Lund University, Sweden

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Lund University is the largest institution of research and higher education in Scandinavia. It has eight faculties including engineering, science, law, social sciences, economics, medicine, humanities & theology performing arts, and several research centers and specialized schools. It is a research-intensive university with over 3500 active researchers. The University has significant experience in EU Research and has participated in over 1000 projects over the years. Lund University researchers were involved in 315 FP7 projects, in all areas of research, and coordinated 20 of them. The Department of Sociology of Law is an independent institution within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Today 25 persons are employed at the department. The department runs bachelor studies in the sociology of law, runs a criminology program jointly with the department of sociology, and runs a master program in the sociology of law. Every year, around 175 students finalize their exams in sociology of law. The welfare state and its regulation have traditionally been a key focus of research of the department. Special attention has been given to welfare state institutions within the health and social welfare analyzed through the lenses of rights, discrimination, gender, and social norms. Lately, the welfare state approach has been complemented by special attention to social and legal norms, the plurality of legal cultures, and civil society.

Marmara University, Turkey

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Marmara University is one of the oldest educational institutions in Turkey, established in 1883. Today, there are 16 faculties, 9 schools, and 11 institutes within the University. Close to 3,000 academic staff and more than 70,000 students are making contributions to Marmara University’s academic activities today, making it one of the most important institutes of higher education in Turkey. Marmara University Political Science and International Relations Department (PSIR), which is one of the major political science and international relations departments in Turkey, offers undergraduate and graduate education at B.A., M.A., and PhD levels. The program consists of interdisciplinary courses and supervision of dissertations that require theoretical and analytical originality. It has more than 25 full-time instructors and a rich variety of more than 500 courses supported by members coming from both other universities and other departments of the university. The department works in collaboration with European Union Institute, which enables students to develop their knowledge about EU politics and Turkey-EU Relations. Doctoral students are provided with intellectual depth and the analytical skills that are needed in a constantly changing and contingent academic world.

University of Helsinki

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The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest and oldest academic institution and an innovative centre of science and thinking. Since 1640, the University of Helsinki has contributed to the establishment of a fair and equal society that is considered one of the best in the world. The University of Helsinki is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland, since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland, with the widest range of disciplines available. In 2020, around 31,600 students were enrolled in the degree programs of the university, spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes. Remaining true to its traditionally strong Humboldtian ethos, the University of Helsinki places heavy emphasis on high-quality teaching and research of a top international standard. It is a member of various prominent international university networks, such as Europaeum, UNICA, and the Utrecht Network, and is a founding member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Aleksanteri Institute Finnish Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies is an independent institute of the University of Helsinki. It functions as a national centre of research, study and expertise pertaining to Russia and Eastern Europe, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. The Institute actively promotes cooperation and interaction between the academic world, public administration, business life and civil society, both in Finland and abroad.

The Aleksanteri Institute coordinates multi-disciplinary study programs at various academic levels. The doctoral program and the Master’s School in Russian and Eastern European studies are open to students from Finnish universities. There is also a study program for East Central Europe, Balkan and Baltic studies that offer the possibility of an MA diploma and a minor subject program in Ukrainian studies.

Research at the Aleksanteri Institute concentrates on six focus areas: Economic Diversification, The Welfare Society, Democracy, Foreign Policy, The Social Constitution of Culture, The Cold War and its Consequences. The institute coordinates and participates in research projects and networks involving scholars from all over the world.

İstanbul Medipol University

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Istanbul Medipol University (IMU) is a private university established by Turkish Education Health and Research Foundation in 2009. IMU has 71 undergraduate programs in 13 faculties along with 51 Master’s programs and 25 PhD programs with over 37.000 students. Academic and administrative buildings are placed in three different campuses, Kavacık Güney Campus (the one on the photo) is being the main one providing research, social and recreational facilities and dormitories.  

One of the strongest objective for IMU is to provide high-quality education at both undergraduate and graduate levels. By targetting so, IMU has 12 research centres with continuous applications to most prestigious national and international research funds.  

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has 59 academic staff and 1557 students enrolled under 5 undergraduate programs, which are Psychology (offered in both Turkish and English), Political Science and Public Administration (offered in both Turkish and English), and Political Science and International Relations (offered only in English).

