该博士课程涉及跨学科研究，涉及这两个学科。环境部和政治部共同监督学生。这两个系都有着浓厚的研究文化：环境大学拥有大约40名学生的研究生院，政治系大约有50名研究学生。
This doctoral programme involves interdisciplinary research that cuts across these two disciplines. Students are jointly supervised by a member of the Department of Environment and Geography and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Both Departments have strong research cultures: Environment has a graduate research school of around 40 students and Politics has around 50 research students. <br><br>Previous students have worked on a wide range of topics including:<br><br>Discursive democracy and the use of fire in forestry management in Queensland<br>The effectiveness of international environmental regimes: the Mediterranean Action Plan<br>Power and common property resources in community forestry in Mexico<br>Institutions in natural resource management: Ecological and Socio-economic Implications for the Management of Valuable Tree Species in Agroforestry Parklands<br>The Department of Politics and International Relations is a leading centre for teaching and research. Our research is organised across four research clusters, each with a disciplinary focus. Our research clusters are: Comparative Politics and Public Policy, International Studies, Political Economy, and Political Theory.<br><br>We offer a wide range of funding to students from the UK and overseas. We have opportunities funded by research councils, the University, and the department as well as opportunities for self-funding students and those with scholarships from their home country.