PhD Programme Recruiting for 2010/11

The Department welcomes applications and enquiries from potential PhD candidates interested in research topics covered by our faculty. We also have a number of funding opportunities for Home/EU students. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2010. More...

Spring Term Staff-Student Seminar Schedule

The Spring term schedule for PIR Staff-Student seminars is now available. More...

New EU Foreign Minister is Department Alumna

EU Commissioner for Trade Catherine Ashton, who has just been nominated to the EU's new foreign affairs post, is a graduate of PIR's predecessor department at Bedford College, University of London. More...

Max Weber Fellowship for Recent PhD Graduate

The Department is extremely pleased to announce that recent PhD graduate Colin Flemming was awarded a Max Weber Fellowship to pursue post-doctoral research at the European University Institute in Florence (EUI) for 2009-2010. More...

Working Paper No. 12

We are delighted to announce the publication of the 12th working paper in the Department of Politics and IR series, Fixing Subjectivities: the politics of belonging and achieving the nation, by Chris Perkins. More...

Introducing the PIR Virtual Library

Read selected publications and working papers from members of staff of the Department of Politics and International Relations. More...

In Focus Archive