Wolfgang Drechsler

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Wolfgang Drechsler (born June 6, 1963 in Marburg ) is a German scientist who works in the fields of administration , innovation and political philosophy . He is Professor of Political Science at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia , Honorary Professor at IIPP, University College London (since 2019), and Associate at the Davis Center at Harvard University (since 2017), where he is also a member of the Advisory Board.

Life

Wolfgang Drechsler is the son of the long-standing Mayor of Marburg, Hanno Drechsler . He holds degrees from Bridgewater College, the University of Virginia , Philipps University Marburg , the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer and Corvinus University Budapest . He taught at the universities of Marburg, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main . Drechsler was a consultant at the Science Council during the reunification of Germany from 1990 to 1992, from 1989 to 1990 at the US Congress and in 1994 at the President of the Republic of Estonia .

From 1993 to 2006 he was a professor (since 1996 full professor ) for administrative and political sciences at the University of Tartu in Estonia. He has been Professor of Political Science since 2006 (since 2006; previously Professor of Technology Governance and Public Management) and one of the founding directors of the Technology Governance program at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia . 2010–2016 he was also Vice Dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Drechsler was a visiting professor at the University of Lund , the University of Erfurt , the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing , the University of Malaya , the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou , the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta , 2016 at the National Institute of Development Administration in Bangkok , 2017 at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Governance at the National University of Singapore , and from 2012 to 2014 holder of the André Molitor Chair for Reforms in Politics, Administration and International Relations ( professeur invité ) at the Université Catholique de Louvain . He was also a lecturer for the economic fundamentals of innovation at the EBS University of Economics and Law in Oestrich-Winkel (2006–2014).

With regard to public administration, Drechsler takes a political science approach. He is a critic of " New Public Management " and emphasizes the priority of effectiveness over efficiency . He is particularly interested in non-western administration, u. a. of Confucianism and the systems shaped by Islam and Buddhism . In terms of economic policy, he is particularly interested in the role of the state in economic growth and innovation. Philosophically, Drechsler, one of the last students of Hans-Georg Gadamer , is a classic hermeneutic .

Drechsler worked in various advisory activities, especially in the areas of administrative reform and innovation policy as well as e-governance, for national governments and international organizations, among others. a. OECD , Council of Europe , SIGMA, World Bank , EU ( Lisbon Strategy ; member of the Lisbon Agenda Group ), Inter-American Development Bank and United Nations ( UNDP ); Participation in national development plans, in various positions, etc. a. for Estonia, Mongolia , Kazakhstan , Peru , Brazil and Norway . He was also Vice President of the Estonian think tank “Praxis” (2000–2005).

Book publications (excerpt)

  • Andrew D. White in Germany. Heinz, Stuttgart 1989.
  • On the Eminence of the Social Sciences at the University of Dorpat. Tartu University Press, Tartu 1998 (also in Estonian).
  • Good and Bad Government. LGI / OSI, Budapest 2001 (on Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescoes in Siena ).
  • Wolfgang Drechsler: Gadamer in Marburg . 3rd edition Blaues Schloss, Marburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-943556-27-8 (first edition: 2013).

As editor

  • Reforming Higher Education and Research in Eastern Germany. World Affairs. 1992.
  • Johann Ulrich von Cramer : Opuscula. 5 volumes. Olms, Hildesheim / New York 1996.
  • Basics of administration. Tartu University Press, Tartu 1997 (Estonian).
  • Paradiama. Essays in honor of Otto Kaiser on the occasion of his 75th birthday / Essays in honor of Otto Kaiser on the occasion of his 75th birthday . Estonian Academy Publications, Tallinn 1999.
  • The self-governing community. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999.

As co-editor

  • Imperial University Dorpat 200 - Academia Gustaviana 370 - The anniversary of the University of Tartu. Tartu University Press, Tartu 2004.
  • Enhancing the Capacities to Govern: Challenges Facing the CEE Countries. ( Memento from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) NISPAcee, Bratislava 2004.
  • Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900): Economy and Society. Springer, New York 2006.
  • A Distinctive European Model? The Neo-Weberian State. In: The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy. 2009.
  • with Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel (eds.): Techno-Economic Paradigms. Essays in Honor of Carlota Perez . Anthem Press, London / New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-84331-822-4 , doi : 10.7135 / UPO9781843318224 .
  • Public Management Now and in the Future. Does technology matter? (=  The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy . Volume 3 , no. 1 : [Winter 2010/2011]). NISPAcee Press, Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-89013-53-1 .
  • Islamic Public Administration. First Explorations in the Second World and Beyond . Administrative Culture, 2014.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Secopa Award
personal data
SURNAME Wood turner, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg