Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] [Politics and International Relations] From Cardiff University

• The School has an exceptionally strong research culture with a strong reputation for the quality of the research produced and the growing number of research grants it is attracting. We are home to the Wales Governance Centre and to the European Governance, Identity and Public Policy Research Unit, attracting visiting scholars from all over Europe and the world.
• We are at the cutting-edge of our field, delivering unique, interdisciplinary research projects.
• The combination of established researchers with international reputations and young scholars has meant that we have been able to develop a dynamic and forward-looking research ethos. Many of the materials we use for our courses are written by academics and teaching staff within the department.

Areas of special strength include

• International Relations,
• British, Welsh and devolutionary politics,
• European and comparative politics
• Political Theory.