The Department of Politics and International Relations offers internationally-recognised expertise and postgraduate supervision across the various fields of our discipline.We are a medium-sized Department of Politics and International Relations (PIR) with 18 members of staff who investigate some of the world's most pressing political problems at several levels of analysis: sub-state, state, regional and international. Often adopting an interdisciplinary perspective across the social sciences, the department's research can be grouped into four key themes: Democracy and Representation, Conflict and Security, Comparative Politics and Policy, and Political and International Relations Theory.<br><br>Often adopting an interdisciplinary perspective across the social sciences, the department's research can be grouped into four key themes:<br><br>Democracy and Representation<br>Conflict and Security<br>Comparative Politics and Policy<br>Political and International Relations Theory