International Institute of Political Science

The International Institute of Political Science has been operating within Masaryk University since 1990. In its current form, the Institute is the result of the integration of two research institutes –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the International Institute of Political Science and the Institute for Comparative Political Science Research. The former operated until 2012 as a university-based institute researching contemporary Czech and European politics, economy and society. It gained its international character thanks to the cooperation of its founders from the Czech Republic and foreign partners from the United States and the Netherlands. The second predecessor was a research institute of the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University between 2005 and 2011 dealing with comparative political science. Today, the International Institute of Political Science operates as one of the research institutes of the Faculty of Social Studies.