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SPS on youtube

The official channel of the Department of Political and Social Sciences is online: research, discoveries, people and stories to watch together.

Research Stories

Research Stories

We tell the stories of the protagonists of research, themes and projects that make UniBo's Department of Political and Social Sciences a national and international excellence.

SPS Guests

SPS Guests

The prestigious “Chinese Hall” of Hercolani Palace opens its doors to guests from all over the world. Here you will find the interviews they gave us after their visit.

Research areas

Research areas

A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.

Events

7 May

Round table

An enlarged Europe: opportunity or risk?

Aula 12 Teaching Hub, Viale Corridoni 20

7 May

Film festival

Film screening and discussion

Aula 12 Teaching Hub, Viale Corridoni, 20

8 May

Meeting

Bodies, Violence, Narratives, and Care: Possible Connections

8 May

Lab

The future of the Union between integration and enlargement

Aula 13 Teaching Hub, viale Corridoni 20

9 May

Meeting

Europe of Schools

Teaching Hub, viale Corridoni 20

11 May

Seminar

The Externalization of Returns

11 May

Seminar

Enterprise and Integration. Big Business and the Making of the European Single Market

11 May

Webinar

Open days online - Master in Diplomacy

12 May

Seminar

Beyond the Regulatory State: Europe’s Quest to Transform Itself for the Geopolitical Age

12 May

Seminar

How to bring authoritarians to justice

Aula JEMOLO - Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

12 May

Talk

Taking Thrasymachus Seriously

Strada Maggiore 45

13 May

Lab

EUFutures Policy Development Lab

13 May

Round table

Democracy in Crisis. Europe and the Americas in an Age of International Disorder

14 May

Talk

The Perils of Prophecy

Via San Petronio Vecchio, 32

19 May

Talk

Being the European Union Representative to West Bank and Gaza Strip

Aula 6 Teaching Hub, Viale Corridoni, 20

20 May

Presentation

Goodbye democracy?

Strada Maggiore 45, aula Jemolo

20 May

Seminar

Baltic States in the EU: participation, security and migration

Aula 2 Teaching hub, viale Corridoni 20

20 May

Meeting

Alumni SPISA Talks

21 May

Seminar

Donna, ti vogliono ingannare!

Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Aula Prodi, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

22 May 24 May 2026

Fair

Play The Games Festival 2026

BolognaFiere, viale della Fiera 20

25 May

Seminar

But is the mafia a political question?

Aula 2 - Palazzo Hercolani - Strada Maggiore, 45

27 May 29 May 2026

Conference

Eco's Legacy: Umberto Eco, the University of Bologna, and the Sum of All Knowledge

27 May

Lab

Synchronizing the Present: Generations at Work

4 Jun

Meeting

Studying at university later in life - University for adult learners over 40, 50 and 60

8 Jun 17 Jun 2026

Lecture

Summer School 2026 Methodology of Legal comparison. Models of constitutional, supranational, electoral, and environmental justice

9 Jun

Meeting

Live the experience by discovering the degree courses in Political Science and Sociology

26 Jun

Seminar

Corruption risk measurement: linking local spending and political alignment

6 Jul 10 Jul 2026

Seminar

5th ECPR Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’

Calls and competitions

Open calls