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
Settling Palestine: logics of (in)direct governance of Israel's occupation 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 Settling Palestine: logics of (in)direct governance of Israel's occupation
Researching education and inequalities: EUI welcomes Herman van de Werfhorst Herman van de Werfhorst joined the EUI’s Department of Political and Social Sciences on 1 September 2022 as Chair in Sociology. He is on leave from the University of Amsterdam, where he was Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department and Co-director of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies. Read more Researching education and inequalities: EUI welcomes Herman van de Werfhorst
EUI welcomes Professor Waltraud Schelkle Professor Waltraud Schelkle joined on 1 September 2022 as Joint Chair in European Public Policy at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences and at the Robert Schuman Centre. Previously, she was Professor at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Read more EUI welcomes Professor Waltraud Schelkle
Strong showing by EUI at the 2022 APSA convention With at least 29 participants, the EUI research community made a very strong showing at the recent American Political Science Association (APSA) annual convention. Read more Strong showing by EUI at the 2022 APSA convention
Featured publication Handbook of sociological science Klarita Gërxhani - Werner Raub Read more Handbook of sociological science