Prof. Dr. Andreas Anter

After studying Political Science, German Studies, and Sociology in Münster, Freiburg i.Br., and Hamburg and earning a diploma in Political Science (1988), Andreas Anter was initially an employee at the Chair of Political Theory at the University of Hamburg, where he received his doctorate in 1994 for his work on "Max Weber's Theory of the Modern State" (3rd ed. Duncker & Humblot 2014).

He then spent seven years as a literary editor at Rowohlt Verlag (Reinbek near Hamburg) and program director at Reclam Verlag Leipzig before returning to academia and completing his habilitation at the University of Leipzig in 2003.

After substitute professorships for the political system of Germany (Leipzig ) and for political theory (Bremen), he became professor for the political system of Germany at the University of Leipzig in 2008, before being appointed to the chair of political education at the University of Erfurt in 2013.

• Max Weber and the Theory of Constitutional Law, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2016.
  Reviews of the book: Oleg Kildyushov, in: Recensio (Moscow), No. 11 (2020); Hans-Christoph Kraus, in: Zeitschrift für Neuere Rechtsgeschichte 42 (2020), p. 292; Christoph Gusy, in: Journal der Juristischen Zeitgeschichte 12 (2018), pp. 32-34; Furio Ferraresi, in: Filosofia politica, Vol. 32 (2018), pp. 176-179; Margrit Seckelmann, in: Neue Politische Literatur 62 (2017), pp. 519-521; Agostino Carrino, in: Lo Stato, Vol. 5 (2017), pp. 381-382; Christopher Adair-Toteff, in: Max Weber Studies, Vol. 17 (2017), pp. 103-108; Christian Starck, in: Juristenzeitung 73 (2018), pp. 40-41; Josef Franz Lindner, in: Bayerische Verwaltungsblätter 148 (2017), p. 724;
• Politik und Regieren in Brandenburg (with Astrid Lorenz and Werner Reutter with the employees of Verena Frick and Hendrik Träger), Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2016.
  Reviews of the book: Jochen Franzke, in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 49 (2018), pp. 186-187.
• Max Weber's Theory of the Modern State. Origins, Structure, and Significance. Basingstoke/ New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2014.
  Reviews of the book: Daniel Neep, in: Political Studies Review 14 (2016), pp. 64-65; Christopher Adair-Toteff, in: Theory, Culture & Society, 29 September 2014.
• Theories of Power for Introduction, 5th ed. Hamburg: Junius 2020 (1st ed. 2012).
  Reviews of the book: Veith Selk, in: Ethik und Gesellschaft, no. 2 (2015); Gianfranco Poggi, in: Sociologica 8 (2014); Furio Ferraresi, in: Nuova Informazione Bibliografica 4 (2013), pp. 875-879; Georg Zenkert, in: Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 67 (2014); Ralf Seinecke, in: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 100 (2014), pp. 287-290; Samuel Salzborn, in: pw-portal, 3 January 2013; Arnold Schmieder, in: socialnet, 18 August 2017;
• Concepts of the state. Die Theorien der bundesdeutschen Politikwissenschaft (together with Wilhelm Bleek), Frankfurt/New York: Campus 2013.
  Reviews of the book: Sebastian Klauke, in: Das Argument 55 (2013), pp.636-638; Frank Schale, in: pw-portal, 25 July 2013.
• The power of order. Aspects of a Basic Category of the Political, 2nd ed. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2007(1st ed. 2004).
  Reviews of the book: Ludger Heidbrink, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 29 March 2005, p. 22; Josef Franz Lindner, in: Politische Studien 56 (2005), pp. 117-119; Michael Pawlik, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2 February 2005, p. 36; Robert Chr. van Ooyen, in: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 15 (2005), p. 694; Rainer Rosenberger, Österreichischer Rundfunk ORF Kultur, 17 June 2005; S. Weichlein, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 46 (2005), pp. 721-723; Andreas Schneider, in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 12 October 2005; Margrit Seckelmann, in: Rechtsgeschichte 7 (2005), pp. 168-170; Daniel Hildebrand, in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch 53 (2005), pp. 640-641; Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, in: Wolfenbütteler Barock-Nachrichten, 32. Jg. 2005, pp. 91-98; Wolfgang Saur, in: Sezession, Heft 12, 2005, p. 53; Gerald Hartung, in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophy 54 (2006), pp. 954-957; Benjamin Steiner, in: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft 55 (2007), pp. 65-66; Gianfranco Poggi, in: Max Weber Studies, Vol. 8 (2008), pp. 247-249; Helmut Goerlich, in: Sächsische Verwaltungsblätter, Heft 1 (2010), p. 28; Agostino Carrino, in: Lo Stato, Vol. 1 (2013), pp. 299-300
• Max Weber's theory of the modern state. Origin, structure and meaning. 3rd ed. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot 2014 (1st ed. 1995).
  Reviews of the book: Sebastian Huhnholz, in: Peter Niesen/ David Weiß (eds.), 100 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Hamburg (2021), pp. 186-191; Jan Philipp Schaefer, in: Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 142 (2017), pp. 482-484; Helmut Reinalter, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Freimaurerforschung 36 (2016); Sven Eliaeson, in: Zeitschrift für Politik 47 (2000), pp. 97-98; Bernd Wunder, in: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 26 (1999), pp. 420-421; Hartmann Tyrell, in: Berliner Journal für Soziologie 9 (1999), pp. 282-285; Agostino Carrino, in: Diritto e cultura 9 (1999), pp. 195-596; R. Prätorius, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 39 (1998), pp. 902-903; Gianfranco Poggi, in: Political Theory 26 (1998), pp. 588-590; Nolberto A. Espinosa, in: Filosofía 12 (1998), pp. 44-45; Paul-Ludwig Weinacht, in: Historisches Jahrbuch 118 (1998), pp. 374-376; Pier Paolo Portinaro, in: Teoria Politica 13 (1997), pp. 185-187; Jörg Luther, in: Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 122 (1997), pp. 658-659; Stephan Ganglbauer, in: SWS-Rundschau 37 (1997), pp. 489-491; Claus Leggewie, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 1. März 1997, Beilage, p. VI; Reinhard Mehring, in: Jahrbuch Politisches Denken 1997, pp. 181-184; E. Bolsinger, in: Telos 109 (1996), pp.182-185; A. Braeckman, in: Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 58 (1996), pp. 770-771; Otfried Höffe, in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 50 (1996), p. 522; Wolfgang Reinhard, in: Der Staat 35 (1996), pp. 482-483; Dietmar Willoweit, in: Zeitschrift für Neuere Rechtsgeschichte 18 (1996), pp. 333-335; Gregor Schöllgen, in: Historische Zeitschrift 262 (1996), p. 141; Martin Gralher, in: Das Parlament, 2. February 1996, p. 14; Giuseppe Balistreri, in: Informazione Filosofica 26 (1995), p. 50; Constans Seyfarth, in: Soziologische Revue 18 (1995), p. 605; Claas Thomsen, in: Bonner General-Anzeiger of 27 September 1995, p. 23; Stefan Breuer, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 16 May 1995, p. 43; Furio Ferraresi, in: Filosofia Politica 9 (1995), pp. 489-490.

