Doctoral Programme The core mission of the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) is the recruitment, training, and placement of early career researchers from throughout Europe. Read more Doctoral Programme
People Our Faculty, Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs come from a broad range of countries spanning all Europe and beyond. Read more People
Research We focus on the interplay of institutional dynamics with their behavioral context. Read more Research
Seminars & Teaching We are one of Europe’s leading centres for research on comparative politics, political behaviour and political sociology, the sociology of inequality, analytic sociology, and international relations and security. Read more Seminars & Teaching
SPS Summer Academy 2024: in what shape is Europe’s democracy? The fifth edition of the SPS Summer Academy was hosted in September 2024 at the European University Institute (EUI). The Academy offered an interdisciplinary debate on democracy and society in Europe. Read more SPS Summer Academy 2024: in what shape is Europe’s democracy?
New appointments at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) is pleased to announce Arnout van de Rijt as the new Head of the Department and Filip Kostelka as the new Director of Graduate Studies. Read more New appointments at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences
New professors join the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) announces the arrival of five new faculty members who joined on 1 September 2024. Read more New professors join the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences
Ludwig Schulze on eastern Germany’s turn to the far-right in regional elections In an interview, EUI researcher Ludwig Schulze comments on the results of the elections in Thuringia and Saxony, which saw a success of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Read more Ludwig Schulze on eastern Germany’s turn to the far-right in regional elections
Read more 25 September 2024 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences Political participation and accountability mechanisms in tropical forests governance Read more
Read more 30 September 2024 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences Inclusive Ethnography Read more
Read more 1 October 2024 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences Three Essays on Russian Political Migration Read more