Courses winter semester 25_26
Here you will find an overview of the compulsory courses for the Bachelor's and Master's degree program in International Relations in the winter semester 2025/2026. In addition to the compulsory courses, you will also find some compulsory elective courses. Please refer to the current timetables for an overview of all compulsory elective courses offered in the winter semester 2025/26.
Please note the registration deadlines for the courses listed in the timetable or on OPAL
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INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING |
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Workshop "Interdisciplinary introduction" |
Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter, Dr. Johan Horst, Prof. Dr Christian Leßmann |
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Workshop "Interdisciplinary Analysis of International Relations" |
Deniz Gedik, Zohra Benamar, Dr. Ivan Bakalov |
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METHODS |
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Methods of empirical social research (lecture series) |
Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold, Prof. Dr. Sven Engesser, Erik Vollmann M.A., Marco Fölsch M.A. and others. |
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Legal methodology (lecture) |
Joachim Kloos |
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Math for IB (exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Marcus Dittrich |
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Descriptive statistics for social scientists (lecture) |
Dr. Jan Rudl |
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POLITICS |
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Theories and Concepts of International Relations (Seminar) |
Dr. Jochen Kleinschmidt |
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Theories and Key Concepts of International Relations (Seminar+Tutorial) |
Seminar: Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter Tutorial: Friedrich Opitz |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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International Institutions (lecture and tutorial) |
Lecture: Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter Tutorial: Friedrich Opitz |
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Foreign Policy Analysis (Seminar) |
Stefanie Gerstenberger |
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Demographic Dynamics in the Border Region: Challenges for Democracy (block seminar) |
Stefanie Gerstenberger |
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Introduction to the study of political systems (lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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Introduction to Political Theory (Lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
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Transatlantic Relations in Years of Crises and Elections (block seminar) |
Friedrich Opitz, |
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Simulation game concept for the European Union |
Stefanie Gerstenberger |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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Theory and Development of the Constitutional State (lecture and seminar) |
Lecture: Dr. Sabrina Zucca-Soest Seminar: Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
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Legal and constitutional theory (block seminar) |
Dr. Sabrina Zucca-Soest |
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praxisSDG (block seminar) |
Dr. Martin Gerner, Dr. Sylvia Maus |
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System Comparison II: Autocracies (Lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Uwe Backes |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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International Conflicts in Eastern Europe (Seminar) |
Dr. Ivan Bakalov |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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Scenarios, Counterfactuals and Futurity in World Politics (Seminar) |
Dr. Jochen Kleinschmidt |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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Power in Word Politics (block seminar) |
Dr. Ivan Bakalov |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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People, Will, Rule - On the Critique of Authoritarian Concepts of Popular Sovereignty (Seminar) |
Hannah Eitel |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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Theories of Liberation and Freedom Struggles - Anticolonial, Decolonial and Postcolonial Thought (block seminar) |
Hanna Al-Taher |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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The State of Emergency - the Political Paradigm of Modernity (Seminar) |
Markus Markmeyer |
see course catalog of the Institute of Political Science |
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JURA |
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Introduction to Public International Law (Lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Ajla Skrbic |
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Public International Law I/Introduction to Public International Law (exercise) |
Dorde Popovic |
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United Nations System (Lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger |
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International Humanitarian Law (Lecture) |
Dr. Johan Horst |
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International Jurisprudence (Lecture) |
Dr. Johan Horst |
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Basics of asylum and residence law |
Refugee Law Clinic |
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Law in the Anthropocene (block seminar) |
Dr. Johan Horst |
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The War in Syria and the Fall of Bashar al-Assad (block seminar) |
Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger |
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ECONOMY |
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Introduction to Economics (Lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum |
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Introduction to Macroeconomics (Lecture) |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Eichler |
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Principles of Economic Theory/Public and International Economic Theory (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz, Simon Bolz |
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Principles of Econometrics (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schipp, Yuting Chen |
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Justification of government activity (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum, Katharina Bettig |
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Money and currency (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Eichler, Tobias Geisler |
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International Public Economics (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum, Ataberk Atan |
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Microeconomic Perspectives on Development Economics (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. jun. Valentin Lindlacher, Marta Bernardi |
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Empirical Economics (lecture and exercise) |
Lecture: Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann, Exercise: Marta Bernardi, Sarah Listabarth |
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Exchange Rates (lecture and exercise) |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Eichler, Ibrahim Bozdemir |
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Current Topics in Empirical Economic Research - Intergenerational Mobility in Applied Economics (block seminar) |
Prof. jun. Valentin Lindlacher, Marta Bernardi |
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Crisis policy: world trade under pressure |
Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum |
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Topics in Economic Policy (block seminar) |
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz, Marius Kröper |
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Nexus Seminar - Multidisciplinary Perspectives of Sustainability (UNU-Flores cooperation) (Seminar) |
Prof. Samanthi Dijkstra-Silva, Dr. Serena Caucci (UNU-FLORES) |