Vilnius University

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Vilnius University (VU) is the oldest classical university in North-Eastern Europe with over 440 years of academic tradition and the widest range of study programs in Lithuania. VU leads the national ranking of universities and belongs to the top 1.5 percent of universities in the world, according to the QS World University Ranking. The Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS) at Vilnius University is one of the Baltic region’s most prominent social sciences institutions. In recognition of its scholars’ high-level international publications, participation in various international research networks, and important research projects carried out, IIRPS is consistently among the highest-rated research institutions in Lithuania. The Institute also conducts three-level university studies: two BA programs (Political Science and English-language Politics of Global Challenges), six MA programs (International Relations and Diplomacy, European Studies, Studies of Contemporary Politics, Public Policy Analysis, Politics and Media, and English-language Eastern European and Russian Studies) and PhD studies. Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet region have been one of the key focus areas of research at the Institute, with special attention on the legacies of post-communism on state capacity and civil society.

The Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

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Paris Lodron University Salzburg PLUS is the largest educational institution in Salzburg with almost 18,000 students and around 3,000 employees in research, teaching and administration. The University is an integral part of both cultural and economic life, and is a meeting point for teachers and students, academia and the local community. The name of our university reflects its founding by Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron in 1622. Since its re-establishment in 1962, the University of Salzburg has become a modern and vibrant university.

Many of the University’s facilities are housed in some architecturally breath-taking buildings in Salzburg’s city centre. The Faculties in Freisaal and UNIPARK in Nonntal make up the modern university campus. Further locations include those in Itzling and Rif, as well as further afield in Linz, Krems and Vienna.

The University of Salzburg offers a wide spectrum of educational opportunities. The PLUS boasts 87 degree programmes. They are divided into Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD and diploma programmes. Students are free to choose their own focus areas and can add supplementary courses in various disciplines. In addition, the University of Salzburg offers numerous part-time University Programmes for Further Education, some of which are run together with other educational institutions.

University of Eastern Finland

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The University of Eastern Finland is the most multidisciplinary university in Finland. Our high standard of interdisciplinary research and education respond to global challenges and build a sustainable future. UEF’s research is ranked among the best in the world in several fields. They offer education in nearly 100 major subjects and train experts for tomorrow’s changing labour market needs. 

The University of Eastern Finland was established in 2010, following a decision by the University of Joensuu (est. 1969) and the University of Kuopio (est. 1972) to join forces in a merger. The university comprises four faculties: the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Their campuses are located in Joensuu and Kuopio. 

Leiden University

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Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is one of the leading international research universities in Europe. The University has seven faculties and a campus in both Leiden and The Hague. The University has more than 33 thousand students and 7,860 staff members.

Leiden University is an international, broad-based university. Our academics conduct research in five broad clusters: Fundamentals of Science; Life Sciences; Health and Well-being; Law, Politics and Administration; Languages Cultures, Arts and Societies; and the cross-cutting topic of Artificial Intelligence. Through our research, we work towards a fundamental understanding of the world and people around us. We use that knowledge to make the world a safe, healthy, sustainable, prosperous and just place.

University of Zurich

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The University of Zurich is the largest university in Switzerland and a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). Regularly ranked among the top universities in the world, it conducts fundamental and applied research in all substantive areas, organized in seven faculties. UZH is internationally well established and connected via a large network of formalized collaborations. Complementary, a large number of its graduate students and scholars have an international background. With strong MA and Ph.D. programs both in the natural and the social sciences UZH takes a leading role in Switzerland and beyond. ISEK, the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, is, in turn, the largest of its kind in Switzerland regarding student enrolment and faculty members. It is a leading academic unit with particular expertise in Asia, with chairs specializing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia, and thematically on globalization, processes of economic and social transformation, religion, material culture as well as migration studies. With more than 40 Ph.D. students in anthropology, it is one of the largest and most experienced departments worldwide when it comes to graduate teaching and research. This is combined with strong expertise in methodology and theory as well as linkages to national and international organizations of applied research.

The University of Bristol

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Bristol is one of the most popular and successful universities in the UK, ranked 55th in the world and the 9th in the UK according to the QS World University Rankings 2024. Bristol is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities, the European-wide Coimbra Group and the Worldwide Universities Network. Bristol is organised into six academic faculties. The Faculty of Social Sciences and Law is where the School of Law is located. The School of Law ranked third for legal research in the UK, with 93% of our research being assessed as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in the Research Exercise Framework (REF) 2021. Our research environment is also world-leading (achieving 100% at 4*), facilitating ambitious and cutting-edge research and the advancement of legal thinking on the most important and challenging questions of today’s global society. The University also has the Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB). This is a specialist Research Institute which hosts an interdisciplinary network of academics and others with diverse interests ranging from politics to film studies, sociology, history and law. MMB offers a creative space to engage with migration in theory, policy and practice. By expanding and challenging understandings of migration and making connections between different types of mobilities, beyond the human and across time, we endeavour to contribute to a more just world.