| Academic Year | 2020-2021 |
|---|---|
| Subject area | Legal, Politological, Economic and Statistical Sciences |
| Cycle | 36 |
| Coordinator | Prof.ssa Daniela Giannetti |
| Language | English |
| Duration | 4 years |
| Positions | 8 positions. More information in the PhD Programme Table. |
| Application deadline | May 21, 2020 at 01:00 PM (Expired) |
| Enrolment period | From Jul 08, 2020 to Jul 20, 2020 |
| Doctoral programme start date | Nov 01, 2020 |
- Operating centre
- Forlì
- Main Department
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Department of Political and Social Sciences - SPS
- Associated locations (agreements)
- Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
- Mobility abroad
- 6 months
- Research topics
Curriculum 1: Political Science
- Political Theory
- Authoritarian Regimes
- Democratic Regimes
- Democratic Transitions
- Electoral Politics
- Parties and Party Systems
- Political Participation
- Political Culture
- Comparative Political Institutions
- EU Institutions and Policies
- Public Policy
Curriculum 2: International Studies
- International Political Economy
- International Security
- Strategic Studies
- War and Politics
- Cooperation and Conflict in the International Arena
- International Organizations
- Technological Innovation and International Relations
- Theories of International Relations
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Balkans
Curriculum 3: Sociology
- Sociology
- Sociology of Culture; - Communication
- Trust and Social Capital
- Social Media
- Digital Society
- Immigration
- Crime
- Religion and Society
- Sociology of Labour
- Job opportunities and potential areas of employment
- A doctoral degree in Political and Social Sciences enables a career as an academic or other careers with high demand for capacity of developing research at the highest level. Such a capacity might also be used to develop autonomous entrepreneurial activities. Potential areas of employment include academic institutions, research institutions, public and private organizations, at the national and international levels.
- Admission Board
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Surname Name University Role email Cevolini Alberto Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia Member alberto.cevolini@unimore.it De Luigi Nicola Università di Bologna Member nicola.deluigi@unibo.it Giannetti Daniela Università di Bologna Member daniela.giannetti@unibo.it Mantovani Debora Università di Bologna Member d.mantovani@unibo.it Mattoni Alice Università di Bologna Member alice.mattoni@unibo.it Sapignoli Michele Università di Bologna Member michele.sapignoli@unibo.it Tornimbeni Corrado Università di Bologna Member corrado.tornimbeni@unibo.it Verbeek Bertjian Università di Nijmegen Member b.verbeek@fm.ru.nl Zambernardi Lorenzo Università di Bologna Member lorenzo.zambernardi3@unibo.it Alacevich Michele Università di Bologna Substitute michele.alacevich@unibo.it Baracani Elena Università di Bologna Substitute elena.baracani@unibo.it Belardinelli Sergio Università di Bologna Substitute sergio.belardinelli@unibo.it Bianchini Stefano Università di Bologna Substitute stefano.bianchini@unibo.it Esposito Elena Università di Bologna Substitute elena.esposito9@unibo.it Giorgini Giovanni Università di Bologna Substitute giovanni.giorgini@unibo.it Pallotti Arrigo Università di Bologna Substitute arrigo.pallotti@unibo.it Rizza Roberto Università di Bologna Substitute roberto.rizza@unibo.it Valeriani Augusto Università di Bologna Substitute augusto.valeriani@unibo.it
- Learning outcomes
- The complexity of contemporary technological and social challenges requires the mastering of advanced research tools. The doctoral programme in Political and Social Sciences is designed to produce rigorously trained social scientists, able to conduct cutting-edge research. The programme combines a common set of courses on the methodology of research along with a training in a specific subfield. The programme has three curricula: Political Science (including Political Theory), International Studies (including Area Studies), and Sociology. Acquiring common methodological skills allows students to carry out a research project grounded within a specific discipline but also to experiment innovative cross-curricular paths. For instance, the doctoral programme aims at integrating the regional expertise typical of Area Studies with the methodological tool-kit of the social sciences.
- Activities to be carried out by Doctoral candidates
- The doctoral programme combines an intensive set of courses on the methodology of social research along with an advanced knowledge in one of the subfields corresponding to each curriculum. In the first year students will attend a number of methodological plus a number of courses in the core disciplines of the PhD programme. Modules are of 20 hours each, with a total number of 360 hours (240 of which already assigned in Phase 1 of the Teaching Plan 2020-2021) taught in the first year: Applied Research Methods (three modules, 60 hours); Social Science Research Methodology (three modules, 60 hours); Research Design (three modules, 60 hours); Seminars in Political Science (three modules, 60 hours); Seminars in International Studies (three modules, 60 hours); Seminars in Sociology (two modules, 40 hours); Classics in Political and Social Sciences (two modules, 40 hours). Students will also attend an individualized reading course to develop their research project. They have to submit a paper about their research project to the Academic Board by the end of the first year.
In the second year of the PhD programme there are further courses in the core disciplines. In the third and in the fourth year students will work at their final dissertation and spend time abroad for research purposes.
Academic calendar is published on the website https://phd.unibo.it/pss/en - Research training activities compliant with the Doctoral programme's learning outcomes
- Research training activities will be carried out through the methodological courses and other parallel activities (seminars, workshops). The Department will provide an interactive environment where PhD students will present and discuss their research. PhD students are encouraged to actively engage themselves in international research networks, joining international conferences and workshops. They also must spend periods of time doing research in a foreign university.
- Internationalization features
- Most of the members of the Academic Board have an international background, having taught or done research in foreign Universities. The activities carried out by PhD students take place in the Forlì campus. The campus provides excellent facilities for students, in terms of proximity to the most well known international master programmes of the Department, and in terms of the opportunity to acquire additional foreign language skills attending courses at the local Department of Interpretation and Translation (DIT). The PhD website is in English and provides specific information about the admission procedures to foreign candidates. Courses are taught in English. The dissertation is also written in English, although the Academic Board might approve usage of different languages in particular cases. PhD students will spend a period of time doing research abroad (minimum six months). Students are encouraged to present their work at international meetings, and to take part in international research networks. The doctoral programme has an agreement with the Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen. Other agreements with foreign universities will be developed. Following the University of Bologna regulations, the Department allocates resources to help funding international mobility of PhD students.
- Expected research results and products
- The ultimate goal of the doctoral programme is the dissertation, which must prove the capacity of conducting methodologically sound and original research. Research results must be publishable in peer reviewed top journals.
- Doctoral programme Academic Board
Surname Name University/Institution Qualification Alacevich Michele Università di Bologna Professore Associato Baracani Elena Università di Bologna Professore Associato Belardinelli Sergio Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Bianchini Stefano Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario De Luigi Nicola Università di Bologna Professore Associato Giannetti Daniela Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Giorgini Giovanni Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Ignazi Piero Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Loveless Paul Matthew Università di Bologna Professore Associato Mantovani Debora Università di Bologna Professore Associato Mattoni Alice Università di Bologna Professore Associato Pallotti Arrigo Università di Bologna Professore Associato Confermato Profeti Stefania Università di Bologna Professore Associato Quaglia Lucia Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Rizza Roberto Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Sapignoli Michele Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Tornimbeni Corrado Università di Bologna Professore Associato Valeriani Augusto Università di Bologna Professore Associato Verbeek Bertjian Università di Nijmegen (Netherlands) Professore Ordinario Zambernardi Lorenzo Università di Bologna Professore Associato Zanatta Loris Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
See also
- AMS phD thesis (in Italian) Published