Dr Jamie Gruffydd-Jones

Jamie teaches classes on international relations in the Asia-Pacific and on authoritarian politics. His research interests lie in China's foreign relations, great power politics, and public opinion. He is currently the Principal Investigator on the Economic and Social Research Council-funded project "Resistance to Great Powers in the Global South", which examines global resistance to the presence and influence of China and the United States. His recent book examines how the Chinese Communist Party strategically manages and resists foreign pressure, and his work is also published in the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly. Democratization and Security Studies. He is happy to supervise PhD students in areas related to China's international relations and politics, authoritarianism, the politics of human rights, and nationalism. He received a PhD in Security Services from Princeton University.  

• China's International Relations
• Great Power Politics
• The International Politics of Human Rights
• Public Opinion under Authoritarianism

Undergraduate:

• POLI6019: Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific
• POLI 6015: Dictatorships

Postgraduate:

• POLI7020: Qualitative Methods in Politics and International Relations
  

Jamie is happy to supervise students interested in China's foreign policies and international relations. Proposals are also welcome on questions more broadly related to Chinese politics, public opinion, human rights, and authoritarianism