RUCPT Researchers
We research relevant topics concerning contemporary political theory from a variety of angles, including perspectives in continental philosophy, intellectual history, political ideology and public policy.
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![Dr Bernadette Buckley](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/bernadettebuckley380x380.jpg)
Dr Bernadette Buckley
Bernadette is interested in the complex relationships between art, war and terrorism.
![Dr Elizabeth Evans](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/Elizabeth_Evans.jpg)
Dr Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth's research centres around gender and politics, exploring the interaction between gender, feminist activism.
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![Dr Simon Griffiths](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/Simon-Griffiths.jpg)
Dr Simon Griffiths
Simon teaches, writes about, and comments on, contemporary British politics, the history of political thought in the UK, and public policy.
![Paul Gunn](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/paulgunn380x380.jpg)
Paul Gunn
Paul’s work looks at political complexity, error, and ignorance, and the institutional mechanisms available in contemporary political economy that can address these problems.
![James Martin](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/JamesM.jpg)
James Martin
James Martin is a political theorist with interests in public speech, argument, and their effects on subjectivity.
![Saul Newman](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/thumbnail_Saul_03-1.jpg)
Saul Newman
Saul explores issues of sovereignty, legal theory, post-anarchism, and human rights and statelessness.
![Dr Andrea Mura](/media/images-by-section/departments/politics-and-international-relations/staff/Politics_1.jpg)
Dr Andrea Mura
Andrea focusses on economy, religion and citizenship, with reference to psychoanalysis and the work of Jacques Lacan.
![Doctoral Researchers](/media/images-by-section/169-images/general/highway-through-high-architecture.jpg)
Doctoral Researchers
- Peter Rees
- Tom Henderson
- Carla Ibled