungen der radikalen Rechten": Abschlussbericht des DFG-Forschungsnetzwerks. Link

Science Communication

• Krell, Michael (09.07.2026): Vom Rand in die Mitte. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (21.04.2026): Gutes Land, böse Stadt? A guest contribution. In: DIE ZEIT

• Krell, Michael (05.12.2025): Nur noch mit Pfefferspray auf die Straße. A guest contribution. In: DIE ZEIT

• Krell, Michael; Kamuf, Viktoria (17.03.2025): Zeit für das Ende rechter Räume. A guest contribution. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (29.07.2024): Freie Sachsen: War dieser Rücktritt erst der Anfang? In: Zeit Online

• Krell, Michael (13.05.2024): Angriffe auf Politiker. Wie aus radikalem Wahlkampf Gewalt wird. A guest contribution. In: DIE ZEIT

Journalistic Work

• Krell, Michael (13.05.2026): Freie Sachsen: Wo die AfD nicht extrem genug ist. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (20.03.2026): Vom "Säxit" zur etabierten Neonazipartei. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (18.02.2026): Der letzte Aufmarsch seiner Art. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (19.01.2026): Jenseits der Brandmauer. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (09.12.2025): Eine Generation junger Neonazis erfindet sich neu. In: DIE ZEIT
• Krell, Michael (22.09.2025): Wie AfD und CDU in Sachsen gemeinsam Demokratieprojekte verhindern. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (13.08.2025): Pride-Parade in Bautzen: Wie der Neonazi-Protest zur Randnotiz wurde. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (29.06.2025): So trainieren Anhänger des Dritten Wegs für den Straßenkampf. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (28.05.2025): Wenn die Kommunalpolitik nach rechts kippt. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (26.03.2025): Junge Neonazis halten den Dresdner Opfermythos am Leben. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (29.01.2025): Elblandrevolte: Von TikTok in die Untersuchungshaft. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (28.11.2024): Queerfeindlichkeit: Neue Hauptgegner für eine neue Generation von Neonazis. In: Zeit Online
• Krell, Michael (09.07.2024): PEGIDA war nie wirklich weg. In: Zeit Online

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Academia

• 05/2021 - 08/2025
  Member of DFG-Network „Territorializations of the Radical Right“  Terra R
• 04/2025 - 10/2025
  Head of teaching project "research oriented teaching on the far rigth under local conditions", funded by FOSTER: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD
• 08/20203 – 04/2024
  Co-Head of student research project „Analyses on current far right protests in the German federal state of Saxony“, funded by FOSTER: STUDENTRESEARCH@TUD

Winter Semester 2026/27

• Lecture: "Scientific Work in the Geosciences" (in collaboration with Peter Rothe and other Chairs in the Department of Geosciences)
• Seminar: "Scientific Work in the Geosciences"

Summer Semester 2026

• Seminar “Political Geography” in the module “Regional Dimensions of Contemporary Society” (2 groups)

Winter Semester 2025/26

• Seminar: "Research Methods in the Geosciences"
• Lecture “Geographies of Rural Areas” (in parts)

Summer Semester 2025

• Project Seminar “The Far Right at the Local Level”
• Lecture: "Regional Geography" (in parts)

Winter Semester 2024/25

• Seminar "Geographies of the Urban" (3 groups)
• Lecture "Regional Human Geography" (in parts)
• Practicum: "Scientific Work in the Geosciences"

Summer Semester 2024

• Seminar “Geographies of Inequality” (2 groups)

Winter Semester 2023/24

• Seminar "Geographies of the Urban" (1 group)

• Since October 2026: Member of the Anniversary Advisory Board of TU Dresden in connection with its 200th anniversary
• Since July 2025: Spokesperson for the 11th Doctoral Student Council at TU Dresden
• Since July 2025: Non-voting member of the Senate of TU Dresden
• Since July 2025: Member of the Executive Board of the Graduate Academy at TU Dresden
• Member of the Terra-R authors’ collective
• Member of the Association for Geography at German-Speaking Universities and Research Institutions
• Member of the Education and Science Union (GEW)

