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(opens in a new window)Dr Joshua Alley (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
International relations; international security; alliance politics; political economy of security; civil conflict; public opinion

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Samuel Brazys (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
International political economy; aid; trade; development

(opens in a new window)Dr Elifcan Celebi (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Politics of social policy; authoritarian regimes; gender and civil society; feminist political economy; qualitative and mixed methods research

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof James Cross (Associate Professor)

Substantive Areas of Interest
European Union politics; international organisations; parliamentary politics; legislative decision making; bargaining/negotiations; transparency; social media and online politics; Twitter; interest groups

Methodological Approaches
Quantitative text analysis; quantitative research methods; game theory and the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM)

(opens in a new window)Dr Thomas Däubler (Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow)

Research Interests
Electoral systems; Parliamentary behaviour; Political parties; Representation

Dr Pinar Dokumaci (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
International relations; Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa, Feminist Theory, Comparative Political Theory, Politics of Development, Political Disagreements, Feminist Coalitions, Secularism and Islam

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Johan Dornschneider-Elkink (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
Quantitative research methods; computational methods; electoral behaviour

(opens in a new window)Dr Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Violent and nonviolent activism, the Middle East, political psychology, computational modeling

(opens in a new window)Dr Caitriona Dowd (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Violent conflict, violence monitoring systems, humanitarian crises, and data. Regional focus in sub-Saharan Africa. Experienced in qualitative, mixed methods, statistical and geographic research methods

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Alexander Dukalskis (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
Authoritarian regimes; Asian politics; international human rights

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Vincent Durac (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
Politics of the Middle East and North Africa; Islamic politics; civil society and democratisation

(opens in a new window)Professor David Farrell (Professor)

Research Interests
Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative mini-publics, party politics

(opens in a new window)Dr Graham Finlay (Lecturer)

Research Interests
Social and political theory; utilitarian thought; international justice

 

(opens in a new window)Professor Supriya Garikipati (Professor)

Research Interests
Political economy of development; gender and development; feminist theory; institutional economics; intra-household bargaining; rural labour markets; India's development challenges

(opens in a new window)Professor Niamh Hardiman (Professor)

Research Interests
Comparative European political economy; Irish politics and public policy; institutional analysis; comparative case-study research methods

(opens in a new window)Dr Melanie Hoewer (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Gender, peace and conflict, security, intersectionality, women's rights, Latin American politics and Northern Ireland

(opens in a new window)Dr Yoo Sun Jung (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
International political economy; trade; foreign direct investment; international organizations; game theory

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Joseph Lacey (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
Political theory (esp. democratic theory); Political institutions; Comparative European and EU Politics; Political Campaigns

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Stefan Müller (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
Representation; party competition; political communication; voting behaviour; public opinion; computational social science

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Aidan Regan (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
Comparative and international political economy; European and Irish politics; business and politics

(opens in a new window)Dr Tobias Theiler (Lecturer)

Research Interests
International politics; political psychology; sociology of the state

(opens in a new window)Dr Lucia Tiscornia (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Police and criminal violence; transitional justice; mixed-methods research designs

(opens in a new window)Professor Ben Tonra (Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy and Professor of International Relations)

Research Interests
International relations; EU foreign, security and defence policy; Irish foreign policy; European and international security issues

(opens in a new window)Associate Prof Krishna Vadlamannati (Associate Professor)

Research Interests
International Development; International Political Economy; Political Economy of Natural Resources; Development Politics of India

(opens in a new window)Dr Dawn Walsh (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Conflict resolution, Peace agreements, Institutional Design, International Actors and Peace Processes,Gender and Politics, and the under-representation of women in political institutions

(opens in a new window)Professor Patrick Paul Walsh (Professor of International Development Studies)

Research Interests
International development; industrialization; poverty and inequality; health, education and development

(opens in a new window)Dr Alexa Zellentin (Assistant Professor)

Research Interests
Political theory; liberal neutrality; cultural rights; climate justice

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