Resources for current MPhil in Politics and International Studies students
Courses and Timetable
The list of courses for MPhil students in 2024/25 can be found here
In addition to the optional courses, students will undertake mandatory Research Methods courses in the Michaelmas Term.
Graduate Student Resources
Please consult the following pages for information about:
Fieldwork and Leave to Work Away (LTWA)
Examination Data Retention Policy
The Examination Data Retention Policy is available here.
Plagiarism Guidelines
All students will receive information about plagiarism in the Handbook, which is given out on Induction Day. You will be required to submit a coversheet with each assessed piece of work attesting to its originality. The plagiarism guidelines can also be found here.
Moodle
Current students can find more information about the course via the Moodle Site. This closed network site is used to make specific course guides and other documents available to the students. Current MPhil students can log on to it using their Raven password, and will see the ‘MPhil Politics and International Studies’ site. If you have problems accessing the site, please contact the Graduate Secretary.
Email Course Administrator at mphiladmin@polis.cam.ac.uk.
Code of Practice
It is essential that students review the Code of Practice at the start of their study so a signature page has been introduced to the booklet to help encourage this. We will not be checking on students or their supervisor that this has been completed, but please note that if you do not sign the booklet this does not mean that you will not be held against it. The Code of Practice will be distributed in student's induction packs, but can also be found online here.
Academic Staff Office Hours
These office hours apply in term time. If you wish to see a member of staff outside of term it is advisable to check first whether they are keeping regular office hours. If you are unable to make office hours during term time, please contact lecturers via email to make an alternative appointment.
This list applies to the Course Leaders on the MPhil; for a more comprehensive list please have a look at our directory
| Academic | Office Hours |
| Professor Chris Bickerton (The Crisis of Party Democracy: Crisis, Consequences, Remedies) | Appointment by email |
| Professor Chris Brooke (The Political Thought of Michael Foucault) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Alena Drieschova (From the Printing Press to Facebook and Twitter) | Appointment by email |
| Professor Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni (Transnational Authority in World Politics) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Jeremy Green (Global Capitalism and the Anthropocene) | Wednesdays 2.00-3.00pm |
| Professor Dennis Grube (Rhetorical Leadership) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Iza Hussin (Religion and Politics: Islam, Secularism, Global Movements, Chief Examiner) | Appointment by email |
| Professor Duncan Kelly (Politics and the Anthropocene) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Tomas Larsson (Religion and Politics, Course Director) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Glen Rangwala (The Middle East in Global Politics) | Wednesdays 11.05am - 12.05pm |
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Dr Carsten-Andreas Schulz (Latin America in the International Order) |
Appointment by email |
| Professor Jason Sharman (The Global Governance of Illicit Finance) | Appointment by email |
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Professor Brendan Simms ( Britain and the Geopolitics of the Baltic, c.1600-1856, The Great Powers of Europe Today) |
Thursday 1.00-2.00pm (term time) |
| Dr Peter Sloman (Fiscal Politics in Westminster Democracies) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Amar Sohal (India or Pakistan?: Muslim Ideas of the Nation in the Twentieth Century) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Christian Sorace (Politics of China) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Steven Ward (International Relations Theory and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine) | Appointment by email |
| Professor Marc Weller (International Constitutional Law) | Appointment by email |
| Dr Adam Woodhouse (Empire, Colony, Subject: A Genealogy of Ideas) | Appointment by email |