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 2023: Democracy and Society in Europe The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) organised the fourth edition of its Summer Academy, which took place from 4 to 8 September 2023 at the EUI's Badia Fiesolana. This year's edition explored the latest insights from political science and sociology. Read more SPS Summer Academy 2023: Democracy and Society in Europe
SPS theses of the month: July The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences is delighted to announce that during the month of July PhD researcher Aleksei Pobedonostsev has successfully defended his dissertation. Read more SPS theses of the month: July
Jens Hainmüller receives EUI Honoris Causa Degree 2023 The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) has conferred this year’s Honoris Causa Degree to the German political scientist, Jens Hainmüller. Read more Jens Hainmüller receives EUI Honoris Causa Degree 2023
William Foley awarded 2023 Linz Rokkan Prize On 16 June 2023, during the EUI Degree Conferring Ceremony, William Foley was awarded the Linz Rokkan Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in Political Sociology. Read more William Foley awarded 2023 Linz Rokkan Prize
Read more 28 September 2023 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences Same history, Different Stories Read more
Read more 29 September 2023 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences The Electoral Consequences of Socio-Economic Inequalities Read more
Read more 5 October 2023 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences The Immigrant Paradox in Education Read more