In the main phase of the project, ICAS:MP’s research revolved around seven paradigmatic arenas (Thematic Modules) contestation over delimiting the political has been particularly intense:
- TM1 – History as a Political Category
- TM2 – Labour as a Political Category
- TM3: Critiques and Renewals of Democracy
- TM4: Normative Conflicts and Transformations
- TM5: The Challenge of Gender
- TM6: Political Economy of Growth and Distribution
- TM 7: Media and the Constitution of the Political
