Research

Research

Our research profile

The Department of International Studies was established in 2018 to serve as center for the study of global affairs at XJTLU, with the aim to advance academic knowledge and policy. The department is interdisciplinary, featuring the expertise to capture and address a broad range of ongoing transformations and emerging challenges through a prism of approaches.

The department’s research is organized around seven research clusters:

  • Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
  • Global Governance, Law, and Environment
  • Global Political Economy and Business
  • Global South and Development
  • International Relations and Security
  • Regional and Area Studies
  • Sociology

Our department research also showcases a wide range of regional expertise spanning the European Union, Africa, South East Asia, Oceania, the Americas and Asia.

Research clusters and areas in the Department of International Studies

Our research output

Our academic staff have published in Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan, along with leading international journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, Third World Quarterly, Cambridge International Affairs, International Studies Review, International Studies Quarterly, Global Society, Peace Review, European Security, The Pacific Review, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Journal of Contemporary China. Browse the department’s research in our repository.