Research at the department is organized in thematic groups with a structure which encourage to cross-disciplinary and flexible teamwork.
The members of the research groups can also be persons attached to other departments. Every group has appointed a Head of the Research Group.
 

Europeanisation and Globalisation
European Culture: Knowledge and Discontinuity
Functional Grammar and Pragmatics
Intercultural Studies
History and theory of the humanities
Memory and the Use of History
Language and Society in Late Modernity
Studies in Ethics and Legal Theory
Strategic Communikation
Science Studies