Centre of Advanced International Studies

Centre of Advanced International Studies

Centre of Advanced International Studies

CAIS is a thriving hub of theoretically and methodologically diverse scholars who seek to understand and address some of today’s most pressing global issues. This work can be categorised in four overlapping themes: International Theory and Global Knowledge, Peace Security and Political Violence, Foreign Policy and Strategy, and Order and Resistance.



CAIS team

The aim of CAIS is to foster, develop and disseminate international quality research and postgraduate teaching.

Study with us

Our postgraduate students sustain and develop the research culture on which we all depend. 

Our research

CAIS is a research-led network of scholars. It provides an infrastructural base for externally funded research projects as well as thematics.