Ph.D. in Public Affairs
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Affairs is offered in two research clusters: Security Studies; and Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP). The School aims to enroll eight Ph.D. students each year, evenly divided between the two clusters.
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Security Studies
For more information on program and curriculum specifics, visit the security studies page.
Areas of concentration include:
- Grand Strategies.
- Great Powers and Stability.
- Civil-Military Relations.
- Humanitarian Intervention.
- Insurgency.
- Arms Control and Proliferation.
- The Threat and Use of Force.
- Cyber Warfare.
- Biological and Chemical Weapons.
- Terrorism and Civil Conflict.
Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP)
For more information on program and curriculum specifics, visit the STEP page.
Areas of concentration include:
- Global Climate Change.
- Air Pollution.
- Conservation Biology.
- Tropical Disease Transmission.
- Information Technology.
- Nuclear Power.
- Renewable Energy.
