Research Expertise
All of our staff are active researchers across a broad range of topics in Politics.
The Expertise Database is also an excellent resource if you are looking for specific areas of knowledge. It is particularly focussed on (1) assisting prospective graduate research students to find appropriate supervisors and (2) serving the needs of print or broadcast media professionals seeking stories, comment, interviews, or background.
Please note that the above list is not extensive; more information on staff research interests and a list of their publications can be found on their individual profile pages available here.
Political Theory | |
| Political Theory | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer, Prof Lisa Ellis |
| Feminist Theory | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
| Postcolonial Theory | Dr Lena Tan |
| Ethics and International Relations | Prof Philip Nel, Assoc Prof James Headley |
| History of Ideas | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
| Marxism | Assoc Prof Brian Roper |
| Political economy of inequality | Prof Philip Nel |
| Social Inequality | Assoc Prof Brian Roper |
| History and theories of democracy | Assoc Prof Brian Roper. Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
| Politics of the Media | Dr Chris Rudd |
| Theories of Justice | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
| Recognition Theory | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
| Toleration, culture and identity | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
| Theories of power and liberty | Assoc Prof Vicki Spencer |
New Zealand Politics | |
| New Zealand Politics | Prof Janine Hayward, Assoc Prof Brian Roper |
| Environmental Politics | Prof Janine Hayward |
| Treaty of Waitangi | Prof Janine Hayward |
| Electoral systems and reforms | Prof Janine Hayward |
| Local Government | Prof Janine Hayward |
| Constitutional Politics | Prof Janine Hayward |
International Relations | |
| International Relations Theory | Assoc Prof James Headley, Assoc Prof Nicholas Khoo, Dr Lena Tan, Prof Robert Patman |
| Identity and Constructivisim | Dr Lena Tan, Assoc Prof James Headley |
| The European Union | Assoc Prof James Headley |
| China's Foreign and Security Policy | Assoc Prof Nicholas Khoo |
| International Relations of Asia | Assoc Prof Nicholas Khoo |
| Middle East international politics | Prof William Harris |
| Foreign policies of emerging powers | Prof Philip Nel, Dr Lena Tan |
| Global Security | Prof Robert Patman, Dr Lena Tan |
| US Foreign and Security Policy | Prof Robert Patman |
| Russia's Foreign and Security Policy | Assoc Prof James Headley, Prof Robert Patman |
| Globalization and Conflict | Prof Robert Patman |
| Critical Approaches to International Relations | Dr Lena Tan |
| Postcolonial and Decolonial approaches to IR | Dr Lena Tan |
Comparative Politics / Area Studies | |
| Middle East | Prof William Harris |
| Pacific | Dr Iati Iati |
| Indonesia | Dr Lena Tan |
| Russia, Central/Eastern Europe and the Balkans | Assoc Prof James Headley |
| The European Union | Assoc Prof James Headley |
| Regionalism and geopolitics | Dr Iati Iati |
| Great powers and the Horn of Africa | Prof Robert Patman |
| Corruption, politics, and development | Prof Philip Nel |
| Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | Assoc Prof James Headley |
Books by Politics staff members
This a list of just some of the books published by the Department of Politics staff. For more information on staff publications go to the individual staff pages, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on show more publications. This will list all the publications the staff member has including: Books, Edited Books, Book Chapters, Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings etc.
Theses
Completed theses are kept in the Department. MA and PhD theses are also held in the main University Library, and many are available in PDF format online from the library research archive: http://otago.ourarchive.ac.nz/handle/10523/83
List of Politics theses (PDF)
Postgraduate student research
Visit our postgraduate student pages and learn about their research.
