Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
DOCTORAL PROGRAM DEMOCRACY STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
NCCR DEMOCRACY
The National Center of Competence in Research Challenges to Democracy in the 21st
Century is an interdisciplinary research program.
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It examines globalization and mediatization as key challenges to democracy.
Both affect the ways that established democracies have operated and provide new
opportunities for (transition) democracies to adapt to changing conditions.
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The NCCR Democracy represents an unprecedented disciplinary alliance in Europe
between political science and media and communication sciences.
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INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL PROGRAM
The NCCR Democracy provides a multi-disciplinary Ph.D. program in Democracy Studies
to enable its participants to obtain Ph.D. degrees of such a quality that they can place
themselves at the forefront of their discipline(s).
POLITICAL SCIENCE
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
PHILOSOPHY
PROGRAM MODULES
Block Course on Challenges to Democracy
Swiss Summer School Democracy Studies
Workshops with International Experts
Scientific Writing & Project Management
Didactic Training & Teaching
Acquisition of Research Funding
Media Coaching
THEMATIC
KNOWLEDGE
Research Colloquia
Summer / Winter Schools in Methods
Method Courses
International Conference Participation
RESEARCH
METHODS
TRANSFER
SKILLS
CURRICULUM
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
Research Colloquium
3 ECTS
Research Colloquium
3 ECTS
Research Colloquium
1 ECTS
YEAR 4
Research Colloquium
with International Experts
3 ECTS
30 ECTS
Block Course on
Challenges to Democracy
2 ECTS
Swiss Summer School
Democracy Studies
3 ECTS
Swiss Summer School
Democracy Studies
3 ECTS
Swiss Summer School
Democracy Studies
3 ECTS
Scientific Writing or
Project Management
1 ECTS
Thematic / Method /
Transfer Courses
4 ECTS
Thematic / Method /
Transfer Courses
5 ECTS
Thematic / Method /
Transfer Courses
5 ECTS
ADMISSION
STATISTICS (01/14)
Program 1
2005 – 2009
Program 2
2009 – 2013
Number of Ph.D.s
26
24
Completion
24
12
Not yet
2
12
NCCR Collaborators
DEFENSE
CONTACT
Students with own
funding
Dr. Doreen Spörer-Wagner
Coordinator Doctoral Program
University of Zurich
NCCR Democracy
Affolternstr. 56
8050 Zurich / Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)44 634 52 12
Fax:
+41 (0)44 634 52 00
Call for applications once a year (31 May)
spoerer@nccr-democracy.uzh.ch
www.nccr-democracy.uzh.ch