• Max Weber, in: Handbook of the History of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Studies in the History of Law and Justice, vol. 24, ed. Gianfrancesco Zanetti/Mortimer Sellers/Stephan Kirste, Cham: Springer 2023, pp. 303-309.
• Max Weber, in: Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, ed. by Mortimer Sellers/Stephan Kirste, Dordrecht: Springer 2020. online: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_802-1.
• Democracy, in: Max Weber Handbook, ed. by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 2020, pp. 59-61.
• Demystification and Secularisation, in: Max Weber Handbook, ed. by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 2020, pp. 62-63.
• State, in: Max Weber Handbook, ed. by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 2020, pp. 167-169.

• On the reorganisation of Germany, in: Max Weber Handbook, ed. by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 2020, pp. 256-258.

• Globalisation and Europeanisation: The Nation State in Transition, in: Max Weber Handbook, ed. by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 2020, pp. 428-431.

• Georg Jellinek, in: State Thinking. On the State of State Theory Today, ed. by Rüdiger Voigt, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2016, pp. 121-124.

• Max Weber, in: Thinking about the State. On the State of State Theory Today, ed. by Rüdiger Voigt, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2016, pp. 106-110.
• Globalisation and Europeanisation: The Nation State in Transition, in: Max Weber Handbook, ed. by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler 2014, pp. 361-364.
• State, in: Max Weber Handbook, edited by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler 2014, pp. 133-135.
• On the reorganisation of Germany, in: Max Weber Handbook, edited by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler 2014, pp. 207-210.
• Demystification and Secularisation, in: Max Weber Handbook, edited by Hans-Peter Müller and Steffen Sigmund, Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler 2014, pp. 48-48.
• Max Weber, in: Achim Aurnhammer, Wolfgang Braungart, Stefan Breuer, Ernst Osterkamp (eds.), Stefan George und sein Kreis. Ein Handbuch zu Leben und Werk, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 2012, pp. 523-527
• Max Weber, in: Handbuch Staatsdenker, ed. by Rüdiger Voigt and Ulrich Weiß, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2010, pp. 443-446.
• Georg Jellinek, in: Handbuch Staatsdenker, ed. by Rüdiger Voigt and Ulrich Weiß, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2010, pp. 195-197.
• Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism, in: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, 3rd edition, ed. by Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Stuttgart: Metzler 2009, vol. 17, pp. 261-262.
• Wissenschaft als Beruf, in: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, 3rd ed., ed. by Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Stuttgart: Metzler 2009, vol. 17, pp. 262-263.
• Politics as an appointment, in: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, 3rd ed., ed. by Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Stuttgart: Metzler 2009, vol. 17, pp. 263-264.
• Economy and Society, in: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, 3rd edition, ed. by Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Stuttgart: Metzler 2009, vol. 17, pp. 265-266.
• Allgemeine Staatslehre, in: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, 3rd edition, ed. by Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Stuttgart: Metzler 2009, vol. 8, pp. 343-344.

