Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Politics, Languages & International Studies (PoLIS) is a leading department in the field of politics and international relations. We offer a high-quality learning and teaching environment, which supports our students in becoming skilled graduates. Our staff are internationally leading scholars in political analysis and are involved in a wide range of research activities, including collaborative projects, impact and knowledge exchange, and public engagement activities.
Our research is categorised around five core clusters:
- Centre for the Study of Violence
- Future Politics Research Group
- Gender, Politics and Society Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
- Reactionary Politics Research Group
The quality of our work has been recognised by the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) as over two thirds of our departmental submission was judged to be world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).”
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Sandrine Alegre
- Politics, Languages & International Studies - Senior Lecturer
Person: Teaching & Other
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Peter Allen
- Politics, Languages & International Studies - Professor
- Centre for the Study of Violence
- Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff
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Beyond Multipolarity: China, BRICS and the Emergence of a New Sphere of Influence
Huland, G. (PI)
30/09/25 → …
Project: Other
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Off-Balance-Sheet Financing of Large-Scale British Transformations
Guter-Sandu, A. (PI)
29/09/25 → 28/09/27
Project: Research council
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A Cure for ‘Populism’? Diagnostic and Prognostic Framing in Anti-Populist Political Punditry
Yates, A., 26 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Studies Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anti-Technology Extremism and the Pandemic: COVID-19 as a Force Multiplier of Online Narrative
Lubrano, M., 1 May 2026, The New Face of Online Extremism: Perspectives from an Interdisciplinary Field. Littler, M. & Rodermond, E. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 6-23 18 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter
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Barriers to Accessibility to Urban Green Spaces in Bristol, UK
Abdulla, Z., Albadra, D., McCullen, N. & Hatzisavvidou, S., 20 Feb 2026, Innovative Technologies and Circular Solutions for Sustainable Urban Communities - Volume 1. Mahmoud, I. H. & Bibri, S. E. (eds.). Springer, p. 235-244 10 p. (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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Datasets
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Dataset for "Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? Evidence from a survey experiment"
Bramah, H. (Creator), University of Bath, 1 Aug 2025
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01493
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Dataset for "Informed, involved or empowered? A typology of Western European autism policy, with a focus on designing policies for autistic empowerment"
Precious, K. (Creator), Milner, S. (Supervisor), Engeli, I. (Supervisor) & Maras, K. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 20 Sept 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00867
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Survey of election agents for study of constituency campaigning at the 2015 British general election
Fisher, J. (Creator), Cutts, D. (Creator) & Fieldhouse, E. (Creator), UK Data Service, 7 Dec 2016
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Student theses
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A contrastive linguistic study of the influence of English-Arabic translation on journalistic models in Arabic: with a special emphasis on the Egyptian press
Aal, H. A. W. A. (Author), 1991Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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A contrastive study of tense and aspect in English and Arabic with special reference to translation
Hassan, H. M. (Author), 1990Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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A linguistic investigation of translations of Iraqi poetry (1950-1986)
Al-Haddad, H. N. (Author), 1990Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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