Politics (Research)

18th in the UK for Politics (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023)

Analyse how politics shapes our lives and how our lives shape politics. Develop your research, contributing to academic knowledge and policy.

Join us to analyse how politics shapes our lives. We conduct internationally renowned research on some of the most important issues facing Britain, Europe and the world. You’ll work with our expert faculty at the cutting-edge of international politics. The department offers supervision in a wide range of areas, including:

• Party politics covering UK, Europe, India and Africa

• Corruption and governance

• Citizenship and migration

• Gender politics

• Environment

• Populism

• Political theory

• Political history

• Comparative public policy

The Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC) is the UK’s foremost academic centre undertaking rigorous and innovative academic research into pressing corruption issues.

The Sussex European Institute (SEI), is one of the leading centres for research on contemporary European studies and offers Contemporary European Studies PhD where you will work with our large network of researchers and practitioners to produce internationally excellent research that benefits both policy practitioners and the academic community.

You’ll graduate ready to contribute to the political, economic and social wellbeing of Europe.

We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision. We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to government or regulatory requirements, or unanticipated staff changes, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.