Political Science is committed to excellence in teaching and research. Our award winning teachers’ help students improve their capacity to think critically, communicate in both written and spoken forms, and become responsible citizens capable of contributing positively to a diverse and increasingly globalized society. We aim to deepen students' understanding of key ideas and values such as democracy, freedom, justice, and equality; and central institutions and practices like the state, law, constitutions, elections, leadership, interest groups, public opinion, political conflict, war, and peace. We enable students to focus on some of the most crucial issues facing modern societies from the threats of climate change and nuclear war to the promise of global justice, human rights, and the welfare state.
Our aim is to be a world-wide centre of excellence in scholarship on in Political Science through collaborative, interdisciplinary and international research amongst faculty, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and postdoctoral fellows.
