Prof. Dr. André Brodocz

Short biography

André Brodocz completed his degree in Political Science, Sociology and Modern German Literature at the Philipps University of Marburg in 1996 "with distinction". His diploma thesis on "Strukturelle Kopplung durch Verbände" was published in an abridged version in the journal "Soziale Systeme". In 2001, he received his doctorate at the TU Dresden with "summa cum laude". His dissertation on "The symbolic dimension of the constitution", supervised by Hans Vorländer, was awarded the prize for best dissertation in 2001 by the Faculty of Philosophy at TU Dresden. He habilitated there in 2007 in the subject "Political Science" with his thesis on "The Power of the Judiciary". André Brodocz has been Professor of Political Theory at the University of Erfurt since 2009. He was Dean of the Faculty of Political Science from 2011 to 2015 and 2018 to 2021. Since February 1, 2024, he has been Vice President for Research and Academic Careers. He regularly analyzes and comments on current political events in Thuringia for various media outlets.

Curriculum Vitae

• since 2/2024 Vice President for Research and Academic Career at the University of Erfurt
• 2011 - 2015 and 2018 - 2021 Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Erfurt
• 2016 - 2018 Member of the University Council of the University of Erfurt
• 2011 - 2016 Member of the Senate of the University of Erfurt
• 9/2014 Guest lecturer at the Inter-University Center Dubrovnik
• Since 2010 Associate member of the Center for Constitutional and Democratic Research
• 2010- 2011 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Erfurt
• 2010 Founded the "Journal for Political Theory" (together with Prof. Dr. Marcus Llanque and Prof. Dr. Gary Schaal)
• 2009-2023 Liaison lecturer at the Heinrich Böll Foundation
• since 2009 Professor of Political Theory at the University of Erfurt
• 2007: Habilitation in political science with a paper on "Die Macht der Judikative" (reviewers: Hans Vorländer, Hubertus Buchstein and Gerhard Göhler)
• Winter term 2007/2008 and winter term 2008/09 Deputy Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas at the TU Dresden
• 2007 - 2010 Member of the DFG-funded network "Constructivist Conflict Research" (NeKoKo)
• 2003-2009 Founding board member of the DVPW thematic group "Constitution and Politics" (together with Marcus Llanque)
• 2003-2011 Member of the board of the DVPW section "Political Theories and History of Ideas" (2008-2011 as spokesperson)
• 2003-2008 Speaker of the wiss. Staff member and member of the board of the Collaborative Research Center 537 "Institutionality and Historicity"
• 2001 Awarded the graduate prize for the best dissertation in 2001 by the Faculty of Philosophy of the TU Dresden
• 2001-2008 Research assistant in the project "Constitution as an institutional order of the political" at the Collaborative Research Center 537 "Institutionality and Historicity" at the TU Dresden
• 2001: Doctorate (Dr. phil.) with a dissertation on "The symbolic dimension of the constitution. A contribution to institutional theory" at the Faculty of Philosophy of the TU Dresden with "summa cum laude" (supervisor: Hans Vorländer, other reviewers: Karl-Siegbert Rehberg and Rainer Schmalz-Bruns)
• 1997-2001 Research assistant at the Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas at the TU Dresden.
• 1991-1996 Studied political science, sociology and modern German literature at the Philipps University of Marburg, graduated "with distinction"
• born 1969

Research

In theoretical terms, André Brodocz's research interests lie in the further development of agonistic theories of democracy and systems theory as well as in the reconceptualization of the concept of power. In empirical terms, he is currently concentrating on political practices in pandemic times of exception, on claims to representation in ecological conflicts and on struggles for interpretative power and crisis narratives in democracies.

Selection

• Workshop "Democracies in time-out? Historical-conceptual and theoretical-analytical perspectives on the temporal dimensions of states of exception", 9-10 June 2022, Erfurt (together with Hagen Schölzel and Jan-Christoph Suntrup)
• Workshop "Populism and Constitutional Crises in Europe and Latin America", 20-21.2.2020, Erfurt (together with Florian Hoffmann)
• Symposium "The Future of Political Theory" on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie, 25.9.2019, Berlin (together with Marcus Llanque, Gary Schaal and Felix Wassermann)
• Conference "Zum Staatsverständnis Bruno Latours und der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie", September 6-7, 2017, Erfurt (together with Hagen Schölzel)
• Conference "The problem of foundation: Aporias of constitutionalization in political theory, historical comparison and political science analysis', 15-16 September 2016, Erfurt (together with Andreas Braune)
• Academic colloquium "Die Konstitution des Politischen" on the occasion of Prof. Dr. Hans Vorländer's 60th birthday, September 26, 2014, Dresden (together with Dietrich Herrmann, Rainer Schmidt, Daniel Schulz and Julia Schulze Wessel)
• Symposium "Challenges for the Constitutional State" of the Thuringian State Chancellery and the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Erfurt on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the constitution of the Free State of Thuringia, Thuringian State Chancellery, October 15, 2013 (together with Wito Schwanengel and the Thuringian State Chancellery)
• Panel "Diffusion of Authority? The Politics of International Administration in Post-Conflict-States" at the ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, April 3-6, 2013 (together with Thorsten Bonacker, Katrin de Boer and Werner Distler)
• Conference "Struggle for Translation? The Local Politicization of Norms Claiming Global Validity" at the Max Weber College of the University of Erfurt, 25-26 October 2012 (with Florian Hoffmann, Antje Linkenbach-Fuchs and Andreas Pettenkofer)

André Brodocz teaches on the BA courses "Political Science" and "International Relations". His regular courses include the lecture "Democratic Theory" as well as seminars on "Power", "Representative Theories of Democracy", "Theories on the Dark Side of Modern Statehood" and "Global Justice". He offers seminars on the theory and history of modern democracy as well as contemporary political theories in the Master's degree programs "Political Science" and "Democracy and Economics".

Please send questions about courses by André Brodocz to politische.theorie@uni-erfurt.de