• Cool diagnoses, heated debates, tough battles: The Max Weber Complete Edition is now available after decades, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 63 (2022): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11615-022-00408-4
• Theory and Practice of Chancellor Democracy: Wilhelm Hennis' Hamburg Monograph, in: Peter Niesen/David Weiß (eds.), 100 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Hamburg. Fragments of an institutional history, Bielefeld: Transcript 2021, pp. 49-51.
• The far right lacks social intelligence? Analysing the present with a long run-up: The philosopher Michael Pauen on power and the functioning of societies, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 177, 2 August 2019, p. 10.
• Review Hannah Arendt / Eric Voegelin: Disputation on Totalitarianism. Texts and Letters, in: Der Staat 58 (2019), pp. 136-138.
• Wilhelm Hennis: Richtlinienkompetenz und Regierungstechnik, in: Politik 100 x 100. Blog of the Department of Political Science at the University of Hamburg, 7 January 2019
• Demystification and predictability. Max Weber as a diagnostician of modernity, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 91, 19 April 2014, pp. 29-30.
• With passion and judgement. On the death of the political scientist Wilhelm Hennis, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 226, 14 November 2012, p. 22.

• In the name of the people. Michael Stolleis' brilliant "History of Public Law" is now available in full, in: DIE ZEIT, 15 March 2012, literature supplement p. 64.

• All due respect, Mr President! It's better to govern with Max Weber. A report from the youth of the Federal Republic, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 175, 30 July 2011, p. Z4.

• 60 Jahre Grundgesetz: Umfangreiches Kompendium zu den Werten in der Verfassung (Review J. Detjen: Die Werteordnung des Grundgesetzes), in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 41 (2010), pp. 697-698.

• Learned is learnt. New volumes of the Max Weber Complete Edition, in: Rechtsgeschichte 17 (2010), pp. 215-219.

• Sind die Achtundsechziger politisch gescheitert?, in Patrick Bahners/Alexander Cammann (eds.), Bundesrepublik und DDR. Die Debatte um Hans-Ulrich Wehlers "Deutsche Gesellschaftsgeschichte", Munich: C.H. Beck 2009, pp. 127-128.

• Adenauer, Brandt, Kohl: Was wurde aus dem Charisma?, in: Patrick Bahners/Alexander Cammann (eds.), Bundesrepublik und DDR. Die Debatte um Hans-Ulrich Wehlers "Deutsche Gesellschaftsgeschichte", Munich: C.H. Beck 2009, pp. 158-159.

• "My controversial name". Even in his correspondence, the constitutional law expert Carl Schmitt is a cool decisionist, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 85, 12 April 2008, p. 29.

• Always against the current. Stephan Schlak's readable book on the great political scientist Wilhelm Hennis, in: Die Zeit No. 9, 21 February 2008, p. 54.

• Hell, it's the others. Wolfgang Sofsky defends the private and demonises the state, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 12, 16 January 2008, p. 27.

• Review Claudio Franzius/Ulrich K. Preuß (eds.): Europäische Öffentlichkeit, in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 20 July 2006.

• Review A. Brodocz: The Symbolic Dimension of the Constitution. Ein Beitrag zur Institutionentheorie , in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 47 (2005), pp. 482-483.

• Review F. Günther: Thinking from the State. Die bundesdeutsche Staatsrechtslehre zwischen Dezision und Integration , in: Zeitschrift für Politik 52 (2005), pp. 354-356.

• The sick lion on the couch. Max Weber as a nervous patient with Joachim Radkau, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 18 October 2005, literary supplement.

• The women's room blockade. Von Hilfestellungen, kleinen Fluchten und dem großen Krieg: Max Webers Briefe 1913-1914, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 8 October 2003, Literatur-beilage, p. 17.

