Politics and International Relations

Overview

Why don't democratic countries go to war with each other? Why don't young people vote? Who should pay for climate change? Why do oil-rich states have worse human rights records? These are the kinds of questions addressed in our MPol in Politics & International Relations.

You can explore a very wide range of topic areas in which the Department of Government produces world-leading research, including:

• Conflict resolution and peacekeeping
• Social media, campaigning and democracy
• International environmental policy
• Ideology and discourse analysis
• Terrorist groups and tactics
• Political parties and party strategy
• Overseas aid and development
• Human rights and global justice
• Transitions to democracy

• The psychology of public opinion

Your future

All University of Essex  graduates in Politics and International Relations have a degree recognised by employers as earned from one of Europe’s leading politics departments.

Politics students are in demand from a host of employers, in international development, politics, the civil service fast stream, management, journalism, police, armed forces, commerce, business, finance, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), teaching and graduate research.

Our notable alumni include the former Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon John Bercow, and our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:

• The World Bank
• NATO
• Houses of Parliament Research Unit
• United Nations Development Program
• YouGov
• The BBC
• UBS bank
• The British Beer & Pub Association!