Introductory module with preparatory course and independently designed research project in the field of quantitative/qualitative methods, thematic diversity and simultaneous in-depth basic political science education allows for subsequent specialisation in other master's programmes.

Introduction module with preparatory course, excursions, and highly practical courses enable early contact with possible fields of work and the option to prepare practical theses.

International contacts to research networks

Université de Lille, Lille, Frankreich; Karlstad University, Karlstad, Schweden; Lund University. Lund, Schweden; Jagieloninan University, Krakau, Polen; Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rom, Italien; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spanien; University of Warsaw, Warschau, Polen; American University, Washington, USA; University of Colorado at Boulder, USA; Hongkong Baptist University, Hongkong, VR China

Access to subject-specific online literature, electronic exams.

Theory of democracy, philosophy & history of ideas behind liberal democracy, current challenges of democracy, "Die Kraft der Mitte. Warum gesunde Demokratie Fluchtpunkt pol. Geschischte ist" (Power of the Middle Ground: Why Healthy Democracy is the Vanishing Point of Political History), and the war in Ukraine. Geopolitical Background; Foreign and security policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the USA and Europe & their challenges; Democracy in the USA; Transatlantic relations/NATO; Great power conflicts; International. order and revisionism; Geopolitics, geoeconomics and strategy; Teaching research project on the 2023 Bavarian election, environmental performance in democracies & autocracies.

The United Nations Society Regensburg e.V. has set itself the aim of promoting the prominence of the United Nations and their essential work and of creating a platform for discussion and dealing with global questions and problems which the world community debate within the UNO. The United Nations Society Regensburg was founded in 2006 by former participants of the NMUN delegation of the Uni Regensburg. We work closely with the NMUN Delegation of the University of Regensburg and their Head.