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Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations tops The Guardian’s University 2026 Guide for Politics

DPIR maintains prime position for the subject from last year, fending off stiff competition from St Andrew’s and Cambridge

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Oxford tops league table for Politics in UK

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Hussam Hussein publishes letter in Science on Jordan–Syria Water Treaty

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Help shape a new MSc in Politics, Law and AI – deadline 18th September

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DPIR’s Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos wins APSA Best Article award

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Ezequiel González Ocantos

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DPIR’s Katerina Tertytchnaya scoops two APSA Awards for book and paper

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DPIR's Neil Ketchley wins two APSA awards

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Miles Tendi co-authors new report on state of democracy in Zimbabwe and factors shaping its evolution

Miles Tendi

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Help shape a new MSc programme in Politics, Law and AI

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Brian Kot wins Sara Norton Prize for thesis on competition between US and China in AI development

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Alejandro Posada-Téllez joins expert panel discussion in the Vatican on the role of religious actors in peacemaking

Alejandro Posada Téllez

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DPIR alumna Guadalupe Chavez awarded the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

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DPIR alumna Cecilia Corsini awarded the 2025 ACUNS Dissertation Award

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