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The Department of Political Science and Public Policy, which is functionally part of the School of Sociology and Public Policy, was established in 2010 and currently brings together the academic fields of Public Administration, Political Science, African Studies, Public Policy and Social Work. The department emerged from Iscte’s strategic development plans and has, over the years, maintained a prominent position in the institution’s scientific and academic innovation; the quality and volume of work carried out in these academic fields are widely recognised, whether in teaching, research or the provision of services.
The Department comprises a qualified faculty of 23 professors and researchers holding PhDs, out of a total of 26 protfessors who teach on the various degree programmes overseen by the Department: two undergraduate’s degrees, in Political Science and Social Work; eight master’s degrees in the academic fields of School Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, African Studies, Public Policy, Social Work, the Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Social Work with Families and Children and the European Joint Master’s in Social Work with Children and Youth; five PhD programmes in the academic fields of School Administration and Management, Political Science, African Studies, Public Policy and Social Work; and various postgraduate courses. This educational provision is, in many cases, innovative and in high demand both nationally and internationally.
The Department attaches great importance to the research carried out by its professors and researchers, the quality of which is evidenced by the publications resulting from this research, particularly at the Iscte Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) and Colabor (an Associated Laboratory of the MCTES). One of the department’s strategic priorities – which is, in fact, a hallmark of this School – is based on integrating research with teaching, particularly at Master’s and PhD level.
The Department's pedagogical approach has three main strands:
