This year's European and local elections on June 9 and state elections on September 1 will be decisive for the people of Saxony. The issue of how we uphold our democracy is at stake. At the same time, only a very small number of political fractions are publicly calling for the abolition of democracy. However, opinions on how the existing form of government should be structured vary greatly – and consequently which groups are affected by the ramifications and how.

But what can we do to prepare ourselves? On what basis should we make responsible decisions? The current TUD supplement in the Sächsische Zeitung newspaper introduces three researchers who approach this question from the perspectives of social science, law, and economics.   

At the Chair of Didactics of Civic Education, Prof. Anja Besand researches how civic education can best reach all people. The John Dewey Research Center for the Didactics of Democracy (JoDDiD), which was founded by the Chair, draws on this research to provide advice and support for practical democracy work and refines existing programs, methods and teaching concepts. It can also provide helpful guidance on existing tools, such as the “Wahl-O-Mat,”(roughly translated as "Vote-O-Meter") the best-known civic education app in Germany. It presents users numerous propositions and matches them with the propositions of political parties: https://www.saechsische.de/anzeige/widerspruch-zweifel-hinterfragen-36670.html.

Prof. Sabine Müller-Mall, Chair of Legal and Constitutional Studies, approaches the topic from a legal perspective. Who or what does the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany protect? What freedoms does it offer society? And what limits does it set? Last but not least, the article also addresses the question of when the Constitution itself, as the foundation of our society, might itself be in jeopardy: https://www.saechsische.de/anzeige/ist-das-grundgesetz-noch-zeitgemaess-36665.html.

Prof. Markus Scholz, Chair of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management at TU Dresden, looks at the third point on the connection between government and the economy. What conditions does a market economy need in order for it to be successful? Should entrepreneurs take a political stance and get involved? What advantages or disadvantages could this have: https://www.saechsische.de/anzeige/wirtschaft-und-verantwortung-36678.html?

Insights into these three fields of research and additional articles from the regularly published special TUD supplement in the Sächsische Zeitung provide information on current projects at the university. These can be found here: https://www.saechsische.de/unternehmenswelt/tu-dresden   

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