Overview

Led by a team of internationally recognized researchers, lecturers and scholar-practitioners, you will examine great powers politics, humanitarian issues and the dynamics of the international political economy, learning how to employ competing theories, methods and approaches.

Coursework provides exposure to the key subfields of the discipline and relevant issues such as international security, European integration, EU-Asia relations, terrorism and energy security. The  International Relations programme at Webster Vienna Private University   can open doors for work with a governmental agency, an intergovernmental organization, a nongovernmental organization or a multinational corporation. This programme is also suitable if you are planning to pursue a PhD or an academic career at another institution.

Key facts

• Explain and apply theories of international relations, predominantly realism, liberalism, constructivism, feminism, critical theory, sub-theories and other IR-specific models such as the rational actor or bureaucratic behavior models.

• Apply qualitative and quantitative methods to answer cross-countries research questions based on scholarly literature reviews.