
SPIRe Tutors & Teaching Assistants Directory, Autumn 2025-26
Tutors and Teaching Assistants are allocated to the following modules.
Tutors:
- POL10160 Foundations of Contemporary Politics
- POL20010 Individuals and the State: The Idea of Freedom in the History of Political Thought
- INRL20040 International Relations: Introduction to Theories and Empirics
Teaching Assistants:
- POL10170 Foundations in Political Research
- INRL20160 Introduction to European Union Politics
- POL42540 Applied Data Wrangling and Visualisation
- POL42330 Research Design
- POL40950 Introduction to Statistics
For queries related to administrative matters including tutorial registration, please contact the SPIRe School Office at (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)spire@ucd.ie.


Michael Keating Dake
POL10160 Tutor

Almendra Sotelo
POL10160 Tutor

Erin Grant
POL10160

Eva West
POL20010 Head Tutor

Fiona McCloy
POL20010 Tutor

Kendra Paleczny
POL20010 Tutor

Mohammad Amin Ameri
POL20010 Tutor

Kasidech (Jimmy) Somboonkittichai
INRL20040 Head Tutor

Joseph Dillon
INRL20040 Tutor

Uyen (Bi) Nguyen
INRL20040 Tutor

Emma Remitti
INRL20040 Tutor

Ciaran O'Brien
POL42330 Teaching Assistant

Neha Parikh
POL40950 Teaching Assistant

Mafalda Patacão Zúquete
INRL20160 Teaching Assistant

Smrutimayee Sarangi
POL10170 Teaching Assistant