• Life story as quotation. Michael Sukale's Max Weber biography, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 198, 28 August 2002, p. 54.

• The hand weapon of the iron lady. Ingo Pies watches Friedrich August von Hayek and Walter Eucken think in terms of order, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 102, 3 May 2002, p. 56.

• Being there is everything. Bernd Rüthers on the legal literature of Wendel, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 82, 10 April 2002, p. 62.

• It all began in Heidelberg. For the first time, the eventful history of political science in Germany is comprehensively presented, in: Die Zeit No. 45, 31 October 2001, p. 57.

• The normative power of elegance. Georg Jellinek as a vital classic of constitutional law, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 137, 16 June 2001, p. 49.

• Review Wolfgang Reinhard, Geschichte der Staatsgewalt. A Comparative Constitutional History of Europe, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 41 (2000), pp. 780-782.

• Critical? What else! Wilhelm Hennis and German political science, in: Die Zeit No. 45, 2 November 2000, p. 73.

• They wanted to be a united people of order, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 73, 27 March 2000, p. 57.

• The Blossoming and Decline of a German Science. Michael Stolleis' Geschichte des öffentlichen Rechts, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 220, 22 September 1999, p. 66.

• The normative power of the factual. Georg Jellinek, a philosophical jurist, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 30, 6/7 February 1999, p. 54.

• An officer and a gentleman. Max Weber between academic politics, courtroom and opera house, in: Die Zeit No. 34, 13 August 1998, p. 32.

• The love of empiricism. When jurisprudence wanted to become natural science, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 102, 5 May 1998, p. 35.

• Review Werner Weidenfeld (ed.): Demokratie am Wendepunkt. Die demokratische Frage als Projekt des 21. Jahrhunderts, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 39 (1998), pp. 414-415.

• Review Emil Lederer: Der Massenstaat, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 39 (1998), pp. 195-196.

• Review Dieter Grimm (ed.): Staatsaufgaben, in: Zeitschrift für Politik 45 (1998), pp. 220-222.

• "Being able to calculate rationally". The state and bureaucracy, in: Behörden Spiegel, October 1997, p. 14.

• Passion and judgement. Wilhelm Hennis opens up "Max Weber's Science of Man", in: Die Zeit, 29 March 1996, Literary Supplement p. 22.

• "I am no friend of quiet polemics". Max Weber's letters open up a new approach to his work and person, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 23 September 1995, p. 4

• Academic freedom and discursive hegemony. Discomfort in the Beletage of the divided republic. Conference (New) Order. Transformations, Reforms, Turning Times. 41st Annual Conference of the DGfP, Academy for Political Education, Tutzing, 21-22 June 2024.
• Carl Schmitt and the Joachim Ritter School. Conference "Origin and Future. Joachim Ritter and the Consequences", University of Erfurt, 4-6 April 2024.
• Why are value judgements unavoidable in the social sciences? Conference "Values and Value Judgements in the Social Sciences", Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein, 24-25 November 2023.
• Power and human nature, lecture conference "Macht". Hohenfeld Dialogue, Catholic Academy Freiburg i.Br., 11 November 2023.
• Manfred Baldus und der Staat, lecture "Gedenkkolloquium für Professor Dr. Manfred Baldus", University of Erfurt, Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, 26 October 2023.
• Meinungsmacht, lecture panel discussion "Meinungsmacht und Cancel Culture", Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Budapest, 5 October 2023.
• Max Weber's Theory of the State and its Ambivalent Reception by the Fab Four: Heller, Kelsen, Schmitt & Smend, lecture conference "Max Weber y su legado: Sociedad, política y cultura", Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 3-4 November 2022.
• The phenomenon of power, lecture at the conference "Macht. Reasons and Abysses", Burg Rothenfels am Main, 11 April 2022.
• What is power? Lecture Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, 26 November 2021 (online).
• Power and domination. Lecture series "Introduction to the Social Sciences". Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, University of Erfurt, 22 November 2021 (online).
• Das Problem der Repräsentation und die Tücken der Demokratie in Staat und Kirche, lecture series "Mitwirkung - Teilhabe - Verantwortung. Kirchliche Rollenmodelle im Wandel". Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Erfurt, 1 November 2021.
• Values in science, lecture series "Introduction to the social sciences". Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, University of Erfurt, 25 October 2021.
• Is the state disappearing?, lecture at the Leipzig Law Society, Federal Administrative Court, Leipzig, 19 October 2021.
• Die Aktualität Max Webers in der Politikwissenschaft, lecture series "Zur Aktualität Max Webers", Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Center for Advanced Studies, 9 July 2020 (online).
• Populism as a functional element of democracy, conference "Populismus und Verfassungskrisen in Europa und Lateinamerika", University of Erfurt, 20-21 February 2020.
• Staatsrechtslehre und Staatssoziologie im Deutungskampf um den Staat, Workshop "Disziplinäre Abgrenzungsstreitigkeiten: Rechtswissenschaft und Soziologie Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts", Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of Erfurt, 17-18 January 2020.

