The School of Social Sciences accommodates a wide range of disciplines, combining the classical disciplines of political science, sociology and cultural anthropology with modern disciplines in the field of management, policy, communication and organization.
Our strength lies in the close cooperation between the range of disciplines; our focus is squarely on society and current issues.
The School of Social Sciences has over 275 staff members: 230 are scientific staff and 45 are support staff.
Research
The school’s research activities are accommodated within the research institute, the Institute for Societal Resilience (ISR), which emphasizes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. The various disciplines of the school collaborate on resilience issues, which have been organized into four substantive subthemes. Transdisciplinary collaboration with societal partners forms an explicit goal within this process. The research institute is overseen by the dean.
Teaching and education
The school provides Bachelor’s programmes, Master’s programmes, pre-Master's programmes and minors. A total of 1,200 Bachelor’s students, 350 pre-Master’s students and 1,000 Master's students study at the School of Social Sciences. Every year, the school receives 90 exchange students for Bachelor’s education and about 70 Bachelor's students from the school opt to take elective courses at our partner universities abroad.