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
Research collaborations between EUI and Geneva Graduate Institute Ten EUI scholars recently received research funding for collaborative projects with scholars at the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID). Learn more below about the proposed research, to be conducted during 2023. Read more Research collaborations between EUI and Geneva Graduate Institute
EUI researcher scrutinises job placement and the gender gap in political science EUI PhD researcher Joris Frese has published an analysis of the academic job-placement success of hundreds of political science departments worldwide. The EUI scores well, both for placement overall and for the placement of female graduates. But a global gender gap in hiring and promotion persists. Read more EUI researcher scrutinises job placement and the gender gap in political science
SPS alumnus Vicente Valentim wins Jean Blondel Thesis Prize Vicente Valentim, alumnus of the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, has received the 2022 Jean Blondel PhD Prize of the European Consortium for Political Research for the best thesis in politics. Read more SPS alumnus Vicente Valentim wins Jean Blondel Thesis Prize
SPS and the city: new EUI event series launches with debate on gender inequality On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences inaugurated a cycle of public events in Florence. Read more SPS and the city: new EUI event series launches with debate on gender inequality
Read more 4 April 2023 Research seminar Joint event The UK Government’s COVID-19 Policy Advisory System Read more
Read more 5 April 2023 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences A target on the head? Read more
Read more 5 April 2023 Working group Department of Political and Social Sciences Presentations by Anton Hemerijck, David Bokhorst, and Merijn Oudenampsen Read more