Politics and International Relations

Politics and International Relations

The Politics and International Relations Pathway is offered at Durham, Queen’s and Ulster.

Pathway statement to follow shortly.

Moritz Osnabruegge
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School of Government and International Affairs

Alister Miskimmon
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School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Nick Randall
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School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Cillian McGrattan
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School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences

Charlie Pearson: “Applying Critical Security Theory to Military Rescue Operations in Times of Humanitarian Crisis: How EU Irregular Migration Policy Has Transformed in the Modern Political Sphere”

Dale Pankhurst: “States and “Pro-Government” Militias (PGMs): Delegation, Deniability, Acquiescence or Antagonism? Explaining Variation in State-PGM Relationships in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Colombia”

Damien McIlroy: “Climate breakdown: crisis, capitalism and the challenge of Brexit: An Eco-Socialist perspective on the role of Trade Union agency to promote a just transition in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland”

Dan Nicholls – “When the ‘will of the people’ conflicts with the ‘good of the people’: A problem in Political Philosophy”

Dorien Keizer: “Square narratives”

Elisabeth de Vega Alavedra: “Political accountability and corruption: the roles of checks-and-balances mechanisms and clarity of responsibility in government”

Jack Taggart: “Multi-stakeholder development in a gridlocked world: legitimacy and the global partnership for effective development cooperation”

Jayne Carrick: “Improving the legitimacy of the consenting process for marine renewable energy projects by participatory Bayesian Belief Network modelling of ecological and socio-economic data”

Jocelyn Hickey: “A genealogy of the misreadings of Adam Smith”

Julie Lespinasse – “Corruption and the European Union: Comparative analysis of Romania, Spain and France”

Lianne Vostermans: “How did belief structures contribute to violent mobilisation during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)?”

Lilian A. Tauber: “Realms of influence: Jordan, civil society, and the dynamics of student politics”

Lisa Whitten: “Northern Ireland’s Constitutional and Political Status and the Implications of ‘Brexit'”

Mark Burdon: “How does public opinion respond to performance of the National Health Service in England? Empirical analysis and theoretical perspectives”

Matthew Foster: “Regional Integration and Democratization: the EU and ASEAN Compared”

Niall Robb – “The influence of non-state actors on the outcome of the UK’s EU withdrawal negotiations: The Ireland/Northern Ireland dimension”

Ruth Puttick: “The influence of philanthropic foundations on government innovation”

Sean Heron – “Fields of Possibility; Northern Ireland’s Rural Environment after Brexit”

Tom Caygill: “A critical analysis of the extent and effectiveness of post-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament”

Wangyin Zhao: “A disaster for whom? The conditional impact of natural disasters on civil conflicts”

Zara Järvinen: “Arming rebels: Normative Challenges in Sponsoring Armed Non-State Actors”