Pompeu Fabra University is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. Established in 1990 by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia and named after Pompeu Fabra, it is known for its competitiveness in research and commitment to transforming education for future challenges.

Young, modern, research-oriented: founded only 21 years ago, the University of Potsdam has firmly established in the scientific landscape of Berlin-Brandenburg. The network works closely with the research institutions of the city and the region. Also benefit 20,000 students. The University of Potsdam is the largest university in the state of Brandenburg and one of the most beautifully situated academic institutions in Germany.

Being one of only three full-fledged political science departments in Austria, Political Science at the University of Salzburg offers particular strengths in environmental policy, international trade policy and political economy, political thought as well as a comparative focus on Austria in its European and international context. Unique among Austrian academic institutions is the Department’s affiliation with the Salzburg Center of European Union Studies – designated a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in 2008 - , most of whose faculty are also members in Political Science. Being comprehensive in nature, Political Science at the University of Salzburg offers the full range of academic training from the B.A. to the Ph.D.. In 2005 the Master program in European Union Studies was launched, offering an interdisciplinary education in European Politics, European Union law, economics and European history. Faculty members regularly publish in leading, peer-reviewed journals in the discipline and have also produced a substantial number of monographs and edited volumes. Fulltime Faculty: 10+/ Undergraduates: 500/ MA: 60/ PhD: 10

The Institute of Political Science (IPW-HSG) is an independent research institution of the University of St.Gallen.

The Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart focuses on the following three core research areas: Democracy, participation and sociality The first research area concerns the theoretical and empirical exploration and analysis of 21st century democracy, representation and deliberation, political attitudes and electoral behavior, civic participation and dialogue, involvement in environmental and technology conflicts, and the importance of new technologies for the emergence and action of social movements and collectives. Political and socio-technical transformation processes In this research area, we examine central aspects of political, social and technological change, such as the emergence of democratic political institutions beyond the nation state or the complex socio-technical transformation processes that accompany the digital revolution. Research methods Special emphasis is put on the development and application of advanced social science methods - including the statistical modeling of social structures and processes, survey and deliberation experiments, computer-aided text analysis, and innovative methods in social systems analysis and qualitative social research. Unique features Our study programs are designed to thoroughly train students in social science theories and research methods. They include the BA Social Sciences, the MA Empirical Political and Social Research and the MSc Planning and Participation.

University Institute; research and teaching in political science; European Politics, Political Economy, International Relations; Peace and Conflict Studies; Middle East

The Université Catholique de Lille (Catholic University of Lille), founded in 1875, is France’s largest private, not‐for‐profit university with 33,000 students spread across five faculties, 20 schools and institutes, and 15 research centres. Heir to the School of Political and Social Sciences created within the University in 1894, ESPOL, the European School of Political and Social Sciences, was opened in 2012 to offer students an education on European and global issues. As part of the school, the ESPOL-Lab Research Centre for European and International Politics is focussing on three thematic areas: quality of democracy, reconfigurations of the International, and politics of the Anthropocene. Europe constitutes a cross-cutting dimension that is present in each of these three areas.

ISPOLE (Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain-Europe) at UCLouvain is a multidisciplinary institute where about 100 senior and junior researchers study “politics, policy and polities” at the local, regional, national, European and international levels in a multilevel perspective under various methodological and thematic angles. Its members have succeeded to develop a reputation of scientific excellence, which manifests itself not only in numerous scientific contributions in high-level journals. The Institute’s researchers have been also actively involved in important collaborative networks and research projects (e.g. Jean Monnet Networks – Erasmus+ “Restep” or “EUN-NET”) and been repeatedly successful in the obtainment of external sources of funding at the national and international level such as the ERC Starting grant QUALIDEM or the COST Action “Constitution-making and deliberative democracy” (CA17135). Moreover, the Institute hosts the prestigious French-language journal Revue internationale de politique comparée (RIPC) and is currently leading the editorial board of the journal Politics of the Low Countries.

The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation.

The University of Liège is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium founded in 1817 and based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.

The University of Neuchâtel is a French-speaking public research university in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The university has four faculties and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law and economics.

Reconnu à l’échelle internationale pour son apport à la recherche en science politique, le Département se distingue par la qualité de ses programmes, ses professeurs disponibles et engagés ainsi que ses nombreuses possibilités de stages et de séjours à l’étranger