Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science

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

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

52.449°N 13.277°E / 52.449; 13.277
Websitewww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/polwiss/index.html

The OSI's undergraduate and graduate programs in political science are consistently ranked the best in Germany and among the best in Europe.[3] It is part of the Free University of Berlin’s Department of Political and Social Science, and offers dual degree programs with Sciences Po and HEC Paris. It is the most selective department for political science degrees 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 Weimar Republic’s political elites. Otto Suhr (1894–1957; SPD) 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 Theodor Heuss, then President of Germany, who proclaimed "the breath of the world will blow through the doors of this institution".[6]

The Otto-Suhr-Institut played a significant role in the German student movement in the late 1960s, as it became a place of political confrontation between traditional and socialist forces regarding the restructuring of the German university system. While the institute at one point employed some of the most prominent leftist thinkers, such as Johannes Agnoli, it has distanced itself from any political leanings in the late 20th and early 21st century.[7]

Academics

The OSI is part of the Free University of Berlin’s Department of Political and Social Sciences, focusing on the study of international relations. Since 2001, Thomas Risse has headed the institute's Centre for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy which was founded in 1986 as the Centre for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy by Helga Haftendorn.

Study Programmes

The Otto-Suhr-Institut offer the following undergraduate and graduate study programmes:

International programmes

The institute offers an integrated German-French dual bachelor’s degree as well as a dual master’s degree programme with the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (the French grande école also known as Sciences Po), as well as a joint German-Russian master's degree programme in co-operation with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. It also offers a dual degree in Public Policy and Management with HEC Paris (a famed French grande école and business school).[8] The German-French dual degree programmes are recognised and coordinated by the Franco-German University.

The OSI also maintains several academic exchange agreements with top-ranking universities around the globe.

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. "History". www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  8. "Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science: German-French program with HEC Paris". Polsoz.fu-berlin.de. Retrieved 2011-01-31.

 


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