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 behavioural 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
Anton Hemerijck on why Europe’s welfare state is stronger than you think In this interview, EUI Professor Anton Hemerijck explains why Europe's welfare states emerged stronger from recent crises, and how social investment is now central to economic resilience, even in the face of populism, ageing, and new fiscal pressures. Read more Anton Hemerijck on why Europe’s welfare state is stronger than you think
Bringing research to the big screen, with Paulus Wagner and Barbara Wolfram How can research become fiction? Paulus Wagner, Max Weber Fellow at the EUI, explores this question through a unique collaboration with film director Barbara Wolfram. Together, they turn their research into cinema with Walter L., a short film that brings working-class political experiences to the screen. Read more Bringing research to the big screen, with Paulus Wagner and Barbara Wolfram
No return home: Russian emigration after the invasion with Emil Kamalov A new report co-authored by Emil Kamalov, PhD researcher at the EUI, finds that many Russians who left after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine are not planning to return—citing not just the war, but the absence of political reform. Read more No return home: Russian emigration after the invasion with Emil Kamalov
SPS theses of the month: May The Department of Political and Social Sciences is delighted to announce that during the month of May, two researchers have successfully defended their dissertations. Read more SPS theses of the month: May
Read more 25 June 2025 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences Through Hardship, to the Stars? Read more
Read more 27 June 2025 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences I Was The Third Brother of Five, Doing Whatever I Had To Do To Survive Read more
Read more 30 June 2025 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences Making Sense of Techno-Society Read more