International Politics
International Politics is represented by a large number of staff teaching and researching topical and cutting edge themes in:
- Critical security studies
- Political geography
- International political theory and thought
- Global history and sociology
- International political economy
- Area studies with a special emphasis on East and South East Asia and Latin America.
We host the regional network of critical international scholars (NorthNet),which expressly welcomes and encourages PhD students to present their work and engage in active research; members of staff also edit the academic journal Globalisations. Our staff have links with departments and research units in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, and within the the EU and have a wide international experience. Our postgraduate students come from all over the world and PhD candidates work in close relationship with staff and their research projects.
Specific research foci include:
- International and global security studies
- Critical IR theory and international political thought
- International and global political economy
- Globalisation, poverty and development
- Global governance
- Decolonisation and postcolonialism
- Regional studies: East and South East Asia, Latin America
- International politics
- International politics and critical geopolitics
The co-ordinator of this cluster is Simon Philpott
