Our academic staff are active researchers, pursuing cutting-edge, policy-relevant and curiosity-driven research across a broad spectrum of international development, international relations and politics. Our research and teaching activities are enhanced by the resources from our associated schools in the UK and the Division of International Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.<br><br>We host our own seminars in which academics and practitioners share their research findings and work experience. The school's student society, PHIR-NOTT, supplements these formal activities with its own round-table discussions, guest speaker series and other events.<br><br>International development is the multidisciplinary study of how communities and states attain the economic, socio-political and other characteristic elements associated with development.<br><br>This programme is designed to give you the opportunity to develop a comprehensive multidisciplinary understanding of international development along with examining the possibilities for development in a globalising world. It looks at understanding the reasons for the persistence of global poverty and inequality but also how current development paradigms contribute to poverty reduction and human development.