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Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science

Coordinates: 52°26′56″N 13°16′37″E / 52.449°N 13.277°E / 52.449; 13.277
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Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft
TypeInstitute
Established1959 (1959) (1920)
AffiliationFree University of Berlin
DeanProf. Dr. Tanja Börzel
Location
Berlin
,
Berlin
,
Germany

52°26′56″N 13°16′37″E / 52.449°N 13.277°E / 52.449; 13.277
Websitewww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/polwiss/index.html

The Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, also OSI) is a prestigious research institute of the Free University of Berlin. It is the leading political science institution in Germany and one of the most highly rated in the world.[1][2] It is named after Otto Suhr (1894–1957, SPD), a former mayor of Berlin.

The OSI's political science undergraduate and graduate programs are consistently ranked as the best in Germany and among the top 5 in Europe.[3] It is part of Free University's department of Political and Social Science and offers dual degree programs with Sciences Po Paris and HEC Paris. It is the most selective department for political science in Germany.[4]

History

The OSI arose in 1959 from the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik (German Academy for Politics) founded in 1920, which was the leading educational institution for the political elites during the Weimar Republic. Otto Suhr, a professor at the institute who would later become mayor of Berlin, envisioned an institute for the teaching of democracy.[5] The opening ceremony was hosted by the German president Theodor Heuss who proclaimed "the breath of the world will blow through the doors of this institution".[6]

During the German student movement in the late 1960s, the Otto-Suhr-Institut played a significant role and was reckoned a 'leftist' and later an 'alternative' think tank, as it employed radical thinkers such as Johannes Agnoli. However, in present days this reputation is rather legendary than lifelike.

Current activity

The OSI is part of the Department for Political and Social Sciences. It continues to be the leading institute in the field of political science in Germany, focussing on the study of International Relations. Since 2001, Thomas Risse heads the institute's Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy which was founded in 1986 as the Center for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy by Helga Haftendorn.

Study Programmes

International programmes

The institute offers an integrated German-French double-degree Bachelor as well as a double-degree Master programme with the French Grande Ecole Sciences Po Paris (formerly also known as Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris) as well as a German-Russian joint Master's programme in co-operation with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. It has also successfully developed a Double Degree in Public Policy and Management with the European top-ranking business school, HEC Paris.[7] The German-French double degree programmes are recognised and coordinated by the Franco-German University.

Furthermore, the Institute holds many agreements on academic exchange with international top universities.

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Kultur: Die ewige Kaderschmiede". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  2. ^ "All About Free University of Berlin". Leverage Edu. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  3. ^ "QS World University Rankings for Politics 2021". Top Universities. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  4. ^ "Die ewige Kaderschmiede". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). 2005-01-15. ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  5. ^ "Geschichte und Profil". www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de (in German). 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  6. ^ "Hochschule der Staatsbürger". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). 2019-01-14. ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  7. ^ "Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science: German-French program with HEC Paris". Polsoz.fu-berlin.de. Retrieved 2011-01-31.

 


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