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Introduction

The academics and graduate students in Political Science undertake research in a wide variety of areas. Our research is highly interdisciplinary and uses a diverse set of methodologies and theories.

Concentrations of expertise exist in the following areas, with critical mass providing depth and experience for post-graduate supervision and the opportunity for collaborative research projects and grant applications. For detailed research agendas and lists of publications please consult the profiles of individual staff.

Research Clusters

China/East Asia/Pacific: economic development; foreign policy; regionalism

Conflict and Security: multilateral cooperation; critical security studies; feminist security studies; non-state armed groups; peacekeeping; post-conflict policies; violence and trauma

Europe/North America : comparative integration; institutional development; media; political leadership; political parties

Global Governance: development and aid; global norms; human rights; international organisations

Immigration, Citizenship and Political Representation: democratic theory; ethno-cultural diversity; nationalism; populism; refugees and asylum seekers

New Zealand Politics: elections; ideologies; leadership; media; political parties; foreign policy

Political Economy: international political economy; global finance; institutional analysis; regionalism; varieties of capitalism

Political and International Relations Theory: cosmopolitanism; critical theory; culture, race and international relations; democratic theory; history of political thought; non-Western thought