Current PhD candidates
Aflah Al-Harrasi
The role of sociocultural dynamics in the rise and the fall of Oman’s Imamate (1913-1959)
Sumaiya Alwahaibi
The New State-Society Relations: The Dynamics of Gendered Politics in Oman
Omotola Amusan
Evaluating China’s geo-economic strategy
Rachel Billington
Identity, affect and recognition online: Finding belonging in virtual publics. A study of young New Zealanders
Elle Dibrova
You don’t belong here: othering of LGBT+ people as a part of hegemonic national identity in contemporary Russia
Carmen Fulco
The Arab Awakening and the role of Political Islam: a comparative case of Tunisia and Egypt
Danella Glass
The dynamics among and between rival normative communities within the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) normative environment
Peter Grace
How Social Scientists helped professionalise the US Intelligence Services
Mhd Hosam Hafez
The interactional political aspects of the Syrian crisis
Onat Isik
To what extent strategic culture affected Putin's conservative turn
Eeva Kilk
How have ICTs fostered the democratization process in Eastern Europe: Case studies of Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus
Kina Kunz
Decision-making in Japan and South Korea: The rise of China
William Marti
Soft power and its effects during the George W. Bush administration
Hizkia Respatiadi
Explaining Indonesia’s Food Trade Policy: The Tension between Free Trade and Self-Sufficiency
Okan Tan
Turkey’s “state of exception”: Constitutional Politics in the Era of Populism
Jessica Valisa
Narratives of Russia in the Italian Language on the Internet. Formation of Transnational Identities and the Creation of New Exclusive Alliances within Cyber-Space
Heloise Vertadier
The future of the law and governance for space settlements
Phuong H Vu
Foreign policy messaging in territorial disputes, case of the South China Sea
Ryan Webb
Clausewitz, Neoclassical realism, and the wars of the 21st century
Kulani Wijayabahu
Comprehending the impact of the Belt Road Initiative on Good Governance Agenda: a case study on Sri Lanka
Dmitry Zavialov
Modes of Argument in International Politics
Current MA students
Morgan Edwards
Political Economy
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) graduates
2020
Annisa Sidi – Thesis recognised by the Division of Humanities as being of exceptional quality
Unity and diversity: National identity and multiculturalism in Indonesia 2020
László Szöllősi-Cira
Normative Foreign Policy – The Kiwi Way: To What Extent Has New Zealand Been Acting as Norm Entrepreneur in the Areas of Nuclear Free Policy and Promoting Free Trade? 2020
Paul Winter
Atomic reactions: How and why states respond to nuclear proliferation
2019
Can Cinar
Debt and default from a post-Keynesian perspective: a historical case study of the Argentine puzzle
2018
Carolijn van Noort
The Strategic Narratives of the BRICS: A Coherent Story?
2017
Darryn Russell
Contemporary Rangatiratanga: Do Treaty settlements enable rangatira to exercise rangatiratanga?
Nilay Baycar
Democratisation Progress in Turkey Under the Justice and Development Party 2002 to 2014
Luca J Uberti – Thesis recognised by the Division of Humanities as being of exceptional quality
Good Governance, Corruption and Growth: A Political Economy of Post-Socialist Industrial Transformation in Albania and Kosovo, 1998–2015
Nutthathirataa Withitwinyuchon (Jib)
The Trials of Rivalry: Sino-Japanese Relations since the 1910s
Tim Ferner
Making Government Accountable: The Case of Whistle-Blowing in the United States Department of Defense
Byron Richards
The political implications of financial market liberalisation in New Zealand
Eduardo Abou Ltaif
Communal aggression in divided societies: the case of Lebanon
2016
Ashley Murchison
Aim for the heart? A study of New Zealand voters’ responses to emotional appeals in televised political advertising
2015
Laura Southgate
ASEAN and the Sovereignty Principle: Explaining the Dynamics of Resistance to Sovereignty Violation
Tadashi Iwami
Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’
Anthony Deos
Digital Diplomacy & Social Capital: Analysing Relational Components of Trust in US & Israeli Online Social Networks
2014
Huseyn Aliyev
The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus
2013
Maria Pozza
The International Law and Policy of Outer Space: A New Perspective on Arms Control
Penelope Hayes
The fifth Labour Government’s growth and innovation framework 1999–2006: a critical analysis and evaluation
2012
Joe Burton
NATO after the Cold War: explaining the durability of the Atlantic Alliance in a new global context
Leon Goldsmith
The Politics of Sectarian Insecurity: Alawite 'Asabiyya and the Rise and Decline of the Asad Dynasty of Syria
Onur Oktem
Water Politics and Political Culture: Turkey's Compatibility with the European Union
Reuben Steff
Deterrence, global security and the long road to the deployment of the Bush administration’s missile defence system
Glen Hazelton
Regime Transition and Foreign Policy: The Case of Russia's Approach to Central Asia (1991–2008)
Master of Arts (MA) graduates
Joshua Ferrer
Electoral law making, partnership and proportional representation (with Law)
Joshua James
Voting preferences of gay men in New Zealand (with Gender Studies)
Joerg Bendt
'Agenda-setting' in political communications in New Zealand
Beccy Logan
Brexit referendum in relation to immigration policy
Sam McChesney
The relationship between courage and moral pluralism.
Sarah Pfander
Measuring the Impact of Legislative Mandate on Restorative Justice Efforts
Luke Gardener
What effect do macroeconomic conditions have on voter support for governments in New Zealand?
Amee Parker
Democratic theory and education: a New Zealand case-study
John Bailey
China's rise and fear in East Asia
Matthew Stansfield
Justifying RAMSI: geopolitical reasoning, security and New Zealand's involvement in the Solomon Islands conflict
Stevie Jepson
Political theory – exploring gendered split subjectivities and their impact on political engagement
Ben Loughrey-Webb
The welfare reforms of the fourth and fifth National governments: a critical analysis and evaluation
Nicolas Pirsoul
The Mapuche struggle for/of recognition: identity and self-determination in Chile
Sandeep Singh
The role of identity in India's expanding naval power
Juana Diesing
Social media: a solution to declining youth engagement in Politics?
Amy Lewis
A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine's transition
David Cooper
Rating equity in New Zealand's local government
Chris Ford
High on aspiration, low on implementation: the development and implementation of the New Zealand Disability Strategy
Albert Green
Chipped jade: political problems of the Dunedin Town Belt, 1900–2010
Josh Hercus
To vote or not to vote: students’ perceptions and attitudes towards national and local elections in New Zealand
Elizabeth Soal
The global financial crisis and the problem of unemployment: a regulationist approach
Ruby O'Connor
Ideologies of the Asylum Seeker Debate in Australia: A Comparative Study
