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.
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