• Discourse on power from a social science perspective, conference "Macht.Masse.Macht", Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim, 24-25 October 2019.

• The grammar of law, conference "Hostile takeover? On the precarious relationship between politics and law", Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, 21-22 June 2019.
• The Reformation and our present, Ilmenau University of Technology, 27 October 2017.
• Politics, Law and Religion (together with Verena Frick), Conference "Politics, Law and Religion". 7th Conference of the DVPW Working Group on Politics and Law, University of Erfurt, 28-30 September 2017.
• The Reformation and our present. Introduction to the lecture series at the University of Erfurt (together with Benedikt Kranemann), University of Erfurt, 11 April 2017.
• What is power? Social scientific and anthropological perspectives. Academy Days "Power", Biberach University of Applied Sciences, 31 January 2017.
• Is Humboldt's idea of education a response to the Prussian defeat? Conference "Europe after Napoleon", University of Leipzig, Faculty of Law, 2-5 November 2016.
• The Complexity of the Concept of Order, Keynote Lecture, 4th Doctoral Seminar on the Renewal of the Economics of Order, Wilhelm Röpke Institute, Erfurt, 10 February 2016.
• Carl Schmitt in the footsteps of Max Weber. Philosophical Colloquium, University of Wuppertal, 9 November 2015.
• The lie in politics. Long Night of Sciences lecture, University of Erfurt, 6 November 2015
• Political system and representation. Conference "Philosophy of the Republic", Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, 25-27 June 2015.
• Is there a Weberian research programme? Retreat Max-Weber-Kolleg, Erfurt, 18-19 May 2015.
• The religious foundations of the democratic constitutional state. Lecture at the Erfurt College, 30 January 2015.
• How did the illusion of a vanished state come about? Lecture at the Colloquium on Democracy Research, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, 8 December 2014.
• The secret of power - what motivates politicians. Lecture Evangelische Akademie Erfurt, 1 September 2014.
• Max Weber's "Sociology of the State" Methodology and Context. Lecture, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Erfurt, 21 July 2014.

• How to make the state disappear and then conjure it up again. Inaugural lecture, University of Erfurt, 3 July 2014.

• The lie in politics. Lecture, Studium universale, University of Leipzig, 28 May 2014.
• The magic of power. How can the attractiveness of power be explained from a social science perspective? Lecture, Erfurter Kolleg, 16 May 2014.
• The Occasionalist's Society of Kakania in Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities", Université de Montréal, Montréal, 14 April 2014.
• Max Weber, Power and Bureaucracy, Université de Montréal, Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes, Montréal, 11 April 2014.
• La déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen et la théorie des droits publics subjectifs selon Georg Jellinek, Cours Fondements du droit public, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris, 14 March 2014.

• Legitimacy as a Category of Civil Society: Wilhelm Hennis, Cours Fondements du droit public, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris, 15 March 2014

• Why is power an anthropological phenomenon? Conference "Perspectives on Power", Munich School of Public Policy, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, 28/29 October 2013.
• The Chicken-and-Egg Problem. Is Statehood a Condition of Possibility of Constitutional Order? Conference "Constitutional Culture in Western and Central Europe", Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, 13-15 November 2013.
• The political idea of order. Lecture, Studium generale, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 3 July 2013.
• City and State in the Political and Scientific Debate around 1900 / Max Weber's Sociology of the State. Conference "Max Weber, la Città e lo Stato"/"Max Weber, die Stadt und der Staat", Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio, 28-31 May 2013.
• Is order a basic human need? Lecture, dies academicus of the University of Leipzig, 3 December 2012.

• Order in Law. What does Weber Mean When Speaking of Order in his Sociology of Law? Conference "Max Weber's Comparative Cultural Sociology of Law", Centre Law as Culture, Bonn, 25-27 October 2012.

• Space and Border as Figures of International Law in Carl Schmitt's Concept of the Greater Spatial Order. Lecture at the 39th German Legal Historians' Conference, Lucerne, 2-6 September 2012.

• Is there a Basic Need for Order in the Human Mind? Fellow Lecture, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg. Institute for Advanced Studies (Delmenhorst), 25 January 2012.

• The power of order. Lecture at the 29th Annual Conference of the German Political Science Association: "Aspekte der Macht", Academy for Political Education, Tutzing, 18-19 November 2011.

