The increasing complexity of current societies is questioning most of the traditional analysis. The understanding of globalisation, interrelation and governance, in a social, political, economic and environmental approach, need the development of new tools within a theoretical, methodological and technical context.
The Programme aims to fulfil the need for educating and training specialists, researchers and managers within an international relevance in the social sciences field. The main career opportunities are to be found in both an academic and private sector area.
The research areas of the department include both theoretical and applied research, oriented towards the study, analysis and evaluation of social and political arena and specialized in such areas as public policies, public management systems, political and administrative structures, sociology and sociological analysis in labour, industrial, organizational and family contexts.
Students taking part in the Programme take advantage of the research experience and the international institutional relations of the Social Science and Sociology Department. The Department is member of the following international organisations:
The European Sociological Association (ESA)
PSA (International Political Science Association)
IEPAN (European Thematic Network in Public Administration)
ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research)
The Department has agreements with the following universities:
Freie Universität zu Berlin
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Institute d'Etudes Politiques, Paris
Università degli studi di Siena
University of Bath
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Washington, Seattle
Univerzita Karlova, Praga
Loughborough University
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
University of Limerick (Ireland)
University of Cork (Ireland)
University of Leiden (Holland)
University of Maastricht (Holland)
University of Leeuwarden-NHL
University of Sofia (Bulgary)
Economic Studies Academy of Bucarest (Romania)
Political Studies Institute of Burdeos (France)
University of Roma III (Italy)
LUMSA, Roma (Italy)
University of Wroclaw (Poland)
The Spanish Committee for Research on Global Change -Comité Español de Investigación en Cambio Ambiental Global (CEICAG)- sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Education , is located in the Department, and it is conformed by the following research programmes:
IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change); IGBP International Geosphere Biosphere Programme); DIVERSITAS an Integrated Programme of Biodiversity Science; SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment; SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research; WCRP World Climate Research Programme; SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; IGCP International Geoscience Programme.
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