Paul Johannes Kevenhörster (born 5 June 1941 in Schwerte, Province of Westphalia) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Westphalian William's University of Muenster in Germany.
His Habilitation, the functional equivalent among German academics to service as assistant professor, was completed in 1973 at the Rhenish Frederic William's University of Bonn with a major study on the council system as an instrument to control political and economic power.
In the same year Kevenhörster was appointed to full/ tenured professorship of political science in Muenster, initially with the Teachers' Training College.
Between 1982 and 1988 Kevenhörster served as Secretary General (Kurator) of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) in Berlin,[2] which is now part of Inwent.
[6] Kevenhörster's numerous publications (the Library of Congress holds 21 titles) include the following books: Some of his papers published in renowned journals are available on the internet, e.g.