Politics PhD

University of Bristol

Conduct advanced political research in an innovative interdisciplinary school. Study with internationally renowned politics and international relations scholars in a dynamic and supportive research environment. Our research activity is guided by focusing on key themes such as critical security conflict, peace and violence gender and sexuality race, colonialism, postcolonialism, and decolonialism global knowledge (including expertise, ignorance, and secrecy) the climate crisis and green political theory political economy political and social inequalities popular culture and (global) politics political and international theory socio-technical systems and their politics Europe and European governance the Americas, politics and sociology African regional and state politics and South and East Asian regional and state politics. Benefit from support and oversight from two PhD supervisors whose current active research interests and expertise are relevant to your chosen research area. Be challenged and inspired by an international community of scholars addressing some of the most important topics that face us today. Join a diverse, innovative community, committed to rigorous conceptual and empirical research that is politically and socially relevant and problem-orientated. Be taught by academics producing leading research that is relevant to the changing circumstances of an increasingly interconnected world. Produce work that advances theory, knowledge and methods at the cutting edge and contributes to better understanding and improvement within politics.

Politics