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POLIS includes ten Centres & Institutes which embody the intellectual diversity of the Department through their academic programmes and inspirational research across a broad range of subjects.

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POLIS students are taught by members of a dynamic community of academics and researchers offering world class teaching and analysis of the world's most complex and pressing issues.

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Professor Dennis C Grube is the 2023 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2023 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Professor Dennis C Grube . Every year, the Department of Politics and International Studies awards a prize based on student feedback to the individual who has...

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POLIS Podcasts

POLIS Podcasts

POLIS's multidiscipinary ethos is reflected in the podcasts we create. Our podcasts discuss the difficult issues from perspectives as diverse as geopolitics, public policy, gender, and human rights. POLIS's professors, researchers and students have gathered experts from around the world to answer the questions that concern...

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The University of Cambridge named best UK university for politics in the 2023 Guardian league table

The University of Cambridge has been named the best UK university for politics in the 2023 Guardian league table . With a perfect score of 100, Cambridge scored the highest among universities ranked on a wide variety of criteria including student to teacher ratio, spend per student, the percentage of first-year students...

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Are you an International Student Considering Postgraduate Study in POLIS?

Would you like to know more about what it's like to study at Cambridge? You can chat with a Cambridge student from your home country or even a current postgraduate student within the Department of Politics and International Studies.

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Emma King wins Jonathan Nicholls Rising Star Award

Congratulations to Emma King , the Department of Politics and International Studies Departmental Administrator, for winning the University of Cambridge's Jonathan Nicholls Rising Star Award . She is the inaugural winner of this new highly competitive award in recognition of outstanding professional service.

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Easter Term Political Economy Seminar Series Announced

This Spring POLIS is honoured to host two experts in their respective fields. Dr Jack Copley will be discussing the dilemmas of decarbonisation in an era of economic stagnation, followed in May by Dr Ingrid Kvangraven who will be speaking about decolonizing development economics: the radical potential of dependency theory.

  

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Wellbeing at POLIS

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We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff and students and offer resources to help you through challenging times. Whether you are having problems with stress, substance abuse, sexual misconduct or a variety of other issues, we can help...

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This Week in POLIS Newsletter

The POLIS Events Newsletter is distributed every Thursday evening. If you would like to be on the newsletter distribution list please contact us at communications@polis.cam.ac.uk .

 

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