Research Activities
The Department has a research ethos that is well-established and consciously sustained. The Department´s vision of an inclusive research culture that embraces different approaches and areas has prevented the twin dangers of either fragmenting into groupings defined by sub-fields, or reverting to being a collection of individual researchers with little intellectual interaction.
Research Groups
This vision has been supported through a policy of organising its research into groups since the late 1980s, with most members of staff being a member of more than one. Each PGR student is also attached to an appropriate group. Five presently operate: Comparative Politics, Governance and Public Policy, International Relations, Political Economy and Political Theory, providing a significant presence across the range of disciplinary sub-fields.
View our research groups webpage
Research Centres
The Department´s three research centres - the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC); the Centre for Political Theory and Ideologies (CPTI); and the Centre for International Policy Research (CIPOL) - make a special contribution to the realisation of a cross-cutting and inclusive research culture.
View information about our Research Centres
Contact
For enquires or to request information please contact Margaret Holder, Support secretary at:
email : m.holder@sheffield.ac.uk
Enquiries related to doing an MPhil/PhD in the Department should go to Sarah Cooke, Graduate Research administrator:
email : s.cooke@sheffield.ac.uk
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