Hans Vorländer holds the Chair of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at TU Dresden, Germany. He is also Founding Director of the Dresden based Center for the Study of Constitutionalism and Democracy (ZVD). He has published numerous books on democracy, constitutionalism, liberalism and populism. Among his publications are books on democracy ( Demokratie , 2009) and on constitutionalism ( Die Verfassung , 2012).

Maik Herold is Research Associate at the Chair of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at TU Dresden and at the Center for the Study of Constitutionalism and Democracy (ZVD), Germany.

Steven Schäller is Research Associate at the Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought at TU Dresden and at the Center for the Study of Constitutionalism and Democracy (ZVD), Germany.