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Queen's University Belfast: Psychology (Political Psychology)
| Institution | Queen's University Belfast View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Psychology |
| Web | https://www.qub.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
This programme adopts a predominantly critical social psychological approach and places a strong emphasis on understanding how political psychological concepts may operate in practice. It's aims are to provide a critical understanding of the historical development of political psychology from different epistemological, ideological and disciplinary perspectives and provide an advanced understanding of current theoretical debates within political psychology; enable students to engage in multidisciplinary dialogue and research; train students to use political psychological theories to formulate research questions relevant to current political phenomena and provide skills to apply political psychological theories and empirical findings in a number of different employment settings; provide skills to use appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods to address research questions as well as with the skills to interpret quantitative and qualitative data.
Queen's University Belfast, ranked in the top 200 in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026) is based in Belfast, at the heart of Northern Ireland.
Founded in 1845 as Queen's College Belfast it became an independent university in 1908 and is the ninth oldest university in the UK. Today, Queen’s University Belfast is a member of the Russell Group, combining excellence in research and education with a student-centred ethos.
Queen’s is ranked 6th in the world for international outlook (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025) and 13th in the UK for research intensity (Complete …
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