PhD Politics and International Relations
OVERVIEWAlong with Edinburgh and St. Andrews, we form the Politics and International Relations pathway of the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Scottish Doctoral Training Centre (S-DTC).We have an active and engaged international community of doctoral students. We work to foster this community through an annual retreat, our research seminars and regular staff-student social events.TOPICS FOR SUPERVISIONWe offer supervision across a wide range of subjects, reflecting our strength in depth in Comparative Politics, International Relations and Political Theory.Comparative Politicspolitical parties, institutions and changeelections and votingcomparative constitutionalism; genderlesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) politicshuman rightspolitical communicationpolitical economypolitical psychologypolitics and popular cultureenvironmental policywelfare policyexpertise in the politics of China; Europe, including Scotland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Greece, the European Union; RussiaLatin America.International Relationsinternational cooperation and international organisationsinternational political economyinternational developmentinternational securityhuman rightsgender and developmentforeign aidforeign policy analysis (particularly of the European Union, Russia and China)humanitarianismjust war traditionwar: causes and originswar: strategic studiespost-war conflict and violencelegitimacy and communicative ethicsEnglish Schooltransnational politics (non-state actors).Political Theorycontemporary Anglo-American political philosophycontemporary social theoryGerman political thoughtthe history of political thoughthuman nature and politics; jurisprudenceliberalism and philosophical anthropologyfreedom of speech/expressionethics and international lawcosmopolitanismmoral epistemologydistributive justicefeminist theory.
