Doctorat

The Department of European Studies and Slavonic Studies offers a doctorate in European Studies in English, French, or German. The European Studies Department offers trilingual teaching in the social sciences and humanities, with a particular focus on political science and issues relating to European integration and democracy. The European Studies department is also part of the Swiss PhD-Network in Democracy Studies, which enables registered doctoral students to follow specialized courses and take part in the annual summer school organized by the network.

Areas of specialization

Dissertation projects that may be considered for a doctorate in European Studies in the Department of European Studies and Slavonic Studies include the following topics:

• Democratic processes and challenges in Europe
• Euroscepticism
• European integration and institutions
• Political behaviour in Europe
• EU enlargement and foreign policy

The European Studies Department conducts theoretically grounded empirical research in the social sciences, particularly political science. During the academic year, doctoral students have the opportunity to take part in the European Studies Master's and Dissertation Colloquium.

Professors authorized to supervise doctoral theses

Prof. Natasha Wunsch

Areas of specialisation :

• Democratisation and democratic regression in Europe
• EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy
• Euroscepticism

Those interested in carrying out a doctoral thesis within the European Studies area are asked to attach the concept of their doctoral project, specifying their research question, the theoretical framework, and the main hypotheses to be explored, as well as the methodological approach envisaged, when contacting Prof. Natasha Wunsch.