Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

International and Foreign Policy Studies at Giessen University are offered by one out of six professors and are part of the Bachelor (BA)- and Master in Social Science (MA) Programme and the traditional German study programmes (Diplom-Sozialwissenschaften, Magister, L3). According to the German system, it offers tailor-made Ph.D. projects (currently around 15) organised in research projects and its own Ph.D. special programme. The specific profile of International and Foreign Policy studies at Giessen are characterised by its strong policy orientation (“Praxisorientierung”), its international cooperation (for example, with Central Asia, Indonesia, China, Brazil plus major EU research and exchange projects), and its research orientation (transformation analysis, peace, conflict and security studies, integration and regionalisation, theory of international relations). International and Foreign Policy studies at Giessen cooperate closely with European Studies at Giessen (represented by a Jean-Monnet-Chair), the Giessen Centre for Eastern European Studies, and the Giessen Centre for Environment and Development Studies.

• Staff: major research areas, and selected activities (2005)
• Major research and cooperation projects since 1996 (at Giessen University)
• Major conferences organised in Giessen and beyond
• Special research units in Giessen
• TEMPUS projects managed by International Relations/Foreign Policy Studies
• Bilateral cooperation projects
• Participation in major consortiums

• Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Institut für Politikwissenschaft

• WP 5.2.1: Normative Issues of Regional and Global Governance
• WP 5.2.3: Theoretical Issues on the UN, Multilateralism and Global Governance
• WP 5.3.2: Global and Regional Security Governance: Security Threats and Institutional Response

• Prof. Dr. Reimund Seidelmann
  Institut für Politikwissenschaft
  Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
  Karl-Glöckner Str. 21 E
  35394 Gießen
  Raum E 102, Tel. 0641-99-23132, Fax 0641-99-23149