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International Conflict Analysis MA, MPhil, PhD
This is a research programme within the Politics and International Relations subject area.
Key facts
- Subject area: Politics and International Relations
- Location: Canterbury or Brussels
- School: School of Politics and International Relations
- Duration: MA one year full-time or two years part-time, MPhil two years full-time or three years part-time, PhD registration three to four years full-time or five to six years part-time.
- Start: At any time but preferably in September or January.
- Fees: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or upper-second class honours degree in a relevant subject or equivalent. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Outline
Our research programmes provide a combination of formal research training and individual supervision within a supportive environment, with regular interaction between staff and students.
This includes a weekly Graduate Research Training Seminar, regular meetings with a supervisor and supervisory team as well as an annual postgraduate research conference. You may also be able to benefit from the skills training offered by the University's Graduate School
During the first year, all research students receive training in research methods and practice, while also working on their projects under supervision from a specialist in the relevant research area.
All members of staff can supervise theses leading to research degrees. We encourage potential research students to refer to our postgraduate research handbook for detailed information.
In 2011, the University successfully applied for ESRC recognition as a provider of doctoral training in political science and international studies (and other areas of the social sciences) as part of a consortium. As a result, we are now part of the South East ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, making us one of the key training outlets in our subject in the UK. Further details can be found on the South East DTC website.
Programme structure
For further information see the School site.
Funding
Every school at Kent offers one or two University postgraduate research scholarships, each available for three years, providing fees at the home/EU rate and a stipend up to £13,590 per annum (2011/12 rate).
Many schools offer scholarships in the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) whereby postgraduate research students receive financial support in return for teaching. The value of awards may vary, but often cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate and a substantial maintenance grant.
All postgraduate research students are eligible to apply for GTAs. See Graduate Teaching Assistantships.
Each year, the School offers research students a number of teaching bursaries requiring up to six hours a week of undergraduate teaching during term.
Students on the MA in Comparative Federalism or researching federalism are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the James Madison Trust.
For further details of postgraduate funding, see Postgraduate funding.
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Resources and facilities
Students have access to an excellent library and extensive computing facilities. You also have access to online resources; inter-library loans; video library; online book renewals and reservations; laptop and netbook loan facilities; more than 1,300 study spaces/seats; more than 27,500 books and 10,500 bound periodicals catalogued under politics and international relations and related class marks plus c11,700 items in the European Documentation Centre; 50,000 online journals also available off-campus.
The School's resources include a European Documentation Centre, with all official publications of the EU institutions, and a specialised collection on international conflict and federal studies as well as the University's collection of political cartoons.
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Research areas
Our research interests span a broad spectrum of the discipline, with particular strengths in the fields of conflict analysis and resolution, political theory and European politics. The strength of the School's research culture is reflected in the numerous books and articles published and in the existence of its three core research groups: Conflict, Security and Human Rights; Comparative Politics; and Political and Social Theory. Two of our groups contain a University-recognised research centre: the Conflict Analysis Research Centre (CARC) is part of the Conflict, Security and Human Rights group and the Centre for Federal Studies (CFS) is part of the Comparative Politics group.
Staff research
Dr Gülnur Aybet: Senior Lecturer in International Relations
International security; European security; strategic thought; international organisations.
Dr Albena Azmanova: Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Political traditions and democratisation; globalisation and political identities; European integration.
Dr Tugba Basaran: Lecturer in International Relations
International relations, conflict and international development; the politics of exclusion and security; liberty, borders and territoriality.
Dr Ruth Blakeley: Lecturer in International Relations
US foreign policy; US-Latin American relations; terrorism; state violence; human rights.
Professor Michael Burgess: Professor of Federal Studies
Federal political theory and philosophy; comparative federalism; Canadian constitutional politics; European integration.
Dr Tom Casier: Senior Lecturer in International Relations
EU as an international actor; EU-Russian relations; Russian foreign policy.
