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Die SEPS vereint mit Volkswirtschaftslehre und Politikwissenschaften zwei Kernfächer der HSG und verfolgt mit ihren Aktivitäten massgeblich folgende drei Ziele: international anerkannte Forschungsleistungen, eine qualitativ hochwertige Lehre und eine (inter-)nationale wirtschaftspolitische Beratungstätigkeit, die sowohl in der Wirtschaft als auch in der Praxis anerkannt ist.

Book Publication: Shaping EU Foreign Policy Towards Russia Improving Coherence in External Relations by Prof. Philipp Thaler

Offering a comprehensive and structured analysis of the reasons why the EU lacks external coherence towards Russia, this book presents important new insights to the topic beyond conventional institutionalist arguments. Philipp Thaler utilises key cases in external energy and human rights policies to highlight the on-going difficulties in creating a coherent position, despite the EU’s formally stated objective to achieve this.

Is populism the third dimension? The quest for political alliances in post-crisis Spain

Hugo Marcos Marne, Ph.D., et al. mit ihrem aktuellsten Beitrag in "Electoral Studies":

"In this article, we defend the ideational approach to populism by arguing that populist discourses have consequences for government formation and the coalition choices of political parties. Using two attempts of government formation in Spain during 2016 as an example, we show that incorporating a populist dimension of competition alongside the two traditional relevant cleavages in Spain (left-right and center-periphery) can successfully explain agreements where approaches restricted to the two traditional dimensions fail. Essentially, populism forms a third, ideational dimension with its own content, one that can be considered alongside thick ideological dimensions in formal spatial analysis, shaping alliances among political parties."