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Leipzig University submits three draft proposals for Clusters of Excellence

To strengthen its cutting-edge research, Leipzig University submitted three draft proposals yesterday (Wednesday, 31 May 2023) in the Clusters of Excellence funding line in the second competition phase of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. The research projects…

Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften und Philosophie

Political scientist Richter appointed to platform for rebuilding Ukraine

Professor Solveig Richter, a political scientist at Leipzig University, has been appointed by the German government to the “Platform Wiederaufbau Ukraine”, an initiative to help rebuild the country that will begin its work with a kick-off event in Berlin on Monday (27 March).

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Benefits of big city life – only for the elite

Urban inequality in Europe and the United States is so severe that urban elites claim most of the benefits from the agglomeration effects that big cities provide, while large parts of urban populations get little to nothing. In a study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers at Linköping…

Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)

University admitted to German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ

Leipzig University has been admitted as an associate member to the German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ. CAPAZ is a Centre of Excellence in Research and Teaching of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and supports scholars and universities from Colombia and Germany in the fields of peace…

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The Institute of Political Science at the University of Leipzig bundles research and teaching under the thematic umbrella "Democracy - Education - Europe". Our mission statement is the fact- and problem-oriented analysis of political processes, structures, and contents in a non-discriminatory space.

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