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
Tim Heinkelmann-Wild receives German Thesis Award and DGVN Dissertation Prize The EUI is pleased to announce that Max Weber Fellow Tim Heinkelmann-Wild is the recipient of the German Thesis Award and the DGVN Dissertation Prize for his doctoral dissertation. Read more Tim Heinkelmann-Wild receives German Thesis Award and DGVN Dissertation Prize
SPS theses of the month: March The Department of Political and Social Sciences is delighted to announce that during the month of March one researcher successfully defended his dissertation. Read more SPS theses of the month: March
Zuzanna Samson receives ISA Fred Hartmann Award The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences is pleased to announce that PhD researcher Zuzanna Samson is the recipient of the Fred Hartmann Award from the International Studies Association for a paper presented at the ISA Northeast Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Read more Zuzanna Samson receives ISA Fred Hartmann Award
The power of being slightly ahead: Arnout van de Rijt on why 51% matters In this #EUIResearch interview, Professor Arnout van de Rijt, Head of the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, shows how even a small edge in popularity, such as 51% versus 49%, can snowball and shape collective decisions, with implications for elections, social media, and online platforms. Read more The power of being slightly ahead: Arnout van de Rijt on why 51% matters
Read more 29 April 2026 Research seminar Joint event Harmonising consensus: The geopolitical economy of standardisation in the AI Act Read more
Read more 4 May 2026 Thesis defence Department of Political and Social Sciences Three neoclassical realist perspectives on small states and threat Read more