COURSES

Courses, Seminars, and Workshops 2024-2025

List of courses for the 1st year PhD students (40° Cycle)

Research Methods (Compulsory):

• Quantitative Methods
• Classics in Political, Social and Economic Theory
• Qualitative Methods 
• Current approaches in epistemology of the social sciences 

 International Relations Curriculum: 

• Theories of International Relations
• International and Comparative Political Economy
• International Relations
• IR & Area Studies

Sociology Curriculum:

• Moral panics: from the origins of the concept to contemporary developments
• The Social Impact of Communication Technologies
• Welfare State and Inequality
• Gender, stratification and intersectionality

Comparative Politics Curriculum: 

• Understanding Policy Dynamics
• Comparative Politics
• Party Competition in Western European Democracies

List of courses for the 2nd year PhD students (38° Cycle)

• Ethics and Safety in Fieldwork 
• Vignette Method in Social Research
• Vignette Method in practice
• Experimental research in political and social sciences
• Academic Skills Seminars: Writing, Publishing, and Beyond

Courses, Seminars, and Workshops 2023-2024

List of courses for the 1st year PhD students (39° Cycle)

• Quantitative Methods
• Theories of International Relations
• Classics in Political, Social and Economic Theory
• Understanding Policy Dynamics
• Qualitative Methods 
• Inequality and the welfare state
• Social Impact of Communication 
• Comparative Politics
• Sociology
• International Relations
• IR and Area Studies
• Current approaches in epistemology of the social sciences 

List of courses for the 2nd year PhD students (38° Cycle)

• Ethics and Safety in fieldwork 
• How to Write Articles for Peer-reviewed Journals
• Experimental research in political and social sciences
• Academic skills

Courses, Seminars, and Workshops 2022-2023 

Courses for the 1st year PhD students (38° Cycle)

• Philosophy of Social Sciences
• Research Methods
• Game Theory 
• Classics of Political and Social Sciences
• Seminars in Comparative Politics
• Seminars in International Relations and Area Studies
• Seminars in Sociology
• Understanding Policy Dynamics

Courses for the 2nd year PhD students (37° Cycle)

• Foundations of International Relations

Optional Courses for the 2nd , 3rd and 4th year PhD students (35°, 36°, and 37° Cycles)

• Workshop: Introduction to MAXQDA
• Seminar Series on Academic Skills

Courses, Seminars, and Workshops 2021-2022

List of courses for the 1st year PhD students (37° Cycle)

• Philosophy of Social Science
• Research Methods
• Game Theory for the Social Sciences
• Classics of Political and Social Sciences
• Seminars in Political Science (Polity, Politics, and Policy)
• Seminars in International Relations and Area Studies
• Seminars in Sociology

List of courses for the 2nd year PhD students (36° Cycle)

• Big Data for the Social Sciences
• English for Academic Writing

Courses, Seminars and Workshops 2020-2021

List of courses for the 1st year PhD students (36° Cycle)

• Philosophy of Social Science
• Social Science and Research Methodology
• Game Theory for the Social Sciences
• Classics of Political and Social Sciences
• Seminar in Political Science (Polity, Politics, and Policy)
• Seminar in International Relations and Area Studies
• Seminar in Sociology