Teaching and studies

In our research and teaching we deal with political science topics from the following two areas:

• European studies
• International relations with a special focus on Europe

We thus analyse a variety of different political science issues from a European perspective, paying particular attention to the multi-level structure of the European Union's political system. The Chair also has a research focus on politics - the actors and processes. Our research approach is always empirical-analytical, our analyses are primarily quantitative in nature. Examples of selected topics in which we are particularly interested include

• The political system of the European Union
• European elections
• Parties and the party system in Europe
• Population attitudes in Europe
• Voting behaviour in Europe
• Gender research

Information on studying abroad as part of your degree programme

In the summer semester 2024 we provided the following courses:

Die Europawahlen 2024: Themen, Parteien und Wähler*innen

Europäische Integration und politische Instrumente

Regional- und Strukturpolitik in Europa

Terrorismus und Sicherheit

Radical voters and parties

Politikwissenschaftliches Kolloquium

Facetten der Vielfalt: Genderforschung und ihre Bedeutung für die Gesellschaft

In the summer semester 2023 we provided the following courses:

Europäische Integration und politische Instrumente

Strukturpolitiken

Data and methods to study European politics

Einführung in die internationale Sicherheitspolitik