Semester 1- 30 ECTS
Course Language Credits Campus-based classes (units) Individual study (hours) Total workload (hours) Assessment Convenor
Public Policy English 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Written Exam 60%,
Oral Presentation 20%, Briefing Paper 20% Robert HARMSEN UNESCO Chair Parliamentary Standing Orders/ Rules of Procedure and Challenges of Public Policy Assessment
French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Written Exam 100% Claude
FRIESEISEN Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies & Basile RIDARD
Comparative Politics French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Research Paper
80% (topics addressing suggested research areas of the Chair for research on parliamentary studies), Oral Presentation 20%
Philippe POIRIER Parliamentary Studies Chair of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg Parliamentarism and Democracies in the European Union
French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Research Paper
80% (topics addressing suggested research areas of the Chair for research on parliamentary studies), Oral Presentation 20%
Philippe POIRIER Parliamentary Studies Chair of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg Parliaments and
Co-legislative Institutions (Court of Auditors, Public Finance Council, State Council, etc.)
English 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Oral Presentation 20%
Written version of presentation to be submitted at the end of semester 80% Nicola LUPO Director of Centro di Studi sul Parlamento, LUISS University
International Development,
Sustainability and Policy Coherence
English 5 ECTS
(elective)
30 105 135 Research Paper 100% Harlan KOFF
Territorial Governance and Policy Analysis
English 5 ECTS
(elective)
30 105 135 Mandatory Attendance of
Lectures 20%
Group Work Participation 20%
Research Paper 60%
Birte NIENABER
European Integration in Principles and Theory
English 5 ECTS (elective) 30 105 135 Written Exam Oral Exam Eleftheria NEFRAMI Johan VAN DER WALT
Philosophy of Law French 5 ECTS
(elective)
30 105 135 Oral Presentation 20%
Written version of presentation to be submitted at the end of semester 80% Lukas SOSOE Fundamental Freedoms of Circulation in the Internal Market French 3 ECTS (elective)
20 52 72 Written Exam 100% Jörg GERKRATH
Winter School on Democracy (Annual Conference of the Chair)
Bilingual 2 ECTS
(elective)
20 52 72 Participation 20%,
Research Paper 80%
Core teaching staff of Chairs and practitioners
Semester 2- 30 ECTS
Course Language Credits Campus-based classes (units) Individual study (hours) Total workload (hours) Assessment Convenor
Democratic Innovations Bilingual 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Research Paper 80%
Oral Presentation 20%
Raphaël KIES
Multi-Level Governance Bilingual 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Research Project 70%
Oral Presentation 30%
Robert HARMSEN UNESCO Chair
European Social Policies French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Working paper 100%
(~ 15 pages)
Franz CLEMENT Constitutional System of
the European Union
French 4 ECTS 24 84 108 Written Exam 100% Jörg GERKRATH
European
Parliamentarisms,
Council of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly, European Parliament,
NATO & OSCE
Parliamentary assemblies, Franco-German Parliament, in the European normative and legislative decision-making process
Bilingual 3 ECTS 18 81 99 Written Exam 100% Practitioners’
intervention (Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Conference of Parliamentary
Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union European Parliament)
European Ordinary
Legislative Procedure
(OLP)
French 3 ECTS 18 81 99 Project 80%
Oral Presentation 20%
Public Management of Cultural Diversity in light of differing European Legal Traditions
French 3 ECTS 18 81 99 Research Paper 80%
Oral Presentation 20%
Graziano LINGUA
Democratic transitions of the political and parliamentary systems of the
Maghreb and Machrek
French 3 ECTS 18 81 99 Written Exam 100% Maryam BEN SALEM
Series of expert workshops (Parliaments, Ombudspersons, Courts of Auditors, etc.) of BENELUX
French 2 ECTS 18 81 99 Research Paper (topics
addressing suggested research areas of the Chair for research on parliamentary studies) 100%
Experts and
Semester 3- 30 ECTS
Course Language Credits Campus-based classes (units) Individual study (hours) Total workload (hours) Assessment Titulaire Multi-level Parliamentarisms among Member States & Observers of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie
French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Written Exam 100% Sophie de
CACQUERAY
Sophie LAMOUROUX
Parliaments, Public Finance & Comparative Economic Governance
Bilingual 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Written Exam 100% Frédéric ALLEMAND,
Jörg GERKRATH, Philippe POIRIER & Johan VAN DER WALT
Parliaments & International Affairs, Interparliamentary Organisations & Cooperation
French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Research Paper 80% Philippe POIRIER,
Laurent SCHEECK Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies Ethics, Communication &
Interaction with Citizens of Civil Society
French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Presentation 20% Raphaël KIES
Ethics, Robotics & Social Impact and Digital Policies
French 5 ECTS 30 105 135 Research Paper 80% Lukas SOSOE
Science, societal challenges and
Parliaments
Bilingual 4 ects 24 84 108 Research Paper 80% Facutly Members
Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
Legislative Drafting French 4 ECTS 24 84 108 Presentation 20% Marc BESCH Secretary General of the State Council
Parliaments & Judicial Scrutiny French 3 ECTS 18 81 99 Oral Presentation
and submission of same, in written form, at the end of semester
Luc HEUSCHLING
Actors & Public Policy
Assessment
Bilingual 3 ECTS 18 81 99 Written Exam 100% Robert HARMSEN + 1
practitioner of the Court of Auditors
Semester 4- 30 ECTS
Two thesis options co-supervised by professors/research scientists of respective research chairs & internship supervisors of parliaments
Thesis (15 ECTS) in French language.
Professional internship (15 ECTS) in one of the Parliaments of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie.
Members of the jury are composed of one of the professors/research scientists drawn from the 3 research chairs along with the internship supervisor.
Coordination from the administrative counsellor.
Research paper in English or French language (30 ECTS) linked to the themes of the Chair for Research in Parliamentary Studies.
- Parliaments & public policy assessment office
- Parliaments & comparative constitutional innovations
- Economic governance & national parliaments
- Parliaments, ethics & sciences
- Electoral studies & comparative European values
Assessment Assessment
Grading for internship thesis (out of 20) as follows:
- Grade (out of 15) for the scientific report, delivered by the academic supervisor and internship supervisor.
- Grade (out of 3) for the oral presentation, delivered by the jury - Grade (out of 2) for the response quality to questions from the jury
Grading for research paper (out of 20) as follows: - Grade (out of 15) for the research paper
- Grade (out of 3) for the oral presentation, delivered by the jury - Grade (out of 2) for the response quality to questions from the jury