BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Teaching, Research & International Policy

Teaching, Research & International Policy (TRIP) is a research lab at William & Mary's Global Research Institute, a multidisciplinary hub that brings together academics, practitioners, and students to apply research to real world issues. TRIP contributes to this mission by investigating the relationship between international relations theory and practice, and conducts research exploring how best to “bridge the gap” between them to address IR’s 21st century challenges.

Teaching, Research & International Policy

Teaching, Research & International Policy (TRIP) is a research lab at William & Mary's Global Research Institute, a multidisciplinary hub that brings together academics, practitioners, and students to apply research to real world issues. TRIP contributes to this mission by investigating the relationship between international relations theory and practice, and conducts research exploring how best to “bridge the gap” between them to address IR’s 21st century challenges.

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About Us

Teaching

TRIP investigates how scholars teach IR to the next generation of scholars and policymakers. What paradigms and theories do they highlight? What is the purpose of an IR course? What are the best master's and doctoral programs in the IR field?

Research

TRIP is interested in how, why, and on what subjects individual IR scholars conduct their research, as well as broader trends in IR research at the macro level. TRIP surveys over the last decade, as well as a growing database of journal articles in the discipline, provide data on how scholars research international relations.

International
Policy

TRIP investigates how policymakers and practitioners in the field use and interact with IR scholarship. What interactions do scholars themselves have with the policy world? What do policymakers think is useful scholarship? And most importantly, how can scholars and policymakers bridge the gap in order to use research to solve international relations' most pressing problems?

Teaching

TRIP investigates how scholars teach IR to the next generation of scholars and policymakers. What paradigms and theories do they highlight? What is the purpose of an IR course? What are the best master's and doctoral programs in the IR field?

Research

TRIP is interested in how, why, and on what subjects individual IR scholars conduct their research, as well as broader trends in IR research at the macro level. TRIP surveys over the last decade, as well as a growing database of journal articles in the discipline, provide data on how scholars research international relations.

International Policy

TRIP investigates how policymakers and practitioners in the field use and interact with IR scholarship. What interactions do scholars themselves have with the policy world? What do policymakers think is useful scholarship? And most importantly, how can scholars and policymakers bridge the gap in order to use research to solve international relations' most pressing problems?

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IR scholars worldwide

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Years spent bridging the gap

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TRIP surveys fielded

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Scholarly articles published using TRIP data

Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations

In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time. The essays in this volume use data gathered by TRIP over a fifteen-year period. As a whole, the volume analyzes the structural factors that affect the academy’s ability to influence policy and the professional incentives that affect scholars’ willingness to attempt to do so. Individual chapters explore these questions in the areas of trade, finance, human rights, development, environment, nuclear strategy, interstate war, and intrastate conflict. Each chapter is followed by a response from a policy practitioner, providing their perspective on the gap and the possibility for academic work to have an impact. Preview or buy the book from Georgetown University Press here.