The Department of Sociology in Jena is part of one of the best departments in Germany. In the latest ranking by the Centre for the Development of Higher Schools (CHE), the department is in second place in all of Germany. According not only to objective cr

Fulda University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented university with an international profile. The special focus on applied research includes the independent right to confer the doctorate. Founded in 1974, the university encompasses, at present, eight departments with over 60 study programmes, approx. 9,700 students of which 1,426 international students from more than 110 countries, 170 professors, 125 academic and research staff, plus 250 administrative staff.

The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.

George Mason University is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.

The DeZIM Institute was established in 2017 as a non-university research institute in the field of migration and integration. As a federal departmental research institution, it is responsible in particular for research and development tasks in the field of family, gender equality, children and youth, senior citizens and engagement policy.

The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien conducts social-science research with real-world relevance on Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and on global developments. The GIGA is committed to a global approach to scholarship, which works with perspectives, concepts, and experiences from different world regions. The institute is dedicated to providing policy advice based on high-quality research. With this mandate – its research and knowledge transfer – the GIGA aims to achieve both academic and societal impact.

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is located in the UN City of Bonn and is one of the world’s leading research institutions and think tanks for global sustainable development. Our work is based on the interplay between Research, Policy Advice and Training. IDOS is building bridges between theory and practice. The research is theory-based, empirically driven and application-oriented. It provides the basis for the activities in policy advice of the Institute. We develop policy-relevant concepts, advises ministries, governments and international organisations, and refers to current policy issues. The training programmes of the Institute for university graduates and young professionals are integrated into the research and advisory process. The institutional agreement ensures the principle of scientific independence of the Institute. The shareholders of the Institute – the Federal Republic of Germany (75 %) and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (25 %) – appoint the Board of Trustees.

The German Police University (DHPol) is a special higher learning institution with university status supported by the interior ministries and interior senators of the federal and state governments.

GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is a publicly funded research infrastructure (and research) organisation in Germany, with offices in Mannheim and Cologne. It supports and conducts research at an international level in various Social Science disciplines, most notably Sociology, Political Science, and Computational Social Science. GESIS has a very strong foundation in survey research, by hosting various ongoing national, and international-comparative, survey programmes, but has established, and continues to develop, the pillar of 'digital behavioural data' systematically since a number of years.

Ghent University is a top 100 university founded in 1817. Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting of 50,000 students and 9,000 staff members.

The School of Government and International Relations is one of the best in Australia for teaching and research in politics, and it is a leader in student career readiness. The School’s research has been recognised as ‘well above world standard’ for more than a decade by the Australian government – a record matched at only three other universities in the country.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Department of Political Science was founded just after the establishment of the State of Israel, in the 1949/50 academic year. Today our department is among the top 50 departments of Political Science in the world and is ranked first in Israel. Our department is regularly ranked among the top dozen departments of political science where the language of instruction is not English. The department's faculty publishes research of the highest quality. Many of our faculty are at the forefront of their fields, including Israeli and comparative politics, electoral systems, political communication, political thought, political institutions, public policy and public management, political psychology, political economy, social and political discourse, and more. Our departmental activities are wide reaching. We regularly host conferences, speakers, and other events, inviting our students to participate. In collaboration with the Department of International Relations and the School of Public Policy, the department hosts an annual international student conference, which exposes our students to a variety of researchers from institutions across the world. In addition, the department hosts weekly lectures, including departmental seminars, lectures from the various Jerusalem forums, and other talks as part of our ongoing series that engage our student body. The department typically hosts 50 doctoral students as well as about 50-60 MA students. Our graduate students are comprised of the best, most creative and successful Political Science research students in Israel. The department takes great pride in our students and in their ongoing success. Departmental graduates go on to leadership positions in Israel and across the world. Our graduates have served and are serving as elected officials at the national and local level, including as government ministers and Members of Knesset (Israel’s parliament). Many also serve in management positions in government ministries, in local government, in education and research institutions, and in the private sector. Graduates of our department can also be found in key positions in civil society, including in non-governmental organizations and non-profits. And, of course, many of our graduates have pursued academic careers; they continue to enrich Israeli society through teaching, research, and political and social entrepreneurship.