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Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Strand Campus
Duration:
Expected to be PhD (initial registration for MPhil), three years FT, four-six years PT. September to September, January to January or April to April.

Overview

  • Research income: The contributing departments receive research income from the the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and other institutions. The Department of European & International Studies has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the European Research Council and from the EU Framework Programme 7.
  • Current number of academic staff: 41.
  • Current number of research students: 36
  • Recent publications:
    • The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy
    • Centre-Left Parties and the European Union
    • Economic Government in the European Union.
    • Europarties after Enlargement. Organization, Ideology and Competition
    • The European Union and Global Capitalism
    • Deciphering Capital
    • Food, Health, and the Knowledge Economy
    • Globalization and the Critique of Political Economy
    • Hegemony and the Future of the City of London.
    • The Quest for a European Strategic Culture.
    • Fragmented Fatherland: Immigration and Political Violence in Germany 1945 – 2000.
    • Forecasting, Warning and Responding to Transnational Risk
    • John Dewey: The Global Public and Its Problems
    • La France en révolte
    • Learning in Morocco: Language, Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream
    • Lobbying in EU Foreign Policy-Making
    • North Korea-US Relations: Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un
    • The Oxford Handbook of the European Union
    • The Palgrave Handbook of Critical International Political Economy
    • Polanyi in Times of Populism
    • The Political Economy of the Egyptian Revolution: Mubarak, Economic Reform and Failed Hegemony
    • Republic of Islamophobia: The Rise of Respectable Racism in France
    • Revolutionary Thought after the Paris Commune, 1871-1885
    • Should We Abolish Household Debts?
    • Wage-Led Growth: An Equitable Strategy for Economic Recovery

Course Detail

The Department of European and International Studies is committed to the interdisciplinary study of Europe in a global context. Our approach to the study of Europe in the world is holistic, including historical, political, economic, social, cultural, philosophical and anthropological aspects. EIS international studies research focuses on international political economy and foreign policy. Together, these overlapping research agendas, seek to achieve the strategic aim of becoming a leading centre for excellence in the study of crisis and limitations of European and global order.

The Department is host to a cluster of internationally recognized specialists in International Political Economy. Their research interests include European political economy; the globalization of production; the political economy of finance and crisis, Latin America, East Asia, energy and migration. Applications are invited for the PhD in International Political Economy to work with and under the supervision of these scholars.

Information is current, but staff members can change.

UK Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees: £6,540 per year

Part time tuition fees: £3,270 per year

International Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees: £24,360 per year

Part time tuition fees: £12,180 per year

UK Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time tuition fees: £6,936 per year

Part time tuition fees: £3,468 per year

International Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time tuition fees: £26,070 per year

Part time tuition fees: £13,035 per year

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King's terms and conditions.

Base campus

The Quad - Strand campus
Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Study Environment

Every research student is assigned a primary and secondary supervisor. Their progress is monitored through regular meetings of a review panel. European & International Studies mounts regular research seminars and occasional conferences with invited outside speakers. In addition, the School of Politics and Economics Postgraduate Research Seminar allows research students to report on their work in progress and receive feedback from staff members and fellow students.

Postgraduate Training

The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership runs a compulsory research training course for all new MPhil/PhD students. Additional research training, where necessary, is agreed between the students and supervisors.

Student Destinations

We anticipate that destinations will include: university teaching; international banking & finance; business, and national and international public service.

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UK Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees: £6,540 per year

Part time tuition fees: £3,270 per year

International Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees: £24,360 per year

Part time tuition fees: £12,180 per year

UK Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time tuition fees: £6,936 per year

Part time tuition fees: £3,468 per year

International Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time tuition fees: £26,070 per year

Part time tuition fees: £13,035 per year

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King's terms and conditions.

Base campus

The Quad - Strand campus
Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Study Environment

Every research student is assigned a primary and secondary supervisor. Their progress is monitored through regular meetings of a review panel. European & International Studies mounts regular research seminars and occasional conferences with invited outside speakers. In addition, the School of Politics and Economics Postgraduate Research Seminar allows research students to report on their work in progress and receive feedback from staff members and fellow students.

Postgraduate Training

The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership runs a compulsory research training course for all new MPhil/PhD students. Additional research training, where necessary, is agreed between the students and supervisors.

Student Destinations

We anticipate that destinations will include: university teaching; international banking & finance; business, and national and international public service.

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Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Strand Campus
Duration:
Expected to be PhD (initial registration for MPhil), three years FT, four-six years PT. September to September, January to January or April to April.

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