Dr. Andreas Kallert

Seminar: Geography of the Far Right
Seminar: Local Politics in Germany
Project seminar: Peripheralisation and rural areas, using Northern Bavaria as an example

Since April 2026,
, Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Human Geography, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

April 2021–March 2026
Research Assistant in the Human Geography (Prof. Dr Steiner) and Economic Geography (Prof. Dr Zademach) research groups at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

03/2020–6/2020
Research Assistant at the Institute of Human Geography (Prof. Dr Belina) at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

4/2018–3/2020
Postdoctoral research fellow funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Institute of Political Science at the University of Marburg, on the topic ‘Systemic importance within the European Banking Union: a cultural political economy approach towards a critique of “too big to fail”’

2/2017
PhD (Dr. phil.) at the University of Marburg on the topic ‘Bank bailouts during the 2007–2009 financial crisis in Germany: a critique of systemic importance’. Supervised by Prof. Dr John Kannankulam (Marburg) and Prof. Dr Alex Demirovic (Frankfurt/Berlin).

1/2004–1/2011
Studied Political Science and Public Administration, with Demography as a minor, at the University of Bamberg.

Since May 2021 Associate member of DFG Research Training Group 2589 “Practicing Place” at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Journal article

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2026): ‘Nobody thinks of us’: Loss, bitterness and harm resulting from austerity in marginalised municipalities in Bavaria. Geographische Zeitschrift, 114(3), 161–181. https://doi.org/10.25162/gz-2026-0008

Dudek, S. & Kallert, A. (2026): Austerity in rural areas: The consequences of austerity policies for small local authorities. Wirtschaftsdienst. Journal of Economic Policy, 106(6), 426–430. https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2026-0104

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2026): Austerity in rural areas. On the consequences of budget cuts in small local authorities. Ländliche Räume, 2026(2), 18–23.

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2025): The rural consolidation state: A critical examination of municipal consolidation strategies in Bavaria (Germany). Political Geography, 121, 103379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103379

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2025): Financially vulnerable local authorities under pressure: On the role of funding programmes in rural areas. Yearbook of Public Finance 1(2), 641–654. https://doi.org/10.35998/JOEFIN-2025-0026

Miessner, M., Kallert, A., Naumann, M. & Belina, B. (2025): The neoliberal roots of regional embitterment: Reproducing ‘left behind’ places through inter-place competition. Territory, Politics, Governance. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2025.2518312

Kallenbach, T., Imhoff, F. & Kallert, A. (2025): ‘Can’t be bothered, don’t care, maybe’: Youth work and civil society caught between austerity and a resurgent far right in marginalised rural areas. Knowledge Creates Democracy, 17, 168–179. https://doi.org/10.19222/202517/13

Imhoff, F., Kallert, A. & Kallenbach, T. (2024): Visualising spatial disparities? Reflections on the cartographic representation of public services. Blätter der Wohlfahrtspflege, 171(6), 209–212. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-8574-2024-6-209

Kallert, A., Belina, B., Miessner, M. & Naumann, M. (2021): The cultural political economy of rural governance: Regional development in Hesse (Germany). Journal of Rural Studies, 87, 327–337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.09.017

Belina, B., Kallert, A., Mießner, M. & Naumann, M. (2021): The forgotten countryside: Perspectives on rural development. PROKLA – Journal of Critical Social Science, 51(204), 400–414. https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v51i204.1961

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2019): State-led structural decline in rural areas: A breeding ground for right-wing populism? Knowledge Creates Democracy, 5, 64–73. https://doi.org/10.19222/201905/11

Dudek, S., Hefner, C. & Kallert, A. ( 2018): Why Always Growth? From Political Marginalisation to the Equivalence of Diversity. BBSR Online Publication, 2, 12–24.

Monographs and edited volumes

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (eds.) (2026): Crises in rural areas. Causes and consequences of austerity policies in local authorities. Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924

Belina, B., Kallert, A., Mießner, M. & Naumann, M. (eds.) (2022): Unequal Rural Areas: Contradictions, Concepts and Perspectives. Bielefeld: transcript.

Kallert, A. ( 2017): Bank bailouts during the 2007–2009 financial crisis in Germany: A critique of systemic importance. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot.

Contributions to edited volumes

Dudek, S. & Kallert, A. (2026): Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crises in Rural Areas. An Introduction. In: Kallert, A. & S. Dudek (eds.), Crises in Rural Areas. Causes and Consequences of Austerity Policy in Local Authorities (pp. 13–30). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924-013

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2026): The Rural Consolidation State. On the Ongoing Fiscal Crisis in Small, Rural Local Authorities. In: Kallert, A. & S. Dudek (eds.), Crises in Rural Areas. Causes and Consequences of Austerity Policies in Local Authorities (pp. 99–118). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924-099

Belina, B., Kallert, A., Mießner, M. & Naumann, M. (2026): A Thousand Pots. A critique of competitions for funding. In: Kallert, A. & S. Dudek (eds.), Crises in Rural Areas. Causes and Consequences of Austerity Policies in Local Authorities (pp. 119–134). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924-119

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2026): Challenges and Opportunities for Local Government Finances in Germany. A conversation with Achim Truger, a member of the German Council of Economic Experts, on crises, causes and prospects for structurally weak local authorities. In: Kallert, A. & S. Dudek (eds.), Crises in rural areas. Causes and consequences of austerity policies in local authorities (pp. 153–164). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924-153

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2026): The financial crisis in Bavaria’s local authorities. A conversation with Hans-Peter Mayer from the Bavarian Association of Local Authorities on disparities, structural problems and prospects. In: Kallert, A. & S. Dudek (eds.), Crises in Rural Areas. Causes and Consequences of Austerity Policies in Local Authorities (pp. 169–182). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924-169

Dudek, S. & Kallert, A. (2026): Local authorities’ capacity to act in a crisis. A conversation with Mayor Michael Pöhnlein and Treasurer Nadine Köstner from Nordhalben, Upper Franconia, on budget consolidation, infrastructure costs and the future of democracy. In: Kallert, A. & S. Dudek (eds.), Crises in Rural Areas. Causes and Consequences of Austerity Policies in Local Authorities (pp. 273–284). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839402924-273

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2024): Local Politics. In: Belina, B., Naumann, M. & Strüver, A. (eds.), Handbook of Critical Urban Geography (6th ed., pp. 220–225). Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot.

