The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences is divided into chairs assigned to social or economic sciences. Each chair is also affiliated to a section.
The Research Training Group WIPCAD, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), studies the interrelationships between „wicked‟ policy problems and the development of administrative organizations.
The Institute of Local Government Studies (KWI) is an interdisciplinary institute of the Law Faculty and the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. Its research focuses on of local authorities.
The CEPA is a collaboration of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and fosters cooperation in economic research and teaching.
The Potsdam Center for Quantitative Research (PCQR) connects the research activities at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences to increase the research output.