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Department of Politics and Society

The Department of Politics and Society is dedicated to the study of political and societal developments with local, national and /or international relevance. Our faculty research the past and the present in an effort to shape the future, and we transmit our research into a number of high quality educational programs. The department is located at the main campus of Aalborg University in Aalborg with a branch at the Copenhagen campus.

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Department of Politics and Society

The Department of Politics and Society is dedicated to the study of political and societal developments with local, national and /or international relevance. Our faculty research the past and the present in an effort to shape the future, and we transmit our research into a number of high quality educational programs. The department is located at the main campus of Aalborg University in Aalborg with a branch at the Copenhagen campus.

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Research

Research at the Department of Politics and Society is organised in four disciplinary research clusters. Each research cluster hosts a number of focused groups that undertake relevant cutting-edge research in the fields of: historical analysis, public policy, welfare state and labor market research, democracy, gender studies, political behavior and attitudes, public administration, digitalization, Europeanisation, international relations and migration studies.

Study programmes

The Department of Politics and Society offers a range of bachelor and master programmes covering various societal fields and perspectives. It also offers a part-time continuing adult education programme aimed at employed professionals, Master in Public Governance. All programmes apply problem-based learning where students are urged to consider actual problems in the present or past. Thus, the department offers students a stimulating and rewarding study environment. Drawing on both national, European and global perspectives, the academic staff and affiliated teachers are engaged in exciting and cutting-edge research which inspires and shapes what are being taught across all levels in the department’s programmes.

Collaboration and network

At the Department of Politics and Society, we value collaboration with external stakeholders and the dissemination of research-based knowledge to the general public. Thus, as part of our researchers’ dissemination activities and interactions with society at large, research is made visible and becomes useful. Researchers as well as students from the department often engage in collaboration with municipalities; private and public organisations and companies; museums, hospitals and other public institutions, and through these activities contribute to the exchange of knowledge both regionally, nationally as well as internationally.

Doctoral programme

The doctoral programme of Politics and Society is an interdisciplinary training programme for PhD students who undertake research relating to society, state and globalisation in a contemporary or historical perspective. Using a variety of analytical approaches and theories from the social sciences and the humanities, the PhD students’ research focuses on cultural, political and socio-economic developments at the local, national, transnational and global level; research themes include changes in economic, political, social and administrative systems, international affairs as well as state-market-civil society relations, gender, identities, mobility and displacement.

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Doctoral programme

The doctoral programme of Politics and Society is an interdisciplinary training programme for PhD students who undertake research relating to society, state and globalisation in a contemporary or historical perspective. Using a variety of analytical approaches and theories from the social sciences and the humanities, the PhD students’ research focuses on cultural, political and socio-economic developments at the local, national, transnational and global level; research themes include changes in economic, political, social and administrative systems, international affairs as well as state-market-civil society relations, gender, identities, mobility and displacement.

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