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
The left influencing the right: Manuel Alvariño on progressive family policy Manuel Alvariño Vázquez, researcher at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, delves into why some centre-right governments go against their own ideologies and accept progressive family policies. Read more The left influencing the right: Manuel Alvariño on progressive family policy
The Draghi report: bold vision or missed opportunity? In this #EUIUpFront video conversation, Erik Jones, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre, and Waltraud Schelkle, Professor and Director of Research at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, share a lively discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the Draghi report. Read more The Draghi report: bold vision or missed opportunity?
SPS theses of the month: January The Department of Political and Social Sciences is delighted to announce that during the month of January three PhD researchers successfully defended their dissertation. Read more SPS theses of the month: January
EUI hosts Professor Jan Rovny as part of CIVICA’s faculty short visits In this interview, Jan Rovny, Professor at Sciences Po, delves into his visit at the EUI on 20-25 January 2025 in the frame of CIVICA’s faculty short visits. Read more EUI hosts Professor Jan Rovny as part of CIVICA’s faculty short visits
Read more 25 February 2025 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences How partisan group composition shapes divisive political debate Read more
Read more 26 February 2025 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences Social Investment Working Group: Paper presentations Read more
Read more 27 February 2025 Seminar series Joint event The curious case of the United Nations security council expansion of 1963 Read more