Programs

Colleges and Universities with Comprehensive Political Psychology Programs

Israel

School Name: Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)

Location: Herzliya, Israel

School Website: http://portal.idc.ac.il/en/main/homepage/pages/homepage.aspx

Program Website: http://portal.idc.ac.il/en/main/research/caesareacenter/pages/pp.aspx

Notes: Offered through the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy; the first program in political psychology in Israel.

Ukraine

School Name: National Pedagogical University

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

School Website: http://www.npu.edu.ua/en/home

Program Website: http://www.fp.npu.edu.ua/ua/pro-fakultet/kafedry/kafedra-politychnoi-psykholohii-ta-sotsialno-pravovykh-tekhnolohii/17-kafedra-politychnoi-psykholohii-ta-sotsialno-pravovykh-tekhnolohii

United Kingdom

School Name: Bournemouth University

Location: Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

School Website: www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/

Program Website: https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/ma-political-psychology

Notes: MA program in Political Psychology launched in September 2016

School Name: Keele University

Location: Newcastel Under Lyme, United Kingdom

School Website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/psychology/

Program Website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/appliedsocialandpoliticalpsychology/

Notes: A new (2018) MSc program in Applied Social and Political Psychology

School Name: Queens University Belfast

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

School Website: http://www.qub.ac.uk/

Program Website: http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/ProspectiveStudents/PostgraduateStudies/MScPoliticalPsychology/

Notes: The Centre for Research in Political Psychology (CResPP) at the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, offers an MSc in Political Psychology, the first in the UK.

School Name: University of Birmingham

Location: Brimingham, England

School Website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/

Program Website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/taught/govsoc/global-cooperation-security.aspx#CourseOverviewTab

Notes: MSc Global Cooperation and Security offers a course in Political Psychology of Conflict and Cooperation. The MSc degree provides multidisciplinary training in Political Psychology and International Relations and focuses on the role of values, emotions, and beliefs in shaping the possibilities of conflict, cooperation and security at the international level.

School Name: University of Birmingham

Location: Brimingham, England

School Website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/

Program Website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/taught/govsoc/political-psychology-international-relations.aspx

Notes: The Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security (ICCS), in partnership with the Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), is delighted to announce the introduction of a new MSc degree in the Political Psychology of International Relations, which will welcome its first students to the University of Birmingham in September 2017. This flagship programme will build on existing strengths in Security Studies and International Relations by providing research-led multi-disciplinary training in the psychological mechanisms of decision-making at the international level.

School Name: University of Kent

Location: Canterbury, England

School Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/

Program Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/msc/political-psychology-msc.html

Notes: University of Kent offers an MSc in Political Psychology from September 2016. University of Kent has an active interdisciplinary program of research in political psychology, carried out by the Political Psychology Lab which brings together researchers from the School of Psychology and the School of Politics and International Relations.

United States

School Name: Arizona State University

Location: Tempe, AZ

School Website: https://spgs.asu.edu/

Program Website: https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-programs/graduate/political-psychology-ma/

Notes: This is an online MA in Political Psychology that is offered as a joint program of the School of Politics and Global Studies and the Department of Psychology.

School Name: The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Online Campus

Location: Online

School Website: http://www.thechicagoschool.edu/

Program Website: http://www.thechicagoschool.edu/online/

Notes: The Chicago School offers an online M.A. in Psychology, International Psychology Specialization with a concentration in Political Psychology.

School Name: City University of New York Graduate Center

Location: New York, New York

School Website: http://www.cuny.edu/

Program Website: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Psychology

Notes: The Graduate Center offers an interdisciplinary concentration in the Psychology of Political Behavior.

School Name: George Washington University

Location: Washington, D.C.

School Website: http://www.gwu.edu/

Program Website: http://elliott.gwu.edu/academics/gcert/poli_psych.cfm

Notes: Students interested in the certificate in political psychology should contact the Elliott School of International Affairs Admissions office for specific admissions requirements.

School Name: Lewis-Clark State College

Location: Lewiston, ID

School Website: http://www.lcsc.edu/

Program Website: http://catalog.lcsc.edu/academic-programs/social-sciences-division/academic-certificates-minors/political-psychology-minor/

Notes: Political psychology is one of 10 minors offered in the Social Sciences Division.

School Name: The Ohio State University

Location: Columbus, OH

School Website: http://www.osu.edu/

Program Website: http://polisci.osu.edu/graduate/fields-study/political-psychology

Notes: OSU has one of the leading Political Psychology programs in the world. It offers coverage of citizen political thought and behavior, as well as elite behavior and international politics.

School Name: Stony Brook University

Location: Stony Brook, NY

School Website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/

Program Website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/polsci/

MA Program Website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/polisci/graduate/ma_political_science.html

PhD Program Website:http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/polisci/graduate/phd_program.html

Notes: The program focuses on the content and structure of political beliefs and attitudes, the processing of political information, and the factors that influence political judgments and decisions.

School Name: University of California, Irvine

Location: Irvine, CA

School Website: http://www.uci.edu/

Program Website: http://www.polisci.uci.edu/ps_psych

Notes: The program draws on the School of Social Sciences’ tradition of interdisciplinary research and boasts the active participation of distinguished faculty in political science, psychology, critical theory and medicine.

School Name: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Location: Minneapolis, MN

School Website: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/index.html

Program Website: http://www.polisci.umn.edu/politicalpsych/

Notes: Home of the Center for the Study of Political Psychology (CSPP), widely regarded as one of the premier research and graduate training centers in the United States.

School Name: Washington State University

Location: Pullman, WA

School Website: http://www.wsu.edu/

Program Website: http://libarts.wsu.edu/pppa/undergraduate/index.asp

Notes: The Department of Political Science at Washington State University offers graduate students the option of specializing in the sub-field of Political Psychology as one of their main Ph.D. Preliminary Examination fields (OR) as a selected area of specialization in their program of study for the M.A. in Global Justice and Security Studies.