Political Science

Brown University

Box 1844

36 Prospect Street

Providence, RI 02912

Telephone: 401-863-2825

Fax: 401-863-7018

Welcome to the Department of Political Science.

Political Science is the systematic study of how political values, both positive and negative, are allocated among individuals, groups, socio-economic classes, regions, and nation-states.  The program thus equips students with analytical tools to understand the complex political issues and relationships of the contemporary era. 

Brown’s Political Science faculty includes a wide range of nationally and internationally recognized scholars covering diverse approaches to the discipline across the four major subfields: political theory, comparative politics, American politics and public policy, and international politics. 

The Department offers a B.A. and a combination M.A./ Ph.D. in Political Science, and it also works closely with interdisciplinary units at Brown with overlapping interests, including the Taubman Center, the Watson Institute, Urban Studies, Latin American Studies, Africana Studies, and Development Studies.  It thus contributes to the intellectual vitality of Brown extending well beyond the formal bounds of the political science discipline.