The department's proven research expertise flows directly into the courses offered; teaching focuses on both local and international topics and issues; excellent personal teaching and supervision in small groups; strong practical relevance (e.g. through excursions and simulations); regular guest lectures/guest professors from Germany and abroad.

Universität Malmö, Schweden; Institut d'etudes politiques de Rennes, Frankreich; Universidade de Lisboa - School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), Portugal; Universität Warschau, Polen; Inland Norway University, Norwegen; Andrássy Gyula Deutschsprachige Universität Budapest, Ungarn; Universidad de Salamanca, Spanien; Université de Fribourg, Schweiz; Universität Zypern, Zypern; Istanbul Bilgi Universität, Türkei

Interdisciplinary research, e.g. in the field of "profiling" of political decision-makers, combining insights from foreign policy research, psychology and linguistics; research projects on challenges to democracy posed by anti-democratic attitudes; international research projects, e.g. the "German-Korean Colloquium" (every two years in Eichstätt or at Sogang University [Seoul]); co-editing of specialist journals; regular topical contributions to the media.