The content focus of Karlshochschule in the sense of interpretative economics shaped by cultural studies corresponds to a constructivist didactic concept in teaching. Learning is understood as a process of self-organisation of knowledge based on the individual student's construction of reality and meaning. In dealing with different levels of external experience, cognitive and processing approaches are to be made possible for students with different learning styles and previous experience.

With its six-semester standard period of study, compulsory semester abroad, demanding academic and theoretical foundation, high degree of practical relevance with projects and work placements as well as English as a continuous language of instruction, the degree course "Politics, Philosophy, Economics" at Karlshochschule International University is a course of study with high standards when it comes to international orientation.

Universidad Complutense, Madrid / Spanien; ESC Rennes School of Business / Frankreich; Universitá Cattólica del Sacro Cuore, Milano / Italien; Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Sciences & Faculty of Economics, Brno / Tschechische Republik; Athens University of Economics and Business / Griechenland; Nottingham Business School-the Nottingham Trent University / Großbritannien; Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia / USA; Hanyang University, Seoul /Südkorea Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, San José/Costa Rica; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso / Chile

Research focus areas include: International Relations; US Foreign Policy; Global Governance; Organisational and Management/Leadership Research; Environmental Policy; Behavioural Policy and Nudging; Sustainability and SDGs; Media and Cultural Marketing, Consumer Culture Theory and Market Discourse; Feminist, Intersectional and Postcolonial Studies; Gender, Diversity and Inclusion; Diversity and Multicultural Management

The university is committed to the principles of gender equality and diversity and, in fulfilling its tasks in this degree course, strives to promote gender equality and enforce general prohibitions of discrimination.