Politics at the University of Hull is recognised globally as contributing to the cutting-edge of research. Our research has impacted on legislation and social issues, including Parliamentary procedures and debates, public policy, professional standards, economic models, public environmental awareness, conservation policy and resource management practices, and professional body test practice.<br><br>Our impressive staff includes political scientists, social and political theorists and historians. International and interdisciplinary research projects and collaborations are regularly undertaken and staff members are supported to build upon the existing expertise within the school.<br><br>Research is broadly themed around the following research centres and groups: British Politics, European Union Studies, Idealism and the New Liberalism, Legislative Studies, Political Economy, Security Studies, Middle East Study Group, Poetry and Politics, ERCS, and the South Asia Project.