Are you interested in how political and social conflicts can be productively transformed to help strengthen democracies? Do you want to understand what makes liberal democracies vulnerable to authoritarian tendencies and what a resilient democracy of the future could look like? Are you wondering how international law and international politics can continue to enable effective international cooperation in the face of rising authoritarian regimes, geopolitical challenges and global crises?

The Master’s degree programme "Conflict and Democracy" combines political science and law with practice-oriented conflict research. It assumes that conflicts within democratic societies and between democratic and authoritarian actors shape our present and future. They are an unavoidable and indispensable component of pluralistic coexistence, and fundamental to the viability and the further development of democratic structures. During your studies, you will learn how the political dimension of such conflicts can be identified and analysed, you will understand the different social and constitutional dimensions involved, and you will acquire practical skills for addressing social and political conflicts. In your studies, you will combine an academic and analytical perspective with solid and forward-looking practical skills.

As a graduate of the "Conflict and Democracy" degree course, you will have proven skills in analysing and addressing political and social conflicts at local, national, European and international levels. You will be familiar with the political and legal frameworks and control mechanisms of democratic societies. You will be familiar with methods of academic work and you will possess practical skills for addressing conflicts within and involving democracy.