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Politics and International Relations Research

Breaking new ground, fostering research and stimulating debate

Few universities in the world offer the extraordinary range and diversity of research opportunities that Queen’s students and academic staff enjoy. Here you can find out about some of the ongoing and completed research projects at the School.

View all our funded research projects                Research Lead for Politics and International Relations Dr Keith Breen

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Brexit and the Border

Professor John Garry's project focuses on the issue of ‘the border’ and engages citizens in two deliberative democracy exercises, one based on 'internal' (imagined) deliberation and the other based on 'external' (talk-based) deliberation. The aim is to provide policy makers with balanced and systematic evidence, from citizens, that will inform the policy-making process. 

Funding body: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

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International Political Sociology

Professor Debbie Lisle is the chief editor of the world-leading peer-reviewed journal International Political Sociology - one of the 7 main journals published by the International Studies Association. IPS responds to the need for more productive collaboration among sociologists, international relations specialists and sociopolitical theorists. 

Funding body: International Studies Association

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Centre for Gender in Politics

Dr Maria Deiana and Dr Jamie Hagen are Co-Directors of the Centre for Gender in Politics.  The centre based at Queen's University Belfast promotes gender justice, academic research and activist engagement globally. The centre focuses on three main themes, Gender in NI Politics, Feminist Peace and Security and Feminism(s) and the Politics of Crisis. 

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See how we contribute to the life of the school

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Research events

Alongside regular seminar series involving colleagues from the school and invited speakers we have a number of annual public lectures where we invite major figures in the discipline to Queen’s. These include the annual Politics Lecture and the annual Frank Wright Lecture. The university also organises regular lectures from leading public figures such as from our Chancellor Hillary Rodham Clinton 

Conferences

In recent years we have hosted major international conferences, such as the European Political Science Association Conference and the General Assembly of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), both in 2019. We will host the Political Studies Association Annual Conference in March 2021.

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Research Centres

A number of research clusters in the department work on major research themes. Among these include The Democracy Unit, and the Centre for Study of Ethnic Conflict. The Centre for Gender in Politics. Many colleagues are fellows of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.

Interdisciplinary Research

Our researchers also contribute to interdisciplinary research centres at Queen’s, including the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. Colleagues in the Politics and International Studies group work on a wide range of interdisciplinary projects such as Prof John Barry’s work on sustainability.

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International Connections

Politics and International Studies colleagues work with a wide range of institutions and partners across the world. Please see our individual research profiles for further details.

#5

in the UK for research intensity

Research Excellence Framework (2014)
#66

globally for research intensity

#19

in UK citations per published paper

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