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University of Bristol: Politics

Institution University of Bristol View institution profile
Department Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
Web https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate
Email spais-phdenquiries@bristol.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0) 117 331 7572
Study type Research

Summary

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 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;

  • South 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.

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

University of Bristol

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Founded in 1876, the University of Bristol is one of the UK’s top 10 universities (QS World University Rankings 2026), with a global reputation for world-leading research and academic excellence. As a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities, Bristol also ranks top five in the UK for research (THE analysis of REF 2021).

With its independent and pioneering spirit, the University has a reputation for doing things differently. Bristol was the UK’s first institute of higher education to admit women on an equal basis with men. In 2019, …

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