Meinhard Miegel (born 23 April 1939 in Vienna) is a German political scientist. He is known for his work on the conditions of the economy and society. He co-founded the with Kurt Biedenkopf in 1977, and served as a Professor at the University of Leipzig from 1992. He became a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1994, received the Corine Literature Prize in 2002, the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize in 2004 and the in 2005.