Our department for Middle East and Comparative Politics specializes in theoretically-informed and comparative political science research on non-OECD countries, especially the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). For almost 30 years, the department has practiced empirical-analytical social science research with an international focus and special emphasis on the MENA region and made substantial contributions to theory formation in this field. 

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Our main areas of research and teaching are:

• Comparative research on regime types and authoritarianism
• Political economy and development policy
• State-Society relations