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Dr Doris Aja-Eke

Assistant Professor

Corruption, Sexual Corruption, International Organization, International Development, Anti-Corruption Law, Mixed Methods

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Dr Joshua Alley

Assistant Professor

International relations, international security, alliance politics, political economy of security, civil conflict, public opinion

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Dr Samuel Brazys

Associate Professor

International political economy, aid, trade, development

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Dr Elifcan Celebi

Assistant Professor

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

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Dr 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)

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Dr Thomas Däubler

Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow

Electoral systems, Parliamentary behaviour, Political parties, Representation

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Dr Pinar Dokumaci

Assistant Professor

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

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Professor Johan A. Dornschneider-Elkink

Professor

Quantitative research methods, computational methods, electoral behaviour

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Dr Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink

Associate Professor (On Leave)

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

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Dr Caitriona Dowd

Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)

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

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Dr Alexander Dukalskis

Associate Professor

Authoritarian regimes, Asian politics, international human rights

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Dr Vincent Durac

Associate Professor

Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Islamic politics, civil society and democratisation

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Professor David Farrell

Professor (On Research Leave)

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

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Dr Graham Finlay

Lecturer

Social and political theory, utilitarian thought, international justice

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Professor Supriya Garikipati

Professor

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

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Professor Niamh Hardiman

Professor

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

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Dr Melanie Hoewer

Assistant Professor

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

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Dr Yoo Sun Jung

Dr Yoo Sun Jung

Assistant Professor

International political economy, trade, foreign direct investment, international organizations, game theory

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Dr Joseph Lacey

Associate Professor

Political theory (esp. democratic theory), Political institutions, Comparative European and EU Politics, Political Campaigns

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Dr Stefan Müller

Associate Professor

Representation, party competition, political communication, voting behaviour, public opinion, computational social science

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Professor Aidan Regan

Professor

Comparative and international political economy, European and Irish politics, business and politics

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Dr Tobias Theiler

Lecturer

International politics, political psychology, sociology of the state

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Dr Lucia Tiscornia

Assistant Professor (On Leave)

Police and criminal violence, transitional justice, mixed-methods research designs

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Professor Ben Tonra

Professor of International Relations

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

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Dr Krishna Vadlamannati

Associate Professor

International Development, International Political Economy, Political Economy of Natural Resources, Development Politics of India

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Dr Dawn Walsh

Assistant Professor

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

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Professor Patrick Paul Walsh

Professor of International Development Studies

International development, industrialization, poverty and inequality, health, education and development

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Dr Alexa Zellentin

Assistant Professor

Political theory, liberal neutrality, cultural rights, climate justice

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