• Lecture titled “Human Geography 101—Between Space and Society” for students at the Expedition Campus at TU Dresden on July 1, 2026, together with Peter Rothe.
• Lecture at the Geosciences Colloquium at TU Dresden, together with Peter Rothe, on the topic “Between Roast Pork and ‘Woke’ Clouds: Affective Place-Making as a Populist Mobilization Strategy, Using the CSU as an Example” on June 3, 2026
• Panelist at the 1st Leipzig Media Forum at the European Institute for Journalism and Communication Research e. V. in Leipzig on April 29, 2026; topic: Journalism Under Pressure
• Panelist with Valentin Lippmann, Member of the State Parliament, on March 30, 2026, in Dresden; topic:

  “Ever Younger, Ever More Prone to Violence—A New Far-Right Youth Culture?”

• Advisor at an excursion organized by the FSR Geo of TU Dresden and the University of Leipzig on March 29, 2026, in Pirna; topic: Far-right territorialization strategies and their impact on spatial perception
• Advisor at a panel discussion on the topic: “Political Spaces Under Pressure: When Far-Right Radicals Shape Rural and Local Politics” in Munich (February 2026)
• “Youthful Far-Right Extremism as a Challenge for Education for Sustainable Development. An interdisciplinary World Café on the importance of democracy education in the context of societal transformations" as part of the DGfE conference "Education for Sustainable Development" in Dresden. Together with Prof. Dr. Nicole Raschke and Carla Hermanussen (September 2025)
• Freie Sachsen—How the Neo-Nazi Scene Managed to Reorganize Itself: Presentation at the “Datenspuren” conference organized by CCC-Dresden (September 2025)
• Doctoral student Forum at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Research (HAIT) in Dresden, presentation: “Why Do Far-Right Stakeholders Get Involved in Local Politics? Reflections Based on an Empirical Study of the
  Free Saxons’ 2024 local election campaign” (July 2025)
• DKJS Conference, Frankfurt am Main, presentation: “Municipalities Under Pressure—How Right-Wing Strategies Are Changing Local Realities” (June 2025)
• Book discussion: “The End of Right-Wing Spaces,” Dresden (May 2025)
• Workshop “Authoritarianism and the State,” Frankfurt am Main, presentation: “Freie Sachsen and the State” (May 2025)
• Book discussion on “The End of Right-Wing Spaces,” Leipzig (March 2025)
• Lecture “Free Saxons” at the colloquium of the Chair of Political Systems at TU Dresden (July 2024)
• Discussion event “Free Saxons and the 2024 Local Elections,” Dresden (June 2024)
• Book discussion: “Saxon Realities,” Dresden (May 2024)

• 14.05.2026: "What now?" - Expert in the ZEIT news podcast
• 07.08.2025: Interview with Michael Krell: Municipalities under pressure - How right-wing strategies are changing municipal realities. Interview with the German Children and Youth Foundation (DKJS)
• Summer 2025: Interview in the magazine"Lotta" under the title: "Spaces are not criminal and dangerous per se, but are marked and constructed that way"
• 28-30.10.2024: Invitation as an expert to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on the topic of attacks on journalists in the context of right-wing demonstrations in the course of the "Journalists Matter Campaign", appearance in the "Europe Explained" podcast
• 20.09.2024: Article on the exposure of electoral fraud by the Free Saxons in the Dresden local elections in DUZ Magazine for Science and Society

• 19.09.2024: Review of the anthology "Sächsische Realitäten" in the print version of the Sächsische Zeitung

• 04.09.2024: Mention of own discovery of voting irregularities in the Dresden local elections in favor of the Free Saxons in an article by Zeit Online

• 21.08.2024: Interview with T-Online about the Free Saxons in the context of state party funding

• 22.06.2024: Guest in the podcast "Junge Politik in Sachsen" on the topic of right-wing successes in the Saxon local elections on Sachsenfernsehen

• 21.06.2024: Presentation of the anthology "Sächsische Realitäten" in the "Büchermarkt" section on Deutschlandfunk radio

• 26.05.2024: Coverage of the anthology "Sächsische Realitäten" in the Sächsische Zeitung during the local elections of the Free Saxons