POLITICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT The research side of the Department of Political and Cultural Studies centres around four key research groups – each grouping staff and their research students according to overlapping areas of specialism. Postgraduate research students will be able to engage in a wide range of training and dissemination events through these groups, as well as participating in their governance. For details of each of these groups, please see the below: RESEARCH CENTRES • Centre on Digital Arts and Humanities (CODAH) • International Studies, Conflict and Security (ISCAS) • Political Analysis and Governance (PAG) • The Global Drug Policy Observatory All research students in Politics, International Relations, International Security, Philosophy, Public Policy and Development Studies belong to the Graduate Centre in the College of Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides pastoral as well as administrative support and is also responsible for research skills training and support, and facilitating a lively intellectual environment for the College’s postgraduate research community of 200 students. All research students in Politics, International Relations, International Security, Public Policy and Development Studies also have access to the training resources of the Wales Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training Centre. Each year there is a programme of conferences and seminars organised in conjunction with Cardiff and Aberystwyth Universities.
We welcome new proposals for postgraduate research projects that complement staff research interests. Staff research interests cover three broad areas: • Political and cultural theory: This focuses on political theory and philosophy related to developments in globalisation, democracy, liberal culture, sovereignty, civil society, religion and new media technologies. Specialisms include: liberalism and its critics, human rights, continental political thought, poststructuralism; and theories of gender and masculinity. • Political Analysis and Governance: This focuses on empirical studies of government, politics and public policy with a strong interest in theory and methods. Specialisms include: comparative politics, regional politics, policy studies, development politics, civic participation in Europe, the EU, UK politics, devolution and local government, quantitative methods, populism, elections. • International politics and inter-cultural communication: This focuses on the study of various dimensions of conflict, power and empire. Specialisms include: Just War theory, security studies and terrorism, space policy, politics under Empire and in post-colonial states, terrorism, post-conflict reconstruction, international drugs policy, conflict education, and civil wars and genocides. Area specialisms include; South-East Asia; the Middle East and Africa. Eastern Europe and political economy, American politics,
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES MPhil/PhD FT PT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MA By Research FT PT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MA By Research/MPhil/PhD FT PT POLITICS MA By Research FT PT POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MPhil/PhD FT PT PHILOSOPHY MA By Research/ PHD FT PT Current research includes cutting edge projects on issues such as Brexit, digital politics, political campaigns and voting behaviour, the international political system, new technologies and warfare, gender-based violence policy, development infrastructure, international drugs policy and development regimes, the politics of public health threats and the rise of terrorism and targeted killings. English Language Requirement IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 6.5 in each component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. RESEARCH COURSES Entry Requirements Typically a master's degree or a minimum 2:1 honours undergraduate degree, (or Swansea University recognised equivalent qualification) which has included research training appropriate for the proposed thesis project. Applicants are encouraged to contact the department informally to discuss their proposals and can contact the Director of Research, Dr Dennis Schmidt (d.r.schmidt@swansea.ac.uk) to develop research proposals and identify potential supervisory teams.
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