Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - DYNAMICS

Winter Term 2025/26

The following courses are offered in the Winter Term 2023/24:
 

Non-democratic politics

by Prof. Dr. Felix Haass

This course examines the conduct of politics in non-democratic and autocratic settings, with an emphasis on understanding the internal logic, institutional design, and strategic behavior that characterize authoritarian rule. ... (read more)

 

Demography and International Politics

by Prof. Dr. Anselm Hager, Prof. Dr. Michaela Kreyenfeld & Dr. Diego Alburez-Gutierrez

Demography of Conflict, Violence, and War explores the complex interplay between population dynamics and international security. Situated at the intersection of demographic research and conflict studies ... (read more)

Core Theory: Public Policy & Demographic Change

by Prof. Dr. Michaela Kreyenfeld

This course introduces our PhD students to the central concepts and theories of demographic research. The course introduces basic demographic concepts, such as the Lexis-diagram, the life course perspective and discusses the problem of separating ... (read more)

Core Methods: Foundations: Estimation and Identification

by Prof. Dr. Johannes Giesecke

This course will guide our PhD students through workhorse methods in cross-sectional, time-series and panel data analysis with specific attention to causal identification. This applied course begins with a review of OLS regression assumptions and ... (read more)

 

Research Seminar

by Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver

This seminar is designed as an interdisciplinary workshop in which doctoral researchers will present the progress of their dissertation projects. During the first academic year, the focus will be on developing the final dissertation proposal that is submitted at the end of  ... (read more)

Lecture Series

In order to not only guarantee interdisciplinary exchange within the Research Training Group, but also to encourage international exchange, a lecture series will be organized by the pillar coordinators. Renowned national and international scholars that are working on research questions related to Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy will be invited to present ... (read more)