The annual Summer Academy organised by the Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) provides a fresh perspective on major challenges faced by contemporary European societies. It offers a week of highly interactive lectures and workshops, during which the participants can learn about the latest research findings from studies conducted by the academic experts in the SPS faculty.
While Professor Waltraud Schelkle will delve into the question on transnational solidarity in Europe, Professor Herman van de Werfhorst will introduce the participants to the topic of educational policies and inequalities in European societies. Further, Professor Filip Kostelka will present an analysis of current trends in citizen political participation, and Professor Valentina Di Stasio will deliver a lecture on the cumulative impact of discrimination, drawing on the findings from the field experiments conducted in 9 European countries.
During his keynote lecture, Assistant Professor Kevin Munger will elaborate on the ways in which the internet contributes to contemporary political polarisation. Finally, Professor Tasha Fairfield, in her lecture, will discuss Bayesian process tracing as a methodological foundation in qualitative research, and Professor Arnout Van Der Rijt will present the PhD programme at the EUI, in particular, at the Department of Political and Social Sciences.