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 conduct problem and theory-driven research across four interconnected fields: international relations, comparative politics and political behaviour, public policy and institutions, and sociology. 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
Same war, different story: Michal Parízek maps conflict in world news More than 20 years after the invasion of Iraq, arguments over who was in the right still shape world politics. In this #EUIResearch interview, EUI Fernand Braudel Fellow Michal Parízek explains why the stories told today about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza may last just as long. Read more Same war, different story: Michal Parízek maps conflict in world news
Givi Silagadze asks why voters remain supportive of leaders who erode democracy In this #MyEUIResearch story, PhD researcher Givi Silagadze looks at one of the least understood aspects of democratic erosion: not why leaders weaken courts and the press, but why so many voters, including informed and educated ones, continue to support them. Read more Givi Silagadze asks why voters remain supportive of leaders who erode democracy
Village stories from the front lines: Natasja Rupesinghe on war in central Mali In the villages of central Mali, communities have lived through blockades, killings, and rebels mobilising in their midst. During six months of fieldwork, conducting around 200 interviews, Natasja Rupesinghe listened to their stories. In a new #EUIResearch video, she shares what she heard. Read more Village stories from the front lines: Natasja Rupesinghe on war in central Mali
The mess at home, and who is still expected to clean it, with Léa Pessin Why does housework remain so unequally divided between women and men, long after other gender gaps have narrowed? In this #EUIResearch interview, EUI Assistant Professor Léa Pessin discusses what more than 800 AI-generated rooms reveal about who is still expected to clean up at home. Read more The mess at home, and who is still expected to clean it, with Léa Pessin
Read more 20 October 2026 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences Make Hay While the Sun Shines Read more
Read more 21 October 2026 Special Event Department of Political and Social Sciences Ukrainian scholarship in Ukraine and the EUI Read more
Read more 22 October 2026 Seminar series Department of Political and Social Sciences Surviving Exile through Protest Read more