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Dr. Manès Weisskircher

Affiliated Researcher

manes.weisskircher@tu-dresden.de

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Academic career

  • 2019 PhD (Political and Social Sciences), European University Institute
  • 2014 Master of Research (Political and Social Sciences), European University Institute
  • 2013 Master of Science (Economic History), London School of Economics and Political Science
  • 2012 Magister (International Developement), University of Vienna
  • 2012 Magister (Political Science), University of Vienna

Work experience

  • since 2023 head of the BMBF junior research group REXKLIMA, Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden
  • 2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
  • 2017 - 2021 Academic Researcher at Mercator Forum Migration und Demokratie (MIDEM) and rather a chair for Political Theory, Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden

Research and teaching focus

  • Social movement
  • Political parties
  • Democracy
  • Right-wing radicalism and and right-wing extremism

Functions and memberships

  • Affiliated Researcher at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-Rex), University of Oslo
  • Guest Scientist at the Center for Civil Society Research, Berlin Social Science Center