The Institute of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin conducts research on current sociological issues with a focus on international, especially European societies and the analysis of globalization and Europeanization processes. Since, the Institute has offered the bilingual Master's program “Sociology - European Societies” and the Bachelor's program “Global Sociology”. The research and teaching agenda, in which the regional institutes for Latin America, North America and Eastern Europe are also involved, also benefits from close cooperation with non-university institutions such as the Socio-Economic Panel at DIW Berlin and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).