Lukas Meisner

Lukas Meisner is a Research Fellow affiliated with the SFB Struktureller Wandel des Eigentums at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Berlin Institute for Critical Theory (InkriT). He will assume the editorship of the journal Das Argument. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften in 2025. His academic background spans three institutions: a PhD in Philosophy from Università Ca’ Foscari Venice, the Max Weber College Erfurt, and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin; a Master’s in Sociology from Goldsmiths College, University of London; and a Bachelor’s in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from Freie Universität Berlin.

Education:
• PhD in Philosophy (2023) - Università Ca’ Foscari Venice, Max Weber College Erfurt, Max Planck Institute Berlin
• MA in Sociology (2018) - Goldsmiths College, University of London
• BA in Philosophy & Comparative Literature (2016) - Freie Universität Berlin

Meisner’s research focuses on Critical Theory, Marxist philosophy, and ecological-economic democratization. He reinterprets Frankfurt School concepts like 'false needs' for contemporary socioecological challenges and analyzes the interplay between antimodernism, neoliberalism, and neofascism in post-1989/90/91 contexts. His work emphasizes dialectical methodologies across humanities and social sciences.

Recent publications reveal thematic clusters in political autonomy, dialectical Marx-Maoist theory, and materialist approaches to climate crisis. He contributes to heterodox economics through critical theory frameworks while exploring epistemological challenges in social sciences.

Key Affiliations:
• SFB Structural Change of Property (Jena)
• Institute for Critical Theory Berlin (InkriT)
• Future editor of Das Argument journal