Bavarian Center for Political Theory
| Bavarian Center for Political Theory | |
|---|---|
| Board: |
Manfred Brocker Karlfriedrich Herb Clemens Kauffmann † Barbara Zehnpfennig |
| Affiliation: |
KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Univ. Passau Univ. regensburg |
| Seat: | Regensburg ( Bavaria ) |
| Website : | www.baypol.eu |
The Bavarian Center for Political Theory (BAYPOL) is a joint research facility of the Universities of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , Erlangen-Nuremberg , Passau and Regensburg .
Its tasks consist of institutional networking as well as joint research and teaching in the field of political theory . To promote the next generation of academics, it has its own doctoral college.
founding
The center was founded on July 17th, 2008 on the initiative of the university lecturers Manfred Brocker, Karlfriedrich Herb, Clemens Kauffmann and Barbara Zehnpfennig . According to his own statement, the intention was to put the basic idea of the Bavarian “Innovation Alliance 2008” in the field of political science into practice.
An important motivation for the establishment was the networking of the complementary specialist orientation of the participating university locations for the purpose of joint research and teaching in the fields of political theory , political philosophy and the history of political ideas . With the Center for Political Theory, the participating Bavarian universities - in the opinion of its board of directors - have a unique selling point in the German-speaking university landscape.
The center is located at the university of the respective board spokesman, from 2008 to 2011 Clemens Kauffmann acted as the founding spokesman. Entry to the Center for Political Theory is open to other professors and universities.
activity
tasks and goals
In addition to the fundamental intention of expanding and strengthening research and teaching skills through inter-university networking, the task of the center lies primarily in the following areas: coordinating research projects, strengthening interdisciplinarity , intensifying communication between political science, practical politics, business and society , Promotion of the scientific exchange, on the one hand between university professors and on the other hand with doctoral students within the common subject, as well as establishment of inter-university courses (especially at the master’s level) in the field of political theory .
activities
As part of this task, the center has, for example, repeatedly organized academic lectures and lecture series at the participating universities in recent years and regularly serves as an umbrella organization for cross-university courses. In addition, it has its own doctoral college. The center also organizes scientific conferences in the field of political theory.
PhD college
The center originally emerged from a joint doctoral program of the universities participating in the center, which was set up in 2006 and can be seen as the “institutional further development” of this group. The “Bavarian Doctoral College for Political Theory” pursues the idea of making the promotion of young academics in this political science sub-subject the subject of a structured doctoral program.
The aim is to ensure a "demanding and high-quality training for doctoral candidates with a high level of supervision and close research ties" in the long term.
The organization of the college is largely in the hands of the doctoral students, the participating university professors jointly hold the scientific management. Since 2006, the doctoral college has been holding conferences several times a year, with the support of various sponsors.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c See press release on the establishment of the center from December 1, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See the University of Applied Sciences Innovation Alliance 2008 between the state universities and technical colleges and the Free State of Bavaria to ensure and optimize the performance of the Bavarian university landscape
