European Studies ‒ Prof Dr Timm Beichelt

Teaching and research at the Chair for "European Studies" focuses on problems of European politics, examining both substantive and theoretical-conceptual issues. Europe is not equated with the European Union (EU), but is seen as an area in which democratic and autocratic systems exist both within and outside the EU. European integration therefore unfolds quite different effects in individual states and leads to diverse manifestations of European politics.

The Chair is located at the intersection between political science and social and cultural sciences. This means that not only political institutions are analyzed, but also social processes (in Europe) are considered, to which political actors and institutions must orient themselves. In the context of late modernity, social contradictions arise that are an important component of European politics.

There are close links between the Chair and the Master's degree programme in European Studies.

Prof Dr Timm Beichelt is a political scientist and Professor of European Studies. In his current functions, he is also Dean of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences and Head of the Master's degree programme in European Studies (MES).