The BGSS serves as a platform for international graduate training at Humboldt-Universität (HU) zu Berlin’s Department of Social Sciences.
Target Group
International doctoral students of sociological or political sciences
Objectives
International doctoral program for training and promoting doctoral researchers
Theme Focus
- Inclusion (Welfare State, Migration, Education, Labor Markets, Social Inequality and Change, Global Cities)
- Democracy (Democratization, Democracy and its Institutions, Constitutionalism and Rule of Law, Individuals and Policies, Civil Society and Social Movements)
Activities
- Workshops on research design and advanced methods
- Theory Courses
- Doctoral Colloquia
- BGSSS Graduate Conference
- Workshops regarding soft skills and professional training
- Mentoring Program