School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies
MA and PhD Study
MA and PhD Study is offered on a full-time and a part-time basis. In the past, students have been financed on a scholarship and self-funding basis. Competitive bursaries are available through the Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR).
During the first phase of their studies, research students acquire and develop the empirical, analytical and theoretical tools that enable them to establish the foundations of their theses. In the second phase of their studies, students focus exclusively on their theses, taking advantage of specialist support and guidance is provided by their main supervisor and an additional supervisory team. Students also participate in the thriving post-graduate research culture provided by CEISR, including a regular series of research lectures and seminars and post-graduate study sessions.
Master's programmes
The Politics and International Relations subject team co-ordinate three Master's programmes:
Supervision
The Politics and International Relations subject team currently offers PhD/MA supervision in the following areas:
- Britain and Counter-Terrorism
- Britain-US Relations
- British and European Defence Policy
- Civil Society and the EU
- Democratisation and Transition in Eastern Europe
- Ethnic Conflict: Management and Resolution
- EU Internal and External Economic Policies
- EU Structures, Politics and Processes
- Europe and the Black Sea
- Europe and the Middle East
- Europe's Neighbourhood Policy
- European Foreign and Security Policy
- European Union: Contemporary History and Politics
- Europeanisation
- Globalisation and the European Social Model
- Globalisation and Models of National Political Economy
- Globalisation in Historical Perspective
- Human Rights in Europe
- International Institutions and Conflict Management
- International Organisations and Transnational Governance Past and Present
- Middle Eastern Politics
- Nationalism and National Identity in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- Policymaking in the EU
- Political Parties in Europe
- Politics in Northern Ireland
- Politics of the Middle East
- Role of the Military in Third World Political Systems
- Russian and Soviet Twentieth Century History
- Russian-EU Relations
- Russian Foreign Policy
- Russian Politics
- Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict Societies
- Societal Actors and Interest Representation in Europe
- Strategic and Security Studies
- Transnational Europe
- US Foreign Policy