Economics and Politics

Economics and politics is one of the most natural combinations in the social sciences. The two disciplines have always been intertwined: politics determines the rules within which economic activity takes place, while economic forces shape the political landscape and the choices available to governments and citizens. Studying them together gives you analytical tools that neither discipline alone can provide, allowing you to understand how markets, institutions, policies, and power interact to produce the world as it is.

At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year full-time programme explores major global challenges, from globalisation and trade disputes to inequality, climate change, migration, and financial crises. You will develop the core analytical skills of economics, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, and quantitative methods, alongside a grounding in political theory, comparative politics, international relations, and public policy. The programme asks you to apply economic thinking to political questions and political analysis to economic problems, developing a rigour and versatility that employers across many sectors value.

A sandwich year, year abroad, and work placements are available, giving you substantial opportunities to develop professional experience and international perspective during your studies.

Graduates from economics and politics programmes are in demand across a wide range of fields. The civil service, government, international organisations, finance, consultancy, think tanks, journalism, and the charity sector are all common destinations. The combination of quantitative reasoning and political understanding is particularly valuable in policy analysis, public administration, and research roles, and many graduates go on to postgraduate study in economics, political science, public policy, or law.

The analytical and communication skills the degree develops are highly transferable and valued across virtually every professional context.