Institute Board

What sets IRex apart is its interdisciplinary approach to researching far-right phenomena, their interconnections, and the development of counter-strategies. This work is firmly anchored within the University of Tübingen. Together with colleagues from the four Research Units – Political Actors and Ideologies, Media and the Public Spheres, Political and Cultural Education, Social Science Research on Antisemitism) – the work of the IRex professors spans different disciplines, including political science, communication/media studies, education and antisemitism research. A fifth research unit, Attitudes and Elections, with a regional focus on Baden-Württemberg, is coordinated by the Managing Director of Research (Local Political Cultures).

The institute board is also responsible for developing a cross-disciplinary Far Right Research Platform. This platform will integrate event monitoring, social media monitoring, survey data and other research outputs from IRex. The findings from research units provide the foundation for university-level teaching and braoder knowledge dissemination. The management team is responsible for the operational coordination and organization of the institute.

The Institute’s Board is continuously supported by a steering committee, composed of colleagues from various disciplines and departments across the University of Tübingen. hese members played a key role in shaping and advancing the institute's founding proposal – both in terms of content and organization – and continue to share responsibility for its ongoing success. The steering committee includes:

Prof. Dr. Markus Rieger-Ladich, Institute of Education, University of Tübingen

Prof. a.D. Dr. Josef Schmid, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, University of Tübingen

Prof. Dr. Barbara Stauber (Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, University of Tübingen)

Prof. Dr. Tanja Thomas (Institut für Medienwissenschaft, University of Tübingen)

Until his move to the German Sport University Cologne as President, Prof. Dr. Ansgar Thiel was also a member of the steering group as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and IRex founding director.