Welcome

Professor Chris Curtin, Head of the School

Welcome to the School of Political Science & Sociology. The School is dynamic, innovative and internationally recognised for its research, teaching and service to its students and to wider communities. We offer a wide range of taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, which provide students with the knowledge and skills required for varied career paths. We also offer many opportunities for postgraduate research in the social sciences. In addition to the numerous undergraduate students who choose political and sociological studies as a core Arts subject, dozens of students enrol each year in our MA programmes, while as many more pursue PhD studies in the School.

In particular, the School has a well established reputation for research on Children, Youth and Families; Power, Conflict and Ideologies; Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation and Governance and Sustainable Development. It brings together an international, cross-disciplinary group of 40 academic staff members with diverse backgrounds in politics and sociology, as well as anthropology, business, community and international development, economics, social policy, social work, and women's and gender studies.

Please take a look around our site to discover the types of undergraduate and post graduate degrees we offer and what type of research we do.

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New Books by Political Science and Sociology Staff

THE SOCIOLOGY OF WAR AND VIOLENCE by Sinisa Malesevic (2010)		TEACHING EMPIRES, edited by Mary Clancy and Andrea Peto (2009)		VALUING OLDER PEOPLE, edited by Ricca Edmondson and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowiz (2009)

CONTEMPORARY FATHERING  by Brid Featherstone (2009)		'TRANSFORMING' CHILDREN'S SERVICES? by Paul Michael Garrett (2009)		THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF POWER, edited by Mark Haugaard and Stewart Clegg (2009)

SOCIOLOGIJA ETNICITETA by Sinisa Malesevic (2009)		WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS by Niamh Reilly (2009)		A LIVING COUNTRYSIDE? edited by TONY VARLEY et al. (2009)

For more books, click here.