Our research looks at big and broad-ranging topics and answers important questions through rigorous analysis and strong theoretical approaches. With access to expertise in a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods, our academics, researchers and students apply their academic and methodological skill to help us understand the political worlds of today—and shape those of the future.
DPIR's diverse community bridges International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory. It creates a rich intellectual environment for interdisciplinary engagement.
Our research community holds in-depth, area-specific expertise in the politics of Europe, Russia and the Former Soviet Union, the US, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Our researchers are committed to academic and analytical rigour. We create new theoretical frameworks and develop innovative new ways for gathering, processing and analysing data.
