Research centres and groups

Our research is organised into nine research groups and two research centres, which reflect the diversity of interests and approaches in the department.

Global South Research Group

The Global South Research Group brings together scholars engaged in research on international political and economic trends, non-European perspectives, and south-south comparisons.

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Political Economy of Peace and Conflict Research Group

The Political Economy of Peace and Conflict Research Group analyses a wide range of conflicts, conflict resolution and institutional design for positive peace.

About the Political Economy of Peace and Conflict Research Group

Political Theory Research Group

This is a methodologically diverse research group, which adopts a wide range of approaches to political theory, including comparative political theory, contemporary political philosophy, the history of political thought and positive political theory.

About the Political Theory Research Group

Public Policy and Regulation Research Group

Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.

About the Public Policy and Regulation Research Group

Quantitative Political Economy Research Group

Quantitative Political Economy s bound together by a commitment to quantitative political economy.

About the Quantitative Political Economy Research Group

Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group

The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics, and is specifically interested in how insights from all three of these disciplines can help illuminate the study of the most pressing problems facing contemporary societies.

About the Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group

Comparative Politics Research Group

The Comparative Politics research group hosts a research agenda based on political institutions, representation and regimes. Most research focuses on developing economies. The research group integrate members using a variety of methodologies ranging from quantitative and quasi-experimental methods to qualitative research.

About the Comparative Politics Research Group

Economics at King's (cross-departmental)

Economics at King’s is an initiative which brings together economists from the King's Business School, the Department of Political Economy and the Department of International Development.

About Economics at King's

Centre for British Politics and Government

The Centre for British Politics and Government was established within the Department of Political Economy to focus on the study of politics, policymaking, and government in Britain in the recent past.

About the Centre for British Politics and Government

Centre for the Study of Governance & Society

The Centre for the Study of Governance and Society (CSGS) examines how both formal and informal rules of governance operate and evolve, and how these rules facilitate or imperil peaceful, prosperous, and ecologically secure societies.

About the Centre for the Study of Governance & Society

Global Biopolitics Research Centre

Global Biopolitics Research Centre aims to uncover and specify the many far-reaching social and political issues generated by the rapid development of the life sciences and new health technologies in the global bioeconomy.

About the Global Biopolitics Research Centre

Our research has impact...

The Department of Political Economy is proud of its thriving research community. Across the board, our academics contribute to the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy's lively research environment in ways such as advising governments, serving on commissions and public bodies and supporting national and international organisations. Much of our work has a public policy angle and members of the department are regularly involved in conversations with the media and the policy-making community to communicate the policy relevance of their research.