Academic Research Areas

	(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)Professor Aidan Regan (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