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Academic areas

The Department's research covers a wide range of topic areas, divided into the following main disciplines:

  • Danish politics in all its varieties and on several levels
  • International relations (both as a system and with a focus on individual countries)
  • EU - Issues related to the European Union
  • Public administration issues at central as well as local level
  • Public policy - its creation, implementation and effects
  • Political (and other) sociology, including media-related problems
  • Political theory

Information on specific research topics

Detailed information about specific research topics can be found via the links below:

  • Our individual staff profiles provide an overview of each researcher's specific research areas and publications. Go to the Department staff list and click on the relevant researcher's name to view the information.
  • Detailed descriptions of major research projects can be found on the Department website under "Major research projects"
  • Expert lists - Department of Political Science - Aarhus University
  • Aarhus University's "Find-a-researcher" facility makes i possible to search by research topic as well as by researcher name.
  • Earlier research (up to and including 2006) are presented in the Department's annual reports: Go to www.au.dk/da/sam/statskun/arsb2006.htm and choose the desired year (NB: the reports are in Danish only)

Department subfields

The Department of Political Science is divided into a number of subfields, each consisting of staff members with expertise in the specific subject area. The subfields form the framework for the department's overall activities, coordinating teaching, staff affairs and general research strategies. The subfields cover the subject areas International Relations, Public Administration, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Sociology and Methods.
Read more about the Department's subfields.

Research sections

The Department's research sections are formed by groups of researchers with similar academic interests engaged in related research areas.
Read more about the research sections.

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Jonna Bente Kjær

Revised 2012.05.03

SEE ALSO: FOCUS AREAS

The Social Science Faculty's globalisation research programme


Globalisation is the Social Science Faculty's research focus area. The programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening interdisciplinary research in globalisation among the Faculty's departments.

The main objective of the globalisation project is to examine the following questions:

  • What possibilities and opportunities does a global society offer us
  • What are the implications of globalisation for society, its organisations and its citizens

The research project will throw light on some of the central interdisciplinary questions raised by globalisation.

Central themes are:

  • The global market
  • European integration and globalisation
  • Global management
  • Globalisation and welfare state
  • The role of the state and international relations

Read more about the research projects, their participants and findings

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What does Business and Social Sciences comprise?

As part of the academic development process at Aarhus University, the Aarhus School of Business (ASB) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (SAM) merged to become the new main academic area called Business and Social Sciences.

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In the time ahead, you will notice a mixture of old and new designs in the pages on the website.

In spring 2011, Aarhus University’s nine main academic areas were reduced to four, and the fifty-five departments became twenty-six. This was to unify the organisation and to strengthen the university’s interdisciplinary approach. We are now following suit by restructuring the entire website to ensure more coherence in the content and design.

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