Doctor of Philosophy in Political Studies - International Relations

Queen's University

The Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University has long been known for its graduate programs. We are small enough to provide our students with a highly personalized graduate experience, and our faculty are strong, diverse, and well recognized for their research so that we can provide a well-rounded education that gives our graduates a strong basis for a wide range of careers. The department is particularly well known for its strength in the study of ethnically divided and diverse societies. Our M.A. program will help you refine your crucial analytical skills, while our Ph.D. program will help you prepare for a rewarding career in university research and teaching as well as leadership roles in other sectors related to political studies. Most of our students are offered teaching assistantship positions. We encourage our students to present papers at academic conferences, and we provide partial support for conference travel. Many of our faculty offer Research Assistantship opportunities. We also encourage and support our students in their field research, and our faculty help students with networking in Canadian and global academic and policy fields.Graduate students with an interest in International Relations, including Foreign Policy Analysis, and International Political Economy will find their professors in this subfield display a wide variety of teaching and research interests. Whether in the classroom context or through more focused research collaboration with professors, students will be able to benefit from an attentive and supportive faculty complement, over a broad range of theoretical and empirical puzzles in international relations and international political economy covering a wide range of geographical areas in the global North and global South. We make it a practice to involve graduate students in our research, including co-authoring papers for presentation at scholarly conferences, collaborating on research grants, and preparing articles and chapters for publication. In addition, the Department maintains close links with the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP), which since its inception nearly four decades ago has always been headed by one of our international relations professors, a position currently being held by Dr. Stefanie von Hlatky. The Centre has an active research and events program, and regularly hosts seminars and conferences, with opportunities for graduate student participation.