Institute
Timeline
2024
Appointment of three professorships for Research on Far Right Extremism
Focus on political actors and ideologies
Focus on media and the public spheres
Focus on political and cultural education
2023
Foundation of the Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism (IRex)
On May 11, 2023, the University of Tübingen's Senate establishes the Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism (IRex) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Tübingen.
2023
The research center is coming to Tübingen
On March 7, 2023, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann and Science Minister Petra Olschowski announce that the the Research Institute for Far Right Extremism is coming to Tübingen.
2020
Establishment of the Documentation Center for Far Right Extremism
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts establishes the Documentation Center for Far Right Extremism (DokRex) in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives at the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.
2019
Beschlussempfehlung des 2. NSU-Untersuchtungsausschusses
The second NSU Inquiry Committee of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg recommends that the state government establish a research and documentation center for far right extremism (Landtags-Drucksache 16/5250, S. 1063, Nr. 25).