Mikkel Flohr

Research

My research takes place within the fields of social and political theory,  the history of ideas and historical sociology. My current research focuses on the relationship between sovereignty, constitutional law and emergency politics and is financed by the Carlsberg Foundation. I also work on historical and contemporary conceptualizations of the people and their implications for conceptions of democracy and contemporary debates over populism.

My doctoral research focused on the development of the notion of the sovereign state and its relationship to society and economy - drawing on the early works of Karl Marx and G.W.F. Hegel. Other areas of interest include: democratic theory and practice, theories of the state, political theology, sovereignty, critical theory, Marx and marxisms, Foucault, Agamben and political economy.

Teaching

I have taught on the following courses: Introduction to Political Science; Classical and Modern Political Thinkers; Philosophy of Science; Research skills for the Social Sciences; Qualitative and Abductive Analytical Strategies; Repoliticizing Capitalism: Contradictions, Critiques, and Alternatives; From Philosophy to Social Theory; etc.

I have supervised numerous BA- and MA-semester projects (including multiple MA theses) in social and political science as well as global and development studies across a wide array of topics both within my research areas and beyond.

Research Interests and fields: Democracy and populism, states of exception, securitization, political theory and the history of ideas, discourse and media analysis, conceptual history.

Theoretical fields: Classical and modern social and political theories, with a particular focus on Foucault, Agamben, Marx and Marxism, critical theory, as well as classical political science theory and historical and political sociology.

Methods: Various qualitative methods, including document and discourse analysis, archival work, observations, interviews, and case studies.