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
Friends or Foes? Explaining Cohesion in Secessionist Movements Every year, about 30 researchers defend their PhD theses in the SPS Department. In order to illustrate the range of their research, each month the department selects and presents a dissertation notable for both its exceptionally high quality and general interest to the public. Read more Friends or Foes? Explaining Cohesion in Secessionist Movements
Europe’s social investment and immigrant integration, post-COVID The EU plans to spend €800 billion on post-COVID recovery measures. SPS Professor Anton Hemerijck, in collaboration with migrant integration experts, argues that adapting social investment to better serve vulnerable groups such as immigrants will provide the best future resilience. Read more Europe’s social investment and immigrant integration, post-COVID
SPS researcher Maxine Both wins grant to study solidarity with migrants Doctoral researcher Maxine Both has received Canadian funding for field research investigating immigrant detention in Italy and Canada and the ways civil society organisations build relationships and provide solidarity and assistance to detained migrants. Read more SPS researcher Maxine Both wins grant to study solidarity with migrants
SPS Department awards 2022 Linz Rokkan Prize Vicente Valentim will be awarded the Linz Rokkan Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in Political Sociology at this year's EUI Conferring Ceremony, taking place on 17 June 2022. Read more SPS Department awards 2022 Linz Rokkan Prize
Featured publication Women who break the glass ceiling get a 'paper cut' Gender, fame, and media sentiment Arnout van de Rijt Read more Women who break the glass ceiling get a 'paper cut'