The Department of Politics ranked 12th in Britain in the 2014 REF for 4* research
This confirms Birkbeck's status as a top tier Politics department within the UK, and the world.
The Department of Politics ranked 12th in Britain in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) for 4* research - considered 'world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour - just beneath University of Cambridge. This places it within the top quarter of research-active Politics departments, higher if we include the many institutions that did not enter the REF. It also ranks 12th overall in 4* outputs, 17th overall for Grade Point Average. This confirms Birkbeck's status as a top tier Politics department within the UK, and the world.
Impact case studies:
Eric Kaufmann - Sacralization by Stealth? The Political Demography of Religion
In recent news, Rosie Campbell has won an ESRC grant on “The Representative Audit of Britain”, worth over £0.5M. Read about it here - http://parliamentarycandidates.org/project/
More about our cutting edge research here - http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/our-research
The Department has a research centre dedicated to the study of British Politics - Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life. The events have formed a key part of our Impact narrative.