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The School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) is at the forefront of interdisciplinary research into international development, international relations and politics. We have area expertise in Africa, North America, Asia, the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
We believe research in this area is crucial to the ongoing process of rethinking how governments respond to the human and international security challenges posed by globalisation and its consequences.
Research Groups and Centres
- International Development (including the Centre for Global Development and the Centre for African Studies)
- International Relations
- Leadership, Parties and Institutions (including the Centre for British Government and Centre for European Politics)
- Political Theory (including the Centre for Democratisation Studies)
Our research culture
Our school has thirty active academic researchers. Twenty-four researchers teach undergraduates, and twenty teach postgraduates. Our school supervises over seventy PhD students.
Together, our researchers have produced twenty-five research monographs, 132 refereed journal articles, 52 book chapters and 20 edited books since 2008.
Researcher profile
Dr Brad Evans
Dr Evans has recently launched his Ten Years of Terror symposia through The Guardian’s Comment Is Free news source.
This coincides with the launch of his wider research project, ‘Histories of Violence’, which provides an open access resource centre which critically explores the wider problematic of violence.
Research centre profile
Centre for Global Development
Established in 1984, the Centre for Global Development consolidates expertise across the University in the study of development issues.
The centre organises interdisciplinary research, and provides research degree supervision and an institutional base for consultancy.