This degree provides an opportunity to conduct advanced political research in an interdisciplinary school. You will 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:critical securityconflict, peace and violencegender and sexualityrace, colonialism, postcolonialism, and decolonialismglobal knowledge (including expertise, ignorance, and secrecy)the climate crisis and green political theorypolitical economypolitical and social inequalitiespopular culture and (global) politicspolitical and international theorysocio-technical systems and their politicsEurope and European governancethe Americas, politics and sociologyAfrican regional and state politicsSouth and East Asian regional and state politics.You will join an international community of students working on a range of politics and international relations issues. Our staff also have particular expertise across a range of cultural and social theory and champion diverse research methodologies. You will be assigned two PhD supervisors whose current research interests and expertise are relevant to your chosen research area.We are committed to rigorous conceptual and empirical research that is politically and socially relevant and problem-orientated. We aim to advance theory, knowledge and methods at the cutting edge of Politics and International Relations. We produce leading research with an international focus that is relevant to the changing circumstances of an increasingly interconnected world. Our aim is not just to monitor the world but to contribute to a better understanding and to ways that might improve it.