Research and Teaching Unit 4

Research and Teaching Unit 4 "Politics and Society" is concerned with the development of the political system and its embedding in a (global) social environment.
It integrates political science and sociological approaches in research and teaching and is responsible for organising the courses offered on the Bachelor's degree course in Political Science, the Master's degree course in Political Communication, which is being phased out, and the Master's degree course in Political Science.
In addition, the department offers courses in political science and political sociology in other Bachelor's and Master's courses at the faculty as well as in the doctoral programme.
In line with its integration into the Faculty of Sociology, the research area emphasises embedding political science issues in social theory and linking political science and sociological approaches in its research and teaching. The research activities of the 'Politics and Society' research area are partly based at the Institute for World Society Studies, which is affiliated to the Faculty of Sociology. The current research activities in the 'Politics and Society' research area cover the following subject areas:
Please refer to the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) for events organised by the Research and Teaching Unit 4.

Sekretariat für Prof. Dr. Mathias Albert