CIEP is the Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies and is fully aligned with the Institute's vision and strategy. Additionally CIEP reflects the Institute's commitment to have not only the best teaching school for political studies in Portugal but also to develop research that is an undeniable reference at the national level and whose high quality merits international recognition and is able to contribute significantly to the scientific field of political science.
In an era when knowledge tends to represent the key to development CIEP's mission is to conduct high quality research in political science (particularly in its core fields of political theory comparative politics and international relations) that provides the intellectual tools and frameworks to deal with the great contemporary societal challenges not only to Portugal but also to the Portuguese language world.
CIEP brings together researchers from various specialist fields including European Studies Comparative Politics Politics of the Sea Public Policies International Relations Defence and Security and Political Theory and is structured into two main research groups - Political Theory and Comparative Politics and International Relations Security and Defence. With a strong international outlook CIEP fosters and encourages the internationalisation of its researchers and their research projects.

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