Department of International Politics

• Political economy and global finance
• Foreign Policy and diplomacy
• Global ethics and international human rights
• The politics of the US, the Middle East and Europe
• Security Studies
• Religion in contemporary politics
• Forced population displacement
• International development
• Global civil society and social movements

We actively engage in work that enhances both academic understanding and international policy-making through our engagement with various research networks.

• Professor Inderjeet Parmar is co-ordinator of the AHRC Research Network on the Presidency of Barack Obama and Chair of the British International Studies Association
• Professor Ronen Palan and Professor Anastasia Nesvetailova are members of the Global Shadow Banking Group
• Dr Amnon Aran is the academic editor of the Routledge Foreign Policy Analysis series and a member of European Association of Israel Studies’ executive Committee.
• Dr Sara Silvestri has been co-convening the Religion, Security and IR working group of the British International Studies Association since 2008. She is also founding member and Treasurer of the Religion & IR section of the International Studies Association.

The department is celebrating the confirmation of our status as an internationally excellent research-led teaching department.

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 rated 57% of our research as either 'world leading' (4* - 17%) or 'internationally excellent' (3* - 40%).

Our 4* research outputs place us at 23rd position out of 56 departments and units evaluated in REF2014, ahead of many well-established departments, an excellent result.

Our research environment is improving rapidly as is the impact of our research in policymaking and the media. This is the Department's first REF since we were formed just 7 years ago and represents a very solid foundation for the future.

We welcome collaborators, research partners and research students who would like to work with us on these and other issues of International Politics. We offer excellent facilities for visiting scholars and researchers.

If you would like to find out more information about becoming a visiting fellow with City, or one of the Departments Research Centres please contact our Interim Head of Department, Dr Amnon Aran or Deputy Head of Department, Dr Allyson Benton.

The department provides support for scholarship applications for PhD study at City.

Find out more on the PhD/MPhil International Politics course page.

Below are examples of some our most recent research projects, grouped by subject.

Supervisors welcome enquiries from students who be interested in undertaking similar or related work. If you have any further questions about any of the work, please click on the academic's name and navigate to Contact Information.

Diaspora Politics

From the Diasporisation to the Transnationalisation of Exile Politics – The Case of Sri Lanka, 1983-2016

Related academic: Dr Christopher McDowell

Economic Power

CORPLINK

Related academic: Professor Ronen Palan

Research centre: City Political Economy Research Centre

Global Finance

Inequality and Corporate Power in Global Finance

Research centre: City Political Economy Research Centre

Non-governmental Organisations

History and Theory of Non-Governmental Organizations

Related academic: Dr Thomas Davies.

Webinar series

The International System of Power

Related academics: Juvaria Jafri and Inderjeet Parmar

• Dr Umut Adizonmez
• Dr Toby Bromige
• Dr George Giannakopoulos
• Dr Peter Grant
• Professor Photis Lysandrou
• Dr Ellie Munro
• Dr Omid Nouri
• Dr Brunello Rosa
• Dr Jacob Smith
• Dr Daniel Strieff
• Dr Sahra Taylor.

• Dr Atul Bhardwaj
• Dr Pat Finlow
• Dr Juvaria Jafri
• Dr Mark Ledwidge
• Professor Photis Lysandrou
• Dr Poonam Madar
• Dr Bamo Nouri
• Dr Hannah Petersen
• Dr Rich ard Phillips
• Dr Brunello Rosa
• Dr Urvashi Sarkar
• Professor Michael Sauter
• Professor Steve Schifferes
• Professor Atul Shah.