LSE Department of Government

The Department of Government is home to some of the most internationally respected experts in the study of politics.

Within the Department, our expertise centres on six sub-disciplinary pillars of political research: Comparative Politics, Conflict Studies, Political Behaviour and Political Psychology, Political Economy and Institutional Analysis, Political Theory, and Public Policy and Public Administration. Both our research and educational curriculum reflect these sub-disciplinary strengths. Moreover, the Department has always been able to take advantage of its prominent position within the London School of Economics and Political Science, the largest and most important European institution specialising solely in the social sciences.

We are a home to around 850 undergraduate, masters and research students and over 40 permanent faculty from all corners of the globe; indeed, nearly 60 percent of our students are from almost 80 countries outside the UK.