Janek Treiber, Research Fellow

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Research Associate

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Mr Janek Treiber M.A.

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ABS (Haus 116), 019 August-Bebel-Str. 30

01219 Dresden

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Consultation hours also during the lecture-free period by arrangement. Please make an appointment by e-mail.

Career:

  • Born in 1998 in Mühlhausen/Thuringia
  • 2016 to 2021 Studies of Political Science and Sociology at the TU Dresden
  • since 08/2021 Research Associate at the Chair of Political Systems and Comparative Politics
  • since 12/2021 Doctoral student, focus on party exclusion proceedings

Work and core research areas:

  • Scientific monitoring and evaluation of citizen dialogs
  • Political culture and political protest in Saxony and Thuringia
  • Internal organization of political parties

Interviews and media appearances (selection):


Supra-regional politics

  • 10.04.2025 Formation of government by CDU, CSU and SPD (phoenix)
  • 06.05.2025 Representation of East Germany in the new federal government (ARD Fakt)
  • 10.06.2025 Dress code and rules of conduct in the Bundestag (DLF nova)
  • 03.09.2025 Coalition committee ( DLF Kultur)
  • 25.09.2025 MPK-Ost (Deutschlandfunk)
  • 06.10.2025 Press conferences of the parties (phoenix)
  • 24.10.2025 Cityscape debate in the political science classification (Sächsische Zeitung podcast)
  • 28.10.2025 Chancellor Merz's inaugural visit to Saxony (phoenix)
  • 12.01.2026 Press conferences of the parties at the beginning of the year (phoenix)
  • 19.02.2026 Results of the Germany Monitor (Deutschlandfunk)
  • 10.03.2026 Role of top candidates in state elections (DLF nova)
  • 16.03.2026 SPD in a difficult situation after the state election in Baden-Württemberg (DLF nova)

Politics in Saxony

  • 21.06.2025 Party political questions regarding the agreement on the Saxon state budget 2025/2026 (ZDF)
  • 11.09.2025 Change of leadership at the Saxon BSW (DLF)
  • 29.09.2025 Mayoral election in Freiberg (Freie Presse)
  • 06.10.2025 Current poll for the state election in Saxony (Sächsische Zeitung)
  • 26.10.2025 Campaign by the Dresden Left Party on false utility bills (Sächsische Zeitung)
  • 28.10.2025 Classification of the results of the Lord Mayor election in Freiberg (Freie Presse)
  • 27.12.2025 Permanent flagging in the Saxon districts (MDR)
  • 04.01.2026 Lawsuit against the result of the Lord Mayor election in Freiberg (Freie Presse)
  • 17.01.2026 Implications of the internal camp protests in Connewitz for the DIE LINKE party (MDR)
  • 02.04.2026 Political considerations on the reform of the MDR Interstate Broadcasting Treaty (Sächsische Zeitung Podcast)

Publications (selection):

  • 2025. East Germany in the light of the state elections. Does the East vote abnormally? Berliner Debatte Initial 36/1, 34-50. http://dx. doi.org/10.25162/bdi-2025-0003
  • 2024. expelling controversies: assessing the effectiveness of party expulsion procedures to resolve internal conflicts. European Politics and Society, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2024.2395840 (Open Access)
  • 2023 (with A. Tietze, T.-M. Weber and P. Schweizer-Strobel, eds.). Municipal conflict moderation. A practical guide for municipal administrations, civil society institutions and moderators, available at SpringerLink
  • 2022. "Nobody intends to demolish a canteen". Citizen participation based on false facts. In: Bochmann, C. (ed.), Citizen dialogs in times of crisis. Ethnomethodological case studies from Saxony, available at SpringerLink
  • 2022. unbending protest? Dealing with corona deniers and opponents of measures from the perspective of citizen participation in Saxony, in: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 1/22, 237-249. available at De Gruyter

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