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2024): A Comparative Analysis of Consolidation Strategies in Small Local Authorities in Five German Federal States. In: Junkernheinrich, M. et al. (eds.), Yearbook of Public Finance (pp. 179–194). Berlin.

Kallert, A. (2024): Local government finances between utopia and reformism. In: Mießner, M. et al. (eds.), Rural Utopias (pp. 205–216). Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839472330-015

Kallenbach, T., Imhoff, F., Braches-Chyrek, R. & Kallert, A. (2023): A Youth-Friendly State? In: Herzberg, C. et al. (eds.), Youth Participation in Rural Areas (pp. 8–15). Potsdam.

Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2023): Stabilisation grants in Bavaria. In: Junkernheinrich, M. et al. (eds.), Yearbook of Public Finance (pp. 161–176). Berlin.

Mießner, M., Kallert, A., Belina, B. & Naumann, M. (2022): Unequal Development of Rural Areas: An Introduction. In: Belina, B. et al. (eds.), Unequal Rural Areas (pp. 9–26). Bielefeld: transcript.

Regener, A., Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2022): Authoritarian populism and ‘Heimat’. In: Belina, B. et al. (eds.), Unequal Rural Areas (pp. 427–443). https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839460139

Kallert, A., Belina, B., Mießner, M. & Naumann, M. (2022): Cultural Political Economy of Rural Areas. In: Belina, B. et al. (eds.), Unequal Rural Spaces (pp. 147–162).

Kallert, A. (2021): The politics of bailing out the rich. In: Mackert, J. et al. (eds.), The Condition of Democracy (pp. 88–105). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158363-6

Dudek, S. & Kallert, A. (2019): Empowerment rather than handouts. In: Miessner, M. & Naumann, M. (eds.), Critical Geography of Rural Development (pp. 177–193). Münster.

Gengnagel, V. & Kallert, A. (2018): Between ‘the common good’ and the Enlightenment. In: Förster, A. et al. (eds.), The End of the Enlightenment: The Open Wound of the NSU. Tübingen.

Research Reports / Working Papers

Kallert, A., Belina, B., Mießner, M. & Naumann, M. (2020): Equivalent Living Conditions? On the Unequal Development of Rural Areas in Hesse. Berlin: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

Dudek, S. & Kallert, A. (2025): Between Austerity Measures and Equitable Living Conditions. Munich: DGB Upper Franconia.

Klinge, T. J., Busch, H., Kallert, A. & Dudek, S. (2023): Income poverty and regional disparities in Bavaria. Fürth: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

Dudek, S. & Kallert, A. (2017): Equitable Living Conditions in Bavaria. Berlin: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

Reviews

Kallert, A. (2026): Ulrike Grabski-Kieron / Stefan Kordel / Christian Krajewski / Ingo Mose / Annett Steinführer (eds.): Geography of Rural Areas (Review), Geographische Zeitschrift, 114(1–2), 103–106.

Kallert, A. ( 2025): The Right-Wing Urban Discourse: More Than Mere Hostility Towards Cities (Review). sub\urban, 13(1), 215–220. https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i1.1039

Kallert, A. (2024): Review of *Rural Places and Planning*. *Raumforschung und Raumordnung*, 82(3), 280–282. https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.2301

Kallert, A. (2022): Local responses to societal challenges (review). Ethik und Gesellschaft, 2.

Other publications

Kallert, A. (2026): On the way to the pension casino. In the shadow of the pension row, the CDU/SPD government has approved a new, riskier private pension scheme. Analyse & Kritik: Newspaper for Left-Wing Debate & Practice, 20 January 2026.

Kallert, A. (2025): Tariffs and games: With his trade policy antics, Trump offers a bit of everything: huge profits, heavy losses and the fear of a crash. Analyse & Kritik: Journal for Left-wing Debate & Practice, 17 June 2025.

Kallert, A. (2023): The next stress test: Silicon Valley Bank has gone bust, Credit Suisse is selling off assets, and the financial world is calling for another shift in interest rates – but the problems run deeper. Analyse & Kritik, No. 692.

Kallert, A. (2022): It was a very lucrative business for the banks – Andreas Kallert on Cum-Cum and Cum-Ex transactions. Interview with RadioBlau Leipzig.

Kallert, A. (2022): Those who have, take: The Cum-Ex scandal highlights just how easily wealth is redistributed from the bottom to the top. Analyse & Kritik, No. 685.

Kallert, A. (2021): Local authorities in a casino: The collapse of Greensill Bank threatens public finances. Analyse & Kritik, No. 670.

Kallert, A. ( 2020): The biggest tax heist in history: Why did the state stand idly by whilst the CumCum and CumEx deals took place? Analyse & Kritik, No. 656, p. 13.

Kallert, A. (2018): Systemic importance as a pretext: German banks used the Lehman collapse to legitimise the socialisation of losses. Analyse & Kritik, No. 640, p. 4.

Here you will find all publications listed by year, categorised by publication type:

https://www.ku.de/mgf/geographie/wirtschaftsgeographie/mitarbeitende/andreas-kallert