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 alumnus Lukas Schmid wins 2024 Jean Blondel Thesis Prize Lukas Schmid, alumnus of the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, has received the 2024 Jean Blondel PhD Prize of the European Consortium for Political Research for the best thesis in politics. Read more SPS alumnus Lukas Schmid wins 2024 Jean Blondel Thesis Prize
Torben Iversen on knowledge economies, social divisions, and right-wing populism Torben Iversen, Fernand Braudel Fellow at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences and Professor of Political Economy in the Government Department at Harvard University, explores the growth of knowledge economies, associated societal divisions, and the consequent emergence of right-wing populism. Read more Torben Iversen on knowledge economies, social divisions, and right-wing populism
Trump 2.0: Simon Hix and Kevin Munger on polling, the swing vote, and Elon Musk In this debut #EUIUpFront video conversation, Professor Simon Hix and Assistant Professor Kevin Munger, from the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, discuss the outcome of the US presidential elections from their unique academic perspectives. Read more Trump 2.0: Simon Hix and Kevin Munger on polling, the swing vote, and Elon Musk
Filip Kostelka at the 2024 Serbian Political Science Association conference The Serbian Political Science Association invited Filip Kostelka, Professor and Chair in Political and Social Change at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, to deliver a keynote address at its annual meeting. Read more Filip Kostelka at the 2024 Serbian Political Science Association conference
Read more 26 November 2024 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences Affective polarisation and punishing democratic violators Read more
Read more 27 November 2024 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences Social Investment Working Group: Paper presentations Read more
Read more 27 November 2024 Research seminar Joint event Did Western finance help or hinder transition in Eastern Central Europe? Read more