Teaching
The Chair of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences offers regular courses on research design, data collection and quantitative research methods. For students in the political science B.A. Program we offer lectures that form the spine of the research methods training, Empirical Political Research and Data Analysis. These lectures are complemented by tutorials and workshops. At the postgraduate level we offer more advanced training in quantitative methods with lecture and seminar series in Multivariate Analysis, Multilevel Modeling and Maximum-Likelihood Estimation. In addition, we offer courses in research design for MA Students and doctoral candidates.
Courses in the Bachelor Programme
Course name Credits Details Term VL Empirical Political Research 6 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Tutorial Empirical Political Research 0 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 PS Elections and Voting 5 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 PS Public attitudes to European integration 5 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Courses in the Master Programme
Course name Credits Details Term Quantitative Methods (formerly Multivariate Analyses) 8 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Tutorial Quantitative Methods 2 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Research Design 8 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Courses in the Doctoral Programmes
Course name Credits Details Term Crafting Social Science Research 6 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Current Research Perspectives 2 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025 Dissertation Tutorial Political Science 0 ECTS Course details Fall Semester 2025