Simon Rothersstudied Political Science and Sociology in Berlin, Toulouse, Gießen and Madrid. Since 2018, he has been a lecturer and doctoral candidate at the Justus–Liebig–University and the International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture (GCSC) in Gießen. His research focuses on concepts andtheories of civil society, social movements, authoritarianism and political culture. He has also been an active member of the Maecenata Forschungscollegium since October 2017