Political Science and International Relations

Summary

The Department of Political Science has a strong research portfolio clustered around several areas of expertise. These include:
• conflict and conflict mediation
• democracy and democratisation
• globalisation
• security and defence studies
• humanitarian intervention and peace studies
• political participation and political behaviour
• science and technology policy (e.g. environmental politics; biomedical policies)
• nationalism and the politics of race and ethnicity
• political economy
• political theory
• political parties, institutions, and elections
• public policy
• New Zealand politics
• politics of Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.

Related strengths are in theoretical approaches to war and intervention, with a focus on the issues of identity, human rights, democracy, globalisation, and international law; comparative politics; international security (arms control, disarmament and counter-terrorism); nuclear diplomacy; international relations theory; global governance; and peace and conflict studies.

Researchers

• Alex Tan
• Amy Lynn Fletcher
• Anne-Marie Brady
• Bronwyn Hayward
• James Ockey
• Jeremy Martin Moses
• Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald
• Mark Francis
• Pascale Hatcher
• Sylvia Nissen

• Social Science Research Centre (SSRC)
• Gateway Antarctica
• RESOLVE – the ESRC Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment
• Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG)
• Māori Research Advisory Group (MRAG)
• Transport Research Hub

• New Disarmament Momentum
• Preparing for Nuclear Expansion in Southeast Asia
• Voices of the Future: Values and Visions of Norwegian Youth on Responses to Climate Change
• Sustainable Citizenship and Civic Imagination: Hei Puāwaitanga
• Autonomous Vehicles and future Urban Environments: Implications for wellbeing in an ageing society

• Languages & Linguistics: Chinese
• Development Studies: Development Studies
• Human Geography: Human Geography
• Resilience: Social: People and Community; Health and Wellbeing; Animals and People
• Region: Asia; Australasia; East Asia; Europe; Pacific
• Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Criminology and Gender Studies: Sociology; Social Policy; Social Science; Urban Studies
• Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy: Conflict Resolution; International Relations; Political Science; Public Policy; American Foreign Policy; Human Rights; International Political Economy; Latin American Politics; Comparative Politics
• Philosophy: Philosophy
• Environmental Studies: Environmental Studies
• Science & Technology: Science & Technology
• Indigenous Studies: Indigenous Studies