I am Tereza Capelos, I'm a Senior
Lecturer in Political Psychology and I
am the program convener for our new MSC
degree in Political Psychology of
International Relations. The program is
centered around three components three
component elements that make it unique.
First of all, it covers an
interdisciplinary field it's fascinating
because it lies right at the
intersection of political psychology and
international relations. Then it
showcases research lead teaching and
strong engagement with the research
projects of ICCS, of the Institute,
which also allows placement
opportunities for our students. And the
last component which is very exciting
- challenging a little bit but a good
challenge to engage in - is the strong
methods training that the program offers
the students. It equips the students
with the ability to deal with empirical
challenges in the field, so not only do the
students gain significant theoretical
understanding about the debates and the
concepts that we engage in but they are
able to work with data to interrogate
them empirically. We are seeking to
attract students but also professionals
who are passionate about understanding
the essence of this program the
psychological mechanisms of political
decision making particularly in
applications that involve international
politics and international relations. We
study tensions and crises so rare events
that happen once in a lifetime and we
try to examine the decisions, victories
fix the biases with all of the emotions
and how how we arrive at particular
outcomes. But not only are we looking at
tensions and crises, but also mainstream
activity so diplomatic strategies,
leadership techniques, negotiations,
mediation strategies that help us
understand everyday international
relations challenges. You can only do an
MSc in Political Psychology and IR with us. Here at ICCS in Birmingham. We
put it together because we have the
academic and research know-how to
develop an excellent program. It's a
vibrant community both within ICCS, with our
research team and the School of
Government, the College of
Social Sciences and the University. We
have leading scholars in political
psychology and the
IR field who have received awards for their
contribution to their fields and their
academic performance.
We have passionate students with diverse
backgrounds they come to Birmingham
because they want to specialise in this
field so this creates a fantastic,
vibrant cohort and we learn a lot from
each other, academic staff and students
alike.
I'm also very likely to work with
fantastic colleagues we have experienced
delivering excellent degrees here at
Birmingham but we're also excited about
interdisciplinary collaborations in our
research to deliver answers to these
important pressing questions in our
field of political psychology and
international relations. So we reach out
to colleagues in psychology, sociology,
International Studies, international
development it's a vibrant theme that
works together with a lot of passion. We
also have very strong links with
professional organisations so we feel
this is an outward-looking degree that
wants to shape a better and more
informed world and be able to tackle the
challenges of international relations.
