36 monthsProgramme duration
24,400 GBPTuition Fee/year
Jan, SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Politics
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Join our international research community for your PhD. You'll benefit from a supportive, stimulating and challenging research environment.
Our broad range of research means you can specialise in topics including:
- political philosophy
- comparative institutions or behaviour
- British politics
- international relations
- race and ethnicity
- gender
You'll receive training on how to become an independent researcher. You'll be supported by a supervisory team of at least two members of our research staff who will guide you through the research process. Your supervisors will also play a key role in helping you develop a thesis project that will open job opportunities in academia or outside of academia depending on your goals.
Meet our Politics research students and read more about their research
You will be able to take part in the Researcher Education and Development. This is an advanced and interdisciplinary research training and researcher development programme created by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
You'll also have the opportunity to enrol in the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training. This provides a broader knowledge of different research methodologies. It equips you with the skills to carry out advanced research in your area of interest.
- The politics of difference
- Political Behaviour
- Political ideologies and political thought
- Global economic, environmental challenges and political economy of development
- Democracy, the modern state and political organisations
- Political economy of development
- Critical geopolitics, security and migration
- Theory of international relations
- Governance in Britain and wider Europe
- Global justice and human rights
Programme overview
Main Subject
Politics
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Join our international research community for your PhD. You'll benefit from a supportive, stimulating and challenging research environment.
Our broad range of research means you can specialise in topics including:
- political philosophy
- comparative institutions or behaviour
- British politics
- international relations
- race and ethnicity
- gender
You'll receive training on how to become an independent researcher. You'll be supported by a supervisory team of at least two members of our research staff who will guide you through the research process. Your supervisors will also play a key role in helping you develop a thesis project that will open job opportunities in academia or outside of academia depending on your goals.
Meet our Politics research students and read more about their research
You will be able to take part in the Researcher Education and Development. This is an advanced and interdisciplinary research training and researcher development programme created by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
You'll also have the opportunity to enrol in the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training. This provides a broader knowledge of different research methodologies. It equips you with the skills to carry out advanced research in your area of interest.
- The politics of difference
- Political Behaviour
- Political ideologies and political thought
- Global economic, environmental challenges and political economy of development
- Democracy, the modern state and political organisations
- Political economy of development
- Critical geopolitics, security and migration
- Theory of international relations
- Governance in Britain and wider Europe
- Global justice and human rights
Admission Requirements
A 2:1 honours degree and a master's degree, or international equivalent, in politics or a related subject.
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