• The development of German state thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries / Эволюция представлений о государстве в Германии в XIX - XX веках. Conference "How the societies of Russia and Germany gave shape to their state". Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 6-7 October 2011.

• Dahlmann and the appointment of the political scientist. Colloquium "Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann and good politics". University of Bonn, Institute for Political Science and Sociology, 18-19 November 2010.

• The West German Max Weber Discussion and the Foundation of Parliamentary Democracy after the Second World War. Conference "Geschichtswissenschaft im Geist der Demokratie. Wolfgang J. Mommsen and his generation", German Literature Archive Marbach, 29-30 October 2010.

• Max Weber's Concept of Nature and the Ambiguity of Modernity. Conference "Max Weber and the Reconfiguration of Modernity", British Sociological Association, Cambridge, 1-3 September 2010.

• Max Weber et Carl Schmitt: Affinités intimes et divergences flagrantes. Lecture, Centre de recherches historiques EHESS/CNRS, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 23 March 2010.

• The concept of the political in the political science classics of the 20th century. Conference "Science and Politics. Historical foundations, theoretical problems, current issues", Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, 14-16 October 2009.

• Max Weber's Concept of Nature and the Ambivalence of Modernity. 24th Scientific Congress of the German Political Science Association, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 21-25 September 2009.

• Tolerance through power, power of tolerance. Conference "Tolerance as an organising principle? Functional Conditions of the Recognition of Diversity", University of Leipzig, Faculty of Law, 18-20 June 2009.

• Constitutional tradition and shaping the future. Lecture on the panel "Constitutional traditions as impulses for shaping a just future? 60 years of the Basic Law", Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Leipzig 12 May 2009.

• Werner Maihofer's theory of the state in the context of contemporary history and the history of ideas. Conference "The dignity of existence in a constitutional state. Colloquium for Werner Maihofer on his 90th birthday", Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt/M., 17-18 October 2008.

• Order formation and order collapse. Colloquium "Bedrohte Ordnungen", University of Tübingen, Department of History, 3 July 2008.

• The mystery of power. Lecture in the "studium universale" summer semester 2008, University of Leipzig, 18 June 2008.

• The concept of order and its meaning in international politics. Conference "Order in International Politics". University of Passau, Working Group on International Politics, 5-7 June 2008.

• The State on the Run? On the relationship between citizen and state. Symposium "The Social Responsibility of the State". Protestant University Dialogue, Leipzig, 8 May 2008.

• What is power? Four answers to a political science question. Lecture at the "dies academicus", University of Leipzig, 3 December 2007.

• Rudolf Smend: "Political experience and state thinking". Conference "Rechtsphilosophie im Wandel der Gesellschaft", University of Bielefeld, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 25-27 October 2007.

• Magic word security. Lecture, Schauspielhaus Leipzig, opening lecture for the 2007/08 season "Innere Sicherheit", 17 October 2007.

• Administration and administrative metaphors. Conference "The intelligent machine. Handlungsorientierungen moderner Verwaltung", Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Faculty of Law, 2-4 February 2006.

• The order of narration. Laudatory speech for Felicitas Hoppe on the occasion of the award of the Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau, Hanau, 26 November 2005.

• Convergences of Neo-Institutionalism and State Theory. The Weber Paradigm as a "missing link"? Conference "Neo-Institutionalismus und Staatslehre", DVPW-Sektion "Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung", Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg, 12-13 April 2005.

• Is the Basic Law still up to date? Verfassungskonstruktion und Politikblockaden in der Bundesrepublik, lecture, Lippische Landeskirche, Paul-Gerhardt-Haus, Stapelage, 12 February 2005.

• Federalism and educational federalism. Wissenschafts- und Bildungspolitik im Bundesstaat, lecture, University of Leipzig, 6 January 2005.

• Freedom, Security, Constitution. Antinomies of a triad. Conference "Verfaßtheit der Freiheit", DVPW Working Group Constitution and Politics / SFB "Institutionality and Historicity", TU Dresden, 12-13 November 2004.

• Max Weber and parliamentary democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany. Conference "The Fascination of Max Weber. The History of his Validity", Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, 15-18 September 2004.

• Conceptual history and conceptual sociology. Conference "Politische Ideengeschichtsschreibung im 20. Jahrhundert", DVPW-Sektion "Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte", Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, 26-28 September 2002.

• Order, Law and Politics: The Guardian of the Constitution and the "Nature of the Matter". Conference "Aktuelle Probleme des Verhältnisses von Recht und Politik", DVPW-Sektion "Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte", Technische Universität Darmstadt, 14-16 March 2002.

