Professorship of Political Philosophy and Theory

In research, teaching, and social impact activities, the professorship deals with the fundamentals of political philosophy and theory, i.e. theories about the being, the supposed, and the design of political communities, institutions, and processes.

The professorhip's courses provide a systematic overview of the research field of political theory, methods, and procedures of political theory, as well as comparisons between different political theories. In addition, central concepts such as freedom, justice, and power are examined from various theories. A central topic of the chair is democratic theory: Here, central concepts such as sovereignty, representation, participation, and pluralism are analyzed and various models of democracy are taught, such as liberal democratic theory, republican democratic theory, elite democratic theory, etc.

The professorship places a particular focus on theories of technology and society and of technology and politics. For example, current controversies about democracy in digitalized societies are central here: the digital state, digital participation, surveillance, disinformation, resistance to digital technology, and technology regulation.