Politicologie

The EPER programme provides students with a thorough understanding of the politics and power of Europe in an increasingly diverse, interdependent, and multi-polar world.
It offers in-depth study of the internal and external dimensions of European politics and their interrelations. Internally, it takes a historically grounded approach to processes of European integration, democracy, and citizenship. Externally, it focuses on understanding and analyzing the power of Europe in a changing global environment, for example in relation to borders, security, trade, finance, and environmental governance.* Do you wonder how the EU relates to other global players? How it acts upon Russian involvement in the Ukrainian crisis, deals with transatlantic relations in post-Snowden times, or engages with political transformations in the Middle East and North Africa?* Are you interested in how the economic crisis in the eurozone affects the European Union's internal governance and its position in the world? What does deeper integration within the eurozone mean for national democracy, the effects of Brexit, and relations with major trading partners like the US and China?* Do you want to know how security threats challenge, unite and divide EU member states? Would you like to understand how the EU responds to instability in its own direct neighborhood?

The International Relations programme provides you with insight into fundamental questions about war and peace, the global economy, but also about justice, efficiency and identity throughout the world
It analyses interactions between states, international organisations, citizens and other non-state actors at local, national, and supranational levels.

We provide a distinctive programme that is:
* Comprehensive in its coverage of themes and world regions. We offer multiple courses relating to peace and security, international political economy, human rights, migration and, global environmental issues, among many others. Our courses cover all world regions and/or relations between regions.
* Based in 21 st Century IR: our programme is distinguished by its emphasis on transnational processes and institutions. It draws on interdisciplinary insights and is committed to a broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches within the discipline of International Relations.
* Research-led: our large international teaching staff consists of committed researchers who draw on their own work to teach how to do empirical research and develop theoretical insight. The programme explicitly reflects on the relation between academic work and political practice and includes courses co-taught by academic staff and policymakers.

How do global economic and political forces shape the lives and future of citizens, business, and civil society?
Our Political Economy Master programme will teach you to answer these questions. The programme covers the ground from 'economics for non-economists' to understanding how the 'rules of the game' are shaped, to thinking about 'winners' and 'losers' of an open global economy and how that gives rise to 'new' conflicts. You will address the critical issues in global and comparative terms facing the developed and developing worlds, from Asia to Europe to the Americas. We will focus on contemporary challenges such as migration, the struggle for development, or better financial market governance.