Political Theory (Research) | Doctorate / PhD | Humanities & Culture | On Campus | Cardiff University | United Kingdom

The School 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. It is home to the renowned Collingwood and British Idealism Centre and attracts visiting scholars from all over the world, most prominently Professors Carole Pateman and Rex Martin both of whom have become Honorary Professors at Cardiff. The Political Theory Research Unit has an unusual concentration of political theorists and historians of political thought and this enables it to offer supervision across a wide range of research topics, including British idealism Collingwood Contemporary political theory Distributive justice Environmental politics European Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment Gender studies Globalisation Global justice History of ideas History of political thought Historiography & historical theory Humanitarian intervention Human rights Identity Ideology critique International law International relations Just war Liberalism Multiculturalism Nationalism Normative politicla theory Political theory Žižek The modules shown are an example of the typical curriculum and will be reviewed prior to the academic year. The final modules will be published by September.