I contribute to the project "Mapping the Irish State: Structures, Processes, Outcomes" (IRCHSS Thematic Research Grant, 2007-10) project co-ordinated by Dr Niamh Hardiman of the School of Politics and International Relations.

I contribute to a research project on trans-frontier co-operation in administrative matters (Dr Oswald Jansen (University of Utrecht).

I am developing a proposal for a research on the constitutional dimensions of North-South co-operation under the Belfast Agreement, with Professor John Morison and Dr Gordon Anthony (School of Law, QUB.)

I participate in an ongoing research project "Comparative Constitutional Traditions in South Asia" co-ordinated by the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University. See: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/asia/southasia/sa_events/constitutionalism.html