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REMINDER PSAI ANNUAL CONFERENCE Registration for the PSAI annual conference to be held in UCD ( 8-9th Oct 2021) is currently open and will remain open until Today 20th September: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-psai-annual-conference-tickets-168954149409. All those wishing to attend need to register to gain access to the conference, regardless of whether they will present a paper. In line with Government requirements, PSAI 2021 is a “green pass event”. […]

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REMINDER 1-CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS FOR ANNUAL PSAI CONFERENCE OCTOBER 8-9TH CLOSES JUNE 30TH Please submit your papers and panels to us at https://www.psai2021.com/. REMINDER 2-PRIZE DEADLINES EXTENDED We have extended the deadline for most of the PSAI’s prizes, including the Chubb Prize for best dissertation, the Farrell Prize for the best book, the Teaching and Learning […]

PSAI NEWSLETTER JUNE 9TH 2021 JOB OPPORTUNITY TCD DEADLINE JUNE 17TH Teaching Fellow in International Relations Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin – Department of Political Science-Closing June 17th Further details at: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CGM340/teaching-fellow-in-international-relations JOB OPPORTUNITIES UCD-DEADLINES JUNE 14TH & 17TH Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics, UCD School of Politics and International Relations, 1 year post Applications are […]

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ESRI seminar-Friday 14th May Webinar: Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland 11:00AM, FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021 This webinar will present the findings from the first report of a ESRI research programme, funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland, which seeks to address gaps in our knowledge and understanding of poverty, income inequality […]

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Referendums are not the problem – its the Constitution . . . . 12/03/2024
By Ken Carty, The University of British Columbia. Well over a decade ago now Theresa Reidy posted a blog comment asking “Referendums in Ireland, how many more can we take?” Rather than addressing the numerical question head on she went on to note how ineffective the process was as a mechanism for democratic policy-making. Few…
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Post referendum reflections 10/03/2024
By Michael Gallagher 1. Previous post didn’t contain a prediction, but did observe that there were many considerations that could lead electors to a No vote while the benefits of a Yes outcome were uncertain and contested. Margin of defeat for the two proposals has taken everyone by surprise. 2. Many of the Yes advocates…
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The outcome of the March 2024 referendums 06/03/2024
By Michael Gallagher So, the nation is (far from) convulsed by the two referendums that will take place on Friday, the ‘family amendment’ and the ‘care amendment’. (Of course, these could be seen as merely the warm-up before the really big referendum of the year, the eagerly-awaited vote on the Unified Patent Court that’s due…
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The Cost of Doing Politics in Ireland: A Survey of Politicians’ Experiences of Political Violence 26/02/2024
This blog marks the launch of preliminary results from a national survey of candidates on the topic of political violence in the Republic of Ireland. The survey was carried out by Fiona Buckley (UCC), Lisa Keenan (TCD), and Mack Mariani (Xavier University), and is part of the cross-national The Cost of Doing Politics: Gender Aspects…
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My Word! ‘Preferendum’… et Maintenant le Préférendum 06/10/2023
By Peter Emerson, Director of the de Borda Institute. Ireland’s contributions to the development of the world’s democratic structures have not been many… and not always positive. In 1818, the first dictator to get 100% in a referendum when he became El Supremo is Chile was the Irishman, Bernardo O’Higgins. Thus he put into second…
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Why is it so difficult to provide maternity leave for TDs and Senators? 15/09/2023
Sinéad McMahon is a student on the Master’s in Gender, Politics and International Relations programme at University College Dublin. This post is based on the findings of her final-year dissertation, which was undertaken as part of the BSc Government and Political Science degree at University College Cork. The provision of maternity leave for Oireachtas members…
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Constituencies review 2023: the bigger picture 01/09/2023
By Michael Gallagher Lots of well-informed fine-grained analysis around of the constituency review published earlier this week by the Electoral Commission (EC). On the bigger picture, 4 points. 1. EC had no option but to respect the legislation, but regrettable that that specifies that all constituencies must be in range of 3–5 seats. Academic consensus…
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Book launch: A People Under Siege: The Unionists of Northern Ireland, From Partition to Brexit and Beyond by Aaron Edwards 13/07/2023
Professor Arthur Aughey and author Dr. Aaron Edwards at the book launch The launch of A People Under Siege: The Unionists of Northern Ireland, From Partition to Brexit and Beyond took place at No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast on 15 June 2023. Remarks were made by the Publisher at Merrion Press, Conor Graham, who said that the…
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Living Amidst Conflict and Insecurity Workshop, University of Galway 23/05/2023
By Dr. Sarah Jenkins (University of Galway) Yuliang Lu (UCD), Marianna Espinos Blasco (UCD) and Caitríona Dowd (DCU) engage in a panel on gender, race, and sexualities in peace and conflict chaired by Niall Ó Dochartaigh (University of Galway). Dr Sarah Jenkins (University of Galway) welcomes participants The School of Political Science and Sociology at…
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Book launch: Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law. A Law, Policy and Technology Analysis by Dr. Maria Grazia Porcedda (TCD) 18/05/2023
The launch of Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law. A Law, Policy and Technology Analysis by Dr. Maria Grazia Porcedda and published by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury, took place at the Senior Common Room of Trinity College Dublin on April 19th 2023. The book launch was supported by the PSAI’s Book…
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