14.1 Political Sciences at Università di Pisa
Research in Political Science is carried out prevalently in the Faculty of Political Sciences, in an interdisciplinary framework.
Doctoral School in Political and Social Sciences
The Doctoral School in Political and Social Sciences aims to form the disciplinary and interdisciplinary competences necessary to operate at an advanced level in Universities, public or private bodies in the following subject areas:
• Modern History
• Contemporary History
• Economic History
• Political Philosophy,
• History of Political Doctrines
• History of Political Institutions
• History and Institutions of the Americas
• History of International Relations
• General Sociology
• Sociology of Cultural and Comunications Processes
• Sociology of Economic Processes and Labour
• Sociology of the Environment and Territory
• Sociology of Political Phenomena
• History and Institutions of Africa
• History of Eastern Asia
• Geography
• Demography
• Roman and Ancient Law
• Comparative Public Law
Particular Areas of Excellence
• Political parties and party systems
• Political corruption and organized crime
• Democracy in the history of political thought
• Political economy issues
• Social Policy, Participation, citizenship and social exclusion
• European Union and regional integration in Latin America
• International migration law, Development and Migration
• Constitutional and administrative justice
• Political philosophy of the Enlightenment Age
• Copyright Theory and Open Access Publishing
• Institutional history in Italy and Spain
• Gender studies
• Social network analysis and Media research
• History of Globalization
International research networks
• European consortium on political research
• Observatory on political parties and representation
• Studies on democracy, in collaboration with the Department of Politics and International Relations of Oxford University
• ESPAnet
• International Migration Institute University of Oxford
• UNDP ART Initiative http://www.art-initiative.org/
• Research on international migration low in collaboration with Red de Universidades publicas del Eje Cafetero (Colombia)
• Cost Action A 32
• Open Scholarly Communities on the Web
• Comparative history in collaboration with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científica, Madrid
• Network of European Regions for sustainable and competitive tourism
• Summer School on Good Governance in the Context of the European Integration: Institutions-Rights-Societies
For further information:
Please contact the University of Pisa EUROPLATA coordinator and the Political Science area coordinator