Research units
Foundations
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Center for Political Theory and Philosophy
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Center for Political and Legal Theory
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Center for Gender and Diversity
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Center for Methods of Empirical Social Research
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Center for Didactics in Political Science
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Center for Political Didactics, Education for Sustainable Development and Transformative Education
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Research Centre for Sustainability
 
German Politics and Comparative Political Science
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Center for German Politics
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Center for Political Sociology of Germany
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Center for Comparative Politics of Germany and France
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Center for Comparative Politics with a Focus on Environmental and Climate Politics
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Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
 
International Relations
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Center for International Relations
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Center for International and Comparative Political Economy
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Center for European Integration
 
Area Studies
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Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics
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Center for Comparative Political Science focusing on Politics and Society in Africa
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Center for Eastern Europe and Russia
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John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
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Center for Latin American Studies