School of Politics and International Studies

Leadership, Parties and Institutions

• Dynamics of EU Development Policy after enlargement
  Principal Investigator: Dr Simon Lightfoot
• Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in British Politics
  Principal Investigator: Dr Timothy Heppell

• Is the European Parliament an environmental champion?
  Principal Investigators: Dr Charlotte Burns and Dr Neil Carter

International Relations and Security

• Law, war and the state of the American exception
  Principal Investigator: Dr Jason Ralph

• Policing a plurality of worlds: the Nigerian Police in metropolitan Kano
  Principal Investigator: Professor Alice Hills

Global Development and Justice

• Early years literacy in Rajasthan, India: towards more effective teaching and learning practices
  Principal Investigator: Dr Caroline Dyer
• A contemporary history of South Asia
  Principal Investigator: Dr David Hall-Matthews
• Human rights, power and non-governmental action
  Principal Investigator: Professor Gordon Crawford

• Professor Duncan McCargo's research and teaching interests include Japanese politics, and the comparative politics of Southeast Asia. Duncan McCargo has recently completed an ESRC project on the violent conflict in Thailand's southern border provinces.

Political Theory

• Liberal realism: the fate of freedom in an age of insecurity
  Principal Investigator: Dr Derek Edyvane
• Living Together: Rethinking Social Unity for a Multi-Faith Society
  Principal Investigator: Dr Derek Edyvane