Department of Political Science

Founded in December 2006, the Department of Political Science has rapidly expanded to its present complement of over 20 full-time members of staff. The Department forms part of the interdisciplinary Identités, Politiques, Sociétés et Espaces research unit. It provides a methodologically pluralist and distinctively multilingual environment in which to pursue institutional centres of European Union. 

The Department has internationally recognised research strenghts in the areas of:

• The Institutions and Policies of the European Union
• Comparative Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (with particular reference on Europe and the Americas)
• Comparative European Politics (with particular reference to the Benelux countries and Small States)
• Politics and Religion
• Migration Studies
• Human Rights

Research Programme

The research activities of the Department are largely encompassed within the wider, institutionally prioritised European Governance research programme .

Doctoral Studies in Political Science

Applications are welcomed from candidates wishing to pursue doctoral studies in specified research areas. Further details are available on our doctoral studies in political science  page.

Taught Programmes

Political Science courses currently form part of the curriculum of:

• Master en Gouvernance européenne (académique)
• Master en histoire européenne contemporaine
• Master erasmus mundus en philosophie
• Bachelor en cultures européennes (académique)
• Bachelor en droit
• Bachelor en sciences économiques et de gestion

The Department is a sustaining member of the  Luxembourg Political Science Association  (Luxpol). It also supports the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion  (RISC) and the scientific journal Regions and Cohesion.  It joined the  European Consortium for Political Research  and the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes . 

Contact

Harlan Koff
Department of Political Science
University of Luxembourg
Route de Diekirch
L-7220 Walferdange
Email: pol@uni.lu
Website: http://pol.uni.lu/
Phone : (00 352) 46 66 44 6270
Fax: (00 352) 46 66 44 6348