Research areas
The Department conducts wide-ranging research into contemporary diplomacy and international institutions, particularly the United Nations, the European Union, and the Council of Europe. It provides academic coordination for, and contributes to the development of, the Contemporary Diplomacy specialisation within the master’s degree in International Relations.
- Diplomatic and consular law.
- Contemporary diplomacy, particularly public diplomacy.
- The functioning of contemporary international institutions and organisations, including relations between international organisations.
- European integration, the operation of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, and the EU’s external relations.
- International cultural relations, particularly the cultural activities of international organisations and the Council of Europe’s cultural policy.
- The foreign policies of selected countries and bilateral relations, particularly German foreign policy and Polish–German relations, as well as Spanish foreign policy and Polish–Spanish relations.
- The history of Latin America and the Caribbean; international relations, culture, diplomacy, and law in the Western Hemisphere.
- International relations in the post-Soviet region; Russia’s domestic, foreign, and energy policies; and European and international economic law.
- Neutral states in international relations.
- Australia in international relations.
- Forced migration, including refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs); transitional justice; non-governmental organisations; and theoretical issues concerning the diffusion and internalisation of norms within the international community.
- The theory and methodology of international relations research; the measurement of state power, geopolitics, and strategic studies; the economics of security; and praxeology and management.