Department of Political and Social Sciences


New faculty arrivals in January

The EUI is delighted to welcome a number of new professors on a full-time basis this month. Professor Martin Ruhs joins the EUI to become Chair in Migration Studies and Deputy Director of the Migration Policy Centre at the Robert Schuman Centre. Professor Ruhs’ research focuses on the economics and politics of international migration, with […]

Alumnus Michaël Tatham wins 2017 UACES Best Book Prize

Professor Michaël Tatham (SPS 2006-2010) has been awarded the 2017 Best Book Prize from the academic association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) for his work With, Without, or Against the State? How European regions play the Brussels game. The award, which Professor Tatham accepted in Krakow earlier this month, is awarded each year to the […]

Professor Hanspeter Kriesi wins major prize in political sociology

Professor Kriesi, Stein Rokkan chair in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, has won the Mattei Dogan Foundation Prize in European Political Sociology. The Foundation awards the $3,000 prize every two years. It is usually givent to an individual or group who have made ‘a major contribution to the advancement of political sociology.’ The jury […]

The Linz Rokkan Prize in Political Sociology

One might expect a left-wing government to support measures which promoted equality in education by denying parents the choice. Yet Haberstroh noticed that since the 1980s, left-wing parties have also supported parental choice in schools. ‘Why would left-wing governments introduce school choice when this enforces inequality?’ she wondered.

Diego Garzia wins Celso Ghini prize

Jean Monnet Fellow Diego Garzia has been awarded the Celso Ghini prize for Best Article in Political Communication and Electoral Research

New Grant for COSMOS Project

The “Living with Hard Times: How European Citizens Deal with Economic Crises and Their Social and Political Consequences” research project has received a three year grant from the Seventh Framework Programme.