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SPIRe Newsletter Summer 2025 has just been published.

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World Top 100 by Subject 2024
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World Top 100 by Subject 2024

SPIRe ranks in the QS top 100 in Politics

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What is Politics & International Relations?
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What is Politics & International Relations?

Why Study Politics & International Relations at UCD?

Associate Professor Joseph Lacey and a current student Joey McDonald explain.

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Dr Lucía Tiscornia Awarded Prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Grants
Dr Lucía Tiscornia Awarded Prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Grants

For her project "CRIMLATAM", which will explore how criminal organisations operate in Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica
SPIRe Warmly Welcomes Our New Colleagues
SPIRe Warmly Welcomes Our New Colleagues

Welcome to our new colleagues: Dr Elisa D'Amico, Dr Nikita Khokhlov, and Dr Farsan Ghassim
PhD Student, Jambo Ramadhani, Awarded Biannual College Research Funding
PhD Student, Jambo Ramadhani, Awarded Biannual College Research Funding

Title: Public Policy and Local Climate Adaptation: A Case Study of Drought Response Strategies in Monduli District, Northern Tanzania
Autumn 2025 Seminar Series
Autumn 2025 Seminar Series

All seminars are on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in the SPIRe boardroom, F301 Newman.
SPIRe Newsletter Summer 2025
SPIRe Newsletter Summer 2025

SPIRe Newsletter Summer 2025 has just been published.

SPIRe\'s PhD Student Linette Lim Wins Prestigious PSA Best PhD Paper Award 2025
SPIRe's PhD Student Linette Lim Wins Prestigious PSA Best PhD Paper Award 2025

Title: Foreign Bogeymen: The Use of Anti-Foreign Media Propaganda in China
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Dr Alexander Dukalskis\' Interview in Die Zeit, a Major German Newspaper
Dr Alexander Dukalskis' Interview in Die Zeit, a Major German Newspaper

"Then the liberal order would simply collapse." What if the authoritarian era has long since begun?

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A New Paper published in Socio-Economic Review by Prof Aidan Regan
A New Paper published in Socio-Economic Review by Prof Aidan Regan

“National averages, like GDP, hide the reality of winners and losers within countries,” explained Professor Regan.
ReClaim Funded Project: Training on Trauma-Sensitive Research Methods
ReClaim Funded Project: Training on Trauma-Sensitive Research Methods

An in-person training took place on Tuesday 10 June.
New SPIRe Research Project
New SPIRe Research Project

Dr Caitriona Dowd is PI on 'Network on Conflict-Affected Agriculture in Nigeria' project
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A New Article on The Conversation by Dr Heidi Riley
A New Article on The Conversation by Dr Heidi Riley

‘Killing is part of their life’: The men raised on violence who are both perpetrators and victims as South Sudan faces return to civil war.
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