SCHOOL OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

SCHOOL OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Welcome to the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (HPPI)

The three disciplines within the School represent important fields of study, each with their own set of concepts and perspectives. Many students take courses in each of them. Graduates develop skills in critical and creative thinking, leadership, communication and research.

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Events

Feb16 Post-Election and Electoral Referendum Conference

Date: 16 February 2012
Venue: Kelburn Campus, Victoria University
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News

7 November 2011 Royal Society Fellow
Emeritus Professsor Max Cresswell, Philosophy Programme, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Read more

Welcome from the Head of School

Welcome to the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (HPPI).
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Research

The New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre is running a series of innovative research projects.
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The Political Science journal is edited in the Political Science and International Relations Programme.
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Dan Weijers, co-founder of the International Journal of Wellbeing, a journal devoted to the study of human wellbeing.
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Postgraduate Student Profile

Congratulations to Matthew Castle, an International Relations Masters graduate, who has been awarded a Woolf Fisher Scholarship to study at Cambridge next year. Read more

Staff Highlight

Fiona Barker"Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) asks fundamental questions about how power and resources are distributed around the world, and what impact political decisions have on societies." Fiona Barker, Lecturer in PSIR. Read more

Research Seminars

Programme Research Seminars are held regularly during Trimesters 1 and 2.
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