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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Cardiff University - Cathays Park Campus
Part Time
Jul 2027
5 Year
European Politics and Area Studies is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Politics and International Relations research programmes (MPhil, PhD). The Department of Politics and International Relations has an exceptionally strong research culture with a strong reputation for the quality of the research produced and the growing number of research grants it is attracting. The School offers supervision across a wide range of research topics, including Comparative politics, European politics, EU institutions, EU politices, European political economy, The Euro Area, European social model and policies, European public policies, Europeanisation, External Relations of the EU, European political parties and elections, European defence and security, History of European integration, France and Europe, Germany and Europe, Italy and Europe and Sub-national governance in Europe. The Department is also home a thriving postgraduate community. We are home to the Wales Governance Centre and to the European Governance, Identity and Public Policy Research Unit, attracting visiting scholars from all over Europe and the world.
