Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)
International Development Studies and Security Issues (IDSSC)
International Development Studies, Security and Conflict are growing areas of research at Portsmouth with an expanding body of expertise alongside a significant increase in the number of PhD students working on these topics. The study of these areas is global in reach incorporating social, cultural and economic perspectives combining a number of social science disciplines. Members of this cluster come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds including social anthropology, human geography, sociology, international relations, politics, economics and health demography. The research topics explored include US security issues, Anglo-French security cooperation, religious extremism, migration, the environment and development, water and food security, participatory governance, ngo accountability, demographic change and health, women and labour rights, gender-based violence and harmful cultural practices. The regional expertise of cluster members includes South, South-East, and East Asia; East, West and South Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean.
Contact: Tamsin Bradley
Academic members:
- Julia Brown
- Tony Chafer
- Isabelle Cheng
- Angela Crack
- Paul Flenley
- Ben Garner
- Patricia Shamai