Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Established1949;75 years ago (1949)
Parent institution
School of Advanced Study, University of London
DirectorKingsley Abbott
Location,
United Kingdom
CampusUrban
Website commonwealth.sas.ac.uk

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, founded in 1949, [1] is the sole postgraduate academic institution in the United Kingdom devoted to the study of the Commonwealth. It is also home to the longest-running interdisciplinary and practice-oriented human rights MA programme in the UK.

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The Institute is a national and international centre of excellence for policy-relevant research, research facilitation and teaching. As a member of the University of London's School of Advanced Study, the Institute aims to address the challenges confronting the modern Commonwealth through the development of effective, evidence-based policy solutions with a focus on human rights, the rule of law, media freedom and climate change.

The institute's library is an international resource holding more than 190,000 volumes, with particularly impressive Caribbean, Southern African and Australian holdings and over 200 archival collections.

Notable academics

List of directors

Notable alumni

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References

  1. "About Us". commonwealth.sas.ac.uk. The Institute of Commonwealth Studies.