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