Chairs

The Institute of Political Science is part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at TU Dresden. Over 1000 students are enrolled here on Bachelor's, Master's and teacher training courses. Five Chairs, freelance lecturers and around 40 employees ensure a broad and high-quality range of courses and diverse research projects.

Chairs and professorships

Didactics of Political Education
Prof. Dr. Anja Besand

Political Science with a focus on International Politics
Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter

Political systems and system comparison
Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer

Political Theory and History of Ideas
Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan (Chair holder)
Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel (APL)

Legal and constitutional theory
Prof. Dr. Sabine Müller-Mall

BMFTR research group

REXKLIMA: Far-right politics versus climate action?
Dr. Manès Weisskircher

Emeriti and other professors

apl. Prof. Dr. Uwe Backes
Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Research

Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Ismayr
Parliamentarism Research Center

Prof. Dr. Robert Chr. van Ooyen
Honorary Professor
Email to Prof. van Ooyen

Prof. em. Dr. Werner J. Patzelt
Emeritus Professor of Political Systems

Prof. Dr. Hans Vorländer
Senior Professor Political Theory and History of Ideas

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Staupe
Honorary Professor
Email to Prof. Staupe