Institute of the Americas MPhil/PhD

The Institute of the Americas occupies a unique position at the core of academic study of the region in the UK, promoting, co-ordinating and providing a focus for research and postgraduate teaching on the Americas, including Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States.

Particular fields of research expertise at the institute include:

• Climate change and sustainable development
• History of the Americas
• Human rights, justice and democratisation
• Labour history, politics and policy
• Race, ethnicity and gender in the Americas
• Social policy in Latin America
• State, market and the economy
• The Caribbean: history, politics, society
• The US presidency
• US foreign policy
• Comparative, international and transnational studies of the Americas.

Research undertaken by members of staff, associates, visiting fellows, and research students spans the whole of the American continent, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.

It also covers the study of relations between regions in the Americas and of relations between the Americas and the rest of the world. The research community is focused on producing ground-breaking research at the forefront of several academic disciplines while contributing to the development of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Americas.

The institute is also actively engaged in research at the interface of academia and policy, engaging a broad range of stakeholders, including government, NGOs, communications media and civil society in the UK, the Americas, and beyond.