SPIRe Seminar Series Programme 2022-23
This is the schedule for Autumn Trimester, 2022
All seminars take place on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in our boardroom.
For anyone else who wishes to attend virtually, please contact Dr Lucia Tiscornia at lucia.tiscornia@ucd.ie.
| Wednesday 5th Oct, 12pm | Matteo Bursi (Universitá degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia) | The risk of stagflation: a new incentive to reform the ECB |
| Wednesday 19th Oct, 12pm | Samuel Johnston (University College Dublin) | Knowing me, knowing you: Election campaigns under extreme uncertainty Webinar link: |
| Wednesday 9th Nov, 12pm | Claudia Badulescu (European University Institute) | The europeanization of post-communist administrations: the European Commission as a driver? |
| Wednesday 16th Nov, 12pm | Marianna Lovato (University College Dublin) | I will miss you when you’re gone (or not): examining EU foreign policy negotiations pre and post Brexit. |
| Wednesday 30th Nov, 12pm | Stephen Elstub (Newcastle University) | Climate Assemblies and their Impact on Public Climate Change Debate and Opinion: A Comparative Analysis of UK Cases Webinar link: |
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Past Events
This is the schedule for Spring Trimester, 2021
| Wednesday 5th Oct, 12pm | Dana Guy (University College Dublin) | The “Posts War” Era: The Role of Narratives in Social Media during Intractable Conflicts |
| Wednesday, 9th Feb, 12pm | Stephanie Dornschneider (University College Dublin) | Inter-group contact and collective action in mixed Israeli neighborhoods |
| Wednesday 16th Feb, 12pm | Natascha Neudorfer (University of Birmingham) | When Corruption Matters for Ordinary People: Anti-Corruption Appeals in Elections |
| Wednesday 23rd Feb, 12pm | Dave Banks (University College Dublin) | Integrated team sport and community relations in Northern Ireland |
| Wednesday 2nd March, 12pm | Natalia Umansky (University College Dublin) | Repost and Like: Securitization Theory in the Digital Age |
| Wednesday 9th March, 12pm | Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow) | Neoliberal globalization, partisan alignment, and protest: The distributive politics of structural adjustment in the developing world" |
| Wednesday 16th March, 12pm | Yoo Sun Jung (University College Dublin) | Multinational firms and the impact of trade disputes on investment decisions |
| Wednesday 23rd March, 12pm | Stefan Müller (University College Dublin) | Issue Emphasis in Candidates’ Campaign Communication as a Signal of Legislative Priorities |
| Wednesday 6th April, 12pm | Jelena Radakovic (University College Dublin) | Europeanisation of the Western Balkans: Identity Construction of 'Eu-Self' and 'Western Balkans - Other |
| Wednesday 20th April, 12pm | Sarah Bauerle Danzman (Indiana University) | Protecting or Stifling? The Effect of Investment Screening on Technology Firms |
| Wednesday 27th April, 12pm | Krishna Vadlamannati (University College Dublin) | Unintended Consequences of Externally Aided Projects on Fiscal Transfers: A Subnational Study of India |
| Wednesday 4th May, 12pm | Melanie Hoewer (University College Dublin) | Gender and Sustainable Peace: What's 'Nature' got to do with it? |
| Wednesday 11th May, 12pm | Niamh Hardiman (University College Dublin) | Taxing and spending: from fiscal policy to fiscal sociology |
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This is the schedule for Autumn Trimester, 2021
| Wednesday 27th Oct, 12pm | Walt Kilroy (Dublin City University) | Protection of civilians by UN peacekeepers: Evolution of a challenging responsibility for multidimensional missions |
| Wednesday, 3rd Nov, 12pm | Muiris MacCarthaigh, (Queen's University Belfast) | The Politics of Irish Bureaucracy: 1922 - 2021 |
| Wednesday 10th Nov, 12pm | Jesper Lindqvist (University College Dublin) | When Left is Left, and Right is Right – Approaching a Universal Explanation of the Left-Right Dimension |
| Wednesday 17th Nov, 12pm | Emma Murphy (University College Dublin) | Agonistic Transitional Justice: A Comparative Approach |