• Methods of political science: The philosophical-hermeneutic method. Lecture in the lecture series "Quantitative und Qualitative Methoden in den politikwissenschaftlichen Lehrbereichen", University of Leipzig, 13 December 2001.

• Max Weber and the constitutional and canon law of his time. Conference "Religion, Staat und Gesellschaft bei Max Weber", Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, 22-24 June 2000.

• Between avant-garde and entertainment. Das literarische Programm des traditionsreichen Reclam-Verlags, lecture in the lecture series "Geist und Geld", Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 16 May 2000.

• From the political community to the institutional state. Das Monopol der legitimen Gewaltsamkeit, conference "Max Webers Herrschaftssoziologie", Werner Reimers Stiftung, Bad Homburg, 19-21 January 2000.

• Politics and rule. Conference "Der Wandel des Politikverständnisses im 20. Jahrhundert", DVPW-Arbeitskreis "Geschichte der Politikwissenschaft", Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich, 22-24 October 1999.

• Georg Jellinek and Max Weber. Conference "Georg Jellinek - Vordenker einer modernen Theorie und Dogmatik des öffentlichen Rechts", Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Dresden University of Technology, 17-19 September 1998.

• Ethics of responsibility and ethics of conviction. Academy Conference "Max Weber - Life, Work, Impact", Thomas Morus Academy, Bergisch Gladbach, 1 - 2 June 1996.

• Die vielen Seiten der Macht, in: Südtiroler Wirtschaftszeitung No. 14, April 15, 2022, p. 3.

• "Macht," Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bayern 2 (radio), April 6, 2022.

• Why are the Greens in Thuringia stuck in a polling slump?, MDR Aktuell (radio), March 22, 2021.
• "Power is a Drug. Autocrats believe they are the chosen ones, in Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, August 29-30, 2020.
• Max Weber. Politik als Beruf, SWR2 (radio), June 12, 2020.
• Politics Careers. When it's hard to say goodbye, Bayerischer Rundfunk. Kontrovers (television), November 14, 2018.

• Horst Seehofer's resignation announcement, ZDF. heute+ (television), November 12, 2018.
• "Many feel irreplaceable". On types of politicians and the chancellor's relationship to her office, in: Mannheimer Morgen, February 23, 2018, p. 4.
• On the "drug politics": "Power is something very double-edged," Deutschlandfunk, October 8, 2017.
• The dark side? On the difficult handling of power, SWR2 (radio), September 13, 2017.

• Měla to být nejtěžší kampaň, Merkelová ale asi opět jasně vyhraje, in České noviny, September 12, 2017.

• The latest Infratest-dimap poll, Landtagswahl-Monitor Thüringen, MDR Aktuell (radio), June 22, 2017.

• Helmut Kohl et la réunification allemande, l'enjeu mémoriel, Radio France Internationale (radio), June 20, 2017.

• What power does to you, in: Augsburger Allgemeine, November 19, 2016, p.6.

• The election of the new Federal President, MDR Jump (radio), June 6, 2016.

• Minister President election in Thuringia, radioeins, rbb (radio), December 5, 2014.

• "A Serious Competitor for All - AfD in Two State Parliaments," Hessische Allgemeine, September 15, 2014, p. 3.

• "Lack of Controversial Issues," interview on turnout in local elections in Thuringia, Thüringer Allgemeine, May 28, 2014, p. 3.

• Chances of the Left Party in Thuringia's state elections, interview ZDF heute (television), February 3, 2014.

• "The Fascination of Power," interview Deutschlandfunk, June 20, 2013.

• Spring - a political metaphor, interview MDR LexiTV (television), April 15, 2013.

• "Often the One Who Was Ahead Wins". Lord Mayor election in Leipzig, interview Leipziger Volkszeitung, January 29, 2013, p. 13.

• Lord Mayor election in Leipzig, interview MDR 1 Radio Sachsen (radio), January 27, 2013.

• "We are the Represented. The demand for direct democracy, interview Kreuzer, issue 10, October 2012, p. 17.

• State offices for the protection of the constitution criticized, interview ARD Mittagsmagazin (television), August 1, 2012.

• Resignation of German President Christian Wulff, interview MDR Aktuell (television), February 17, 2012.

• "The Repoliticization of Society." State elections in Baden-Württemberg. Interview Mephisto 97.6 (radio), March 28, 2011.

• The Communism Debate and the Left Party, interview Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, MDR Info (radio), January 15, 2011.

• Twenty Years of German Unity, interview Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, MDR Info (radio), December 17, 2010.

• "Conflict Between Freedom and Security. The Debate on Protection from Terrorist Attacks, interview Leipziger Volkszeitung, September 30, 2010, p. 2.

• Politikverdrossenheit, interview Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Sputnik (radio), September 15, 2010.

• Odchody politiku z funkcí (Ex-Government Members as Economic Advisors), interview Respekt (Czech Republic), August 16, 2010, pp. 20-21.

• "How popular still is Angela Merkel in Germany?" interview BBC London (radio), June 11, 2010.

• Why did Horst Köhler resign? Interview Mephisto 97.6 (radio), June 1, 2010.

• Resignation of German President Horst Köhler, interview Deutsche Presse-Agentur, May 31, 2010.

• Salaries of top German politicians, interview RTL aktuell (television), May 20, 2010.

• Re-election of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, interview Swiss Radio DRS, September 29, 2009.

• "Typical Fate of a Stronghold. The dilemma of the SPD, the Tiefensee case and outsider careers, interview Leipziger Volkszeitung, September 29, 2009, p. 15.

• What do splinter parties want? Interview Westfälische Rundschau Online, September 20, 2009.

• Angela Merkel in radio conversation, interview MDR Sputnik (radio), September 16, 2009.

• Frank-Walter Steinmeier in radio conversation, interview MDR Sputnik (radio), September 15, 2009.

• Voter turnout in 2009 state elections, interview Leipziger Volkszeitung Online, August 31, 2009.

• "Neo-Nazi NPD co-opts 1989 slogan in bid for re-election," Irish Times interview, August 26, 2009.

• "The Power of Order," interview brand eins. Wirtschaftsmagazin, 11th ed, issue 7, July 2009, pp. 46-47.

• "Gated Communities": islands of security in society?, interview German depeschendienst, February 6, 2009.

• "The deviants' actions are politically legitimate," interview Lübecker Nachrichten No. 260, November 5, 2008, p. 3.

• Wolfgang Tiefensee and Saxon state politics, interview MDR Aktuell (television), November 3, 2008.

• Voter turnout in local elections in Saxony, interview Sächsische Zeitung, June 7/8, 2008, p. 8.

• Die Ostdeutschen und das Grundgesetz [The East Germans and the Basic Law], interview Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bayern 2 (radio), May 23, 2008.

• V-Männer im Strafprozess gegen Rechtsradikale, interview ZDF heute (television), April 9, 2008.

• Koalitionsfähigkeit der Linkspartei, interview Mephisto 97.6 (radio), March 3, 2008.

• Verfassungsmäßigkeit von Bundeswehrinsätzen im Innern, interview MDR Aktuell (television), September 15, 2007.

• State elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, interview Hessische Allgemeine, September 18, 2006, p. 3.

• Coalition formation after the Bundestag election, interview Mephisto 97.6 (radio) November 19, 2005.

• Question of confidence of the Chancellor, interview MDR Länderzeit (television) July 1, 2005.

• Verfassungsmäßigkeit der Bundestagsauflösung, interview Mephisto 97.6 (radio) July 1, 2005.

• Question of confidence of the Chancellor, interview MDR Länderzeit (television) on June 29, 2005.

• "Does Order Need Disorder?" Interview and Listener Talk Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) Von Tag zu Tag, June 17, 2005.

• Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Erfurt
• Member of the board of the Saxon Competence Center for State and Local Politics
• Reviewer for Political Quarterly, Leviathan, Max Weber Studies, Journal of Political Theory
• Reviewer for the Enquete Commission of the Brandenburg State Parliament "Coming to Terms with the History and Coping with the Consequences of the SED Dictatorship and the Transition to a Democratic State Under the Rule of Law in the State of Brandenburg
• Advisory Board of the series "Staatsdiskurse" (Franz Steiner Verlag)
• Scientific Advisory Board of the series "Staatsverständnisse" (Nomos Verlag)
• Member of the German Association for Political Science
• Member of the Section Political Theories and History of Ideas (DVPW)
• Member of the Section Policy Analysis and Administrative Science (DVPW)
• Member of the German Association for Political Science
• Member of the German Academic Association
• Co-speaker of the research focus "Religion, Society, and World Relations" at the University of Erfurt

• 2014 Professeur invité, Université de Montréal, Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes
• 2014 Professeur invité, Université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas (Paris)
• 2011-2012 Fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
• 2010 Fellow at the Sfb 597 Statehood in Transition (University of Bremen)
• 2010 Directeur d'études associé, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris)
• 2006-2012 Senior Research Fellow at the Center for European Legal Policy(Bremen)
• 1996 Nominated for the European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences for "Max Weber's Theory of the Modern State".

• State theory and state practice

• Constitutional Politics

• Max Weber: Work and Contemporary Context

• Political Theory and History of Ideas in Modernity