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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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Publications by SPIRe Staff

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In memoriam: Tom Garvin MRIA
In memoriam: Tom Garvin MRIA

"... he was an outstanding scholar and a true intellectual with deep and wide-ranging interests is only to capture a part of what made him so important to so many of us"
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
Dave Banks has been awarded the 2024 Basil Chubb Prize
Dave Banks has been awarded the 2024 Basil Chubb Prize

A SPIRe's PhD student, Dave Banks has been awarded the 2024 Basil Chubb Prize, an annual award to recognise the best PhD thesis (produced in an Irish university) in any field of politics.
CPCR Event_InAccess and Distance_Nov2024 11Nov
CPCR hosts: (In)Access and Distance: A survivor / victim-centred analysis of transitional justice in Liberia

Evaluating the Liberian National Palava Hut Programme for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation: From its Historical Roots to National Implementation

India-Ireland Relations \n 14Nov
India-Ireland Relations

SPIRe Centre of Sustainable Development hosts a talk on India-Ireland relations by H.E. Mr. Akhilesh Mishra, Ambassador of India to Ireland
Thursday, 14 November, at 11am | Room F301 Newman
Tea/Coffee served afterward | Everyone is welcome!
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UCD Open Day 2024 09Nov
UCD Open Day 2024

The UCD Open Day 2024 is on Saturday 9th November, 10am to 4pm. Come and chat with SPIRe staff and students! Register here.

SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024
SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024

SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024 has just been published.

Autumn 2024 Seminar Series
Autumn 2024 Seminar Series

All seminars are on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in the SPIRe boardroom, F301 Newman.
CPCR Film Screening: Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs 23Oct
CPCR Film Screening: Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs

3-5pm, Wednesday 23 October
Room F301 Newman
All Welcome. RSVP cpcr@ucd.ie by 5pm Mon 21 October
Appointment of Ciarán Conlon as Adjunct Associate Professor
Appointment of Ciarán Conlon as Adjunct Associate Professor

Mr. Conlon will join SPIRe for a five-year term, bringing with him a wealth of experience from his extensive career in the political sector and his current role at Microsoft.
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