Cambridge has a long and
distinctive tradition in the study of politics and international
relations with particular emphasis, going back over a century, on
historical, legal, economic and philosophical approaches to the study
of political thought and national and international politics.
The establishment of the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) in January 2009 provided a new institutional focus at Cambridge for teaching and research on politics in all its dimensions; international and comparative, theoretical and empirical, abstract and practical.
The Department offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It has particular research strengths in international politics, including international history and international law, international relations, political economy, comparative politics and political thought. It has three new Research Centres, the Centre of Governance and Human Rights, the Centre for Rising Powers and the Cambridge Centre of Political Thought, which is run jointly with History.
- YouGov-Polis Programme for Public Opinion Research
- The YouGov-Polis Programme for Public Opinion Researchwas established at the beginning of 2011 and constitutes the core, coordinating centre for the collaboration between the pollster and the University. The aim of this partnership is to find innovative ways to use public opinion data within academic programmes, both undergraduate and postgraduate. We want to encourage students to draw on public opinion data to use in their projects and their dissertations. Cambridge education is designed to develop in all its students the ability to think critically, to question assumptions, and to base conclusions on evidence. We encourage students to develop their own arguments in their own way, but always to back up their claims. For more information please see: www.yougov.polis.cam.ac.uk
- Politics in Spires
- Politics in Spiresis a collaborative effort between the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford and the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. Politics in Spires was created with the intent to share, amongst ourselves and with a wider community, thoughts on politics and international relations from scholars at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and aims to promote and disseminate our research, to engage in scholarly debate on current affairs, addressing topical issues in a timely fashion.
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News
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Prof. Loughlin appointed an Officier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques 23/04/2012 POLIS academic assists UN and Egyptian Government 23/04/2012 The 2012 R.A. Butler Essay Competition for Sixth Form Students questions are announced 02/03/2012 Cambridge PhD students win Politics in Spires best blog competition 15/02/2012 POLIS MSt. student awarded MBE 25/01/2012 POLIS MOVED TO WEST ROAD ON 3RD JANUARY 2012 03/01/2012 Politics in Spires: A thoroughfare for all thoughts on politics and international relations 17/07/2011
Collaborative effort between Oxford and Cambridge.
Cambridge's POLIS is ranked 3rd in the world 08/07/2011 R.A. Butler Prize for essays in Politics and International Studies 06/07/2011 - Upcoming/Recent Seminars and Events (more...)
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