Research
Our department comprises seven research areas that are integrated into various research centres and research platforms within the research focus system-framework at the University of Innsbruck. Inform yourself about the thematic orientation of our research areas here:
- Empirical Gender Studies
- European Integration and European Regional Cooperation
- International Relations
- Methodology and Methods in Political Science
- Civic Education
- Political Communication and Media
- Political Economy
- Political Theory
- Comparative Politics
- Science Policy Studies and Science Communication
Members of our department collaborate with the following research centres and research platforms at the University of Innsbruck:
- Research Center Federalism (Politics and Law)
- Research Center Social Theory
- Research Platform Center for Gender Studies Innsbruck (CGI)
- Research Area Economy, Politics and Society (EPoS) | Doctoral Programme Political Institutions and Leadership in a Contingent World
In addition, the editorial management of the Austrian Journal of Political Science (OZP), published by the Austrian Political Science Association (ÖGPW), is located at the Department of Political Science.