The School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA) seeks high quality applications for PhD projects in all areas of political, social and international studies. We especially welcome projects in the fields of: electoral politics and institutions; political party communication and dynamics; populist and extremist political actors and speech; rhetoric and political communication; political theory and philosophy; EU politics & policy; public policy and policy making; systems of governance and regulation; quantitative methods; politics, media, and digital communication; democratization; peace processes; nuclear deterrence; security and foreign policy; international relations theory; political economy and development; South Asian politics; the politics and international relations of the Indo-Pacific region. We also have opportunities to apply for funded PhDs. The UEA participates in both the ESRC funded SENSS doctoral training programme (email: alexander.c.brown@uea.ac.uk) and the AHRC funded CHASE doctoral training programme (email: C.Elder@uea.ac.uk) and we will support applicants for either depending on the nature of the project. You will be part of a department working at the cutting-edge politics, IR and public policy in a number of areas with 90% of its research outputs being classed as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellent Framework exercise. You will also join a dynamic and engaged group of PhD scholars within PPL who benefit from collective work and social spaces, an excellent library, and the lovely environment that the city of Norwich and UEA Campus provide. Applications must be completed in the online application system ( https://www.uea.ac.uk/apply/postgraduate/research). Applicants are advised to get in touch with potential supervisors in Politics and/or the School Director of Postgraduate Research (email: s.broughton-micova@uea.ac.uk)