Govinda Clayton: Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis
International conflict and co-operation; mediation; negotiation, intra-state conflict and resolution; mathematical and statistical models, research design and methodology.
Dr Philip Cunliffe: Lecturer in International Conflict
IR theory; sovereignty; peacekeeping; liberal interventionism; Marxism and critical theory; political theory, social theory.
Dr Paolo Dardanelli: Lecturer in European and Comparative Politics
Comparative European politics; constitutional politics and decision-making in the EU; comparative federalism and confederalism.
Dr Andrea den Boer: Lecturer in International Relations
Human rights and ethics; international political theory; continental political philosophy; feminism.
Dr Elise Féron: Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis
Conflict prevention; the community and minority conflicts; conflicts and questions of identity.
Dr Suzanne Franks: Senior Lecturer in British Politics and Political Communications
Humanitarian aid, development and media coverage; political communication; history of broadcasting; women in the media.
Dr Frank Grundig: Lecturer in International Relations
Power, interests and institutions; regime and rational actor theory; international environmental politics; hegemonic leadership.
Dr Anne Hammerstad: Lecturer in International Relations
The concept of security; the UNHCR, refugees and security; conflict and security in Africa.
Dr Sarah Hyde: Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations of East Asia
Party politics; electoral systems; participation; e-democracy; e-voting; Japanese politics.
Dr Jonathan Joseph: Reader in Politics and International Relations
IR theory; hegemony; social cohesion; Marxism; critical theory; poststructuralism and philosophy of social science.
Dr Ersun N Kurtulus: Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics
State sovereignty; Lebanese politics; collapsed states; international relations of the Middle East; counter-terrorism.
Dr Pak Kuen Lee: Lecturer in Chinese Politics and International Relations
Chinese politics; non-traditional security threats in China (especially energy security and public health security); China's engagement with global governance.
Dr Matthew Loveless: Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Comparative and European politics; political behaviour and attitudes.
Dr Iain MacKenzie: Lecturer in Politics
Critical political theory and philosophy.
Professor Hugh Miall: Professor of International Relations
War and peace; conflict prevention and conflict resolution; environmental security and international relations.
Dr Edward Morgan-Jones: Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Parliamentary and semi-presidential regimes; Cabinet composition and termination; West and East European Politics.
Dr Jane O'Mahony: Lecturer in European Politics
European integration; EU policymaking; Europeanisation; Irish politics.
Dr Adrian Pabst: Lecturer in Politics
The complex links between democracy, capitalism and religion, with a focus on sovereignty; Geoeconomics and geo-politics; European traditions of federalism and the import of Christian social teaching.
Dr Stefan Rossbach: Senior Lecturer in Politics
Political theory and methodology; history of political philosophy; Christian and biblical politics and morality; religion and politics.
Professor Richard Sakwa: Professor of Russian and European Politics; Head of School
Russian government and politics; communism and postcommunism; democratisation.
Dr Ben Seyd: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics
Political institutions; electoral systems; public attitudes to the state and trust; British politics.
Dr Doug Stokes: Senior Lecturer in International Relations
US foreign policy; international security.
Dr Harmonie Toros: Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis
Conflict resolution, conflict transformation, terrorism studies.
Professor Richard Whitman: Professor of Politics
European studies, international relations, international role of the European Union.
Dr Andrew Wroe: Lecturer in American Politics
Direct democracy; trust in politics; immigration; race/ethnicity; American politics and government.
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Contact details
Admissions enquiriesT: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk
Roxanne Devine
School of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, UK
T: +44 (0)1227 827307
F: +44 (0)1227 827033
E: r.gotch@kent.ac.uk
Michael Sewell
Brussels School of International Studies,
University of Kent at Brussels, Boulevard de la Plaine 5, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
T: +32 2 641 1721
F: +32 2 641 1720
E: ukbapplications@kent.ac.uk
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