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Welcome to the Department of Political Science in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Consistently ranked among the top 50 political science departments globally (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018) we are a progressive department that combines intensive research activity with the strongest commitment to high-quality teaching.
News
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Peter Stone Interviewed on Finding Genius PodcastProfessor Peter Stone was interviewed recently on the Finding Genius podcast. “Revolutionizing Democracy: The Benefits of Sortition and Selected Citizens Councils,” discussed the rise of randomly-selected citizen assemblies, with a focus on the Irish experience.
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TRiSS Fellowship AwardsCongratulations to Department of Political Science PhD student Markéta Odlová and Assistant Professor Jeffrey Ziegler on securing TRiSS funding to develop their projects: Minorities and the Military: The Effects of Conscription on Political Engagement (M. Odlová) and Computational Tools for Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences (J. Ziegler).
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Opening for Assistant Professor in Irish PoliticsThe Department of Political Science is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Irish Politics, to commence on 1st September 2022. Closing date for receipt of completed applications is no later than 12 Noon GMT on Wednesday 4th May 2022.
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New Data CPD CoursesThe Department of Political Science is introducing 2 new CPD courses - Introduction to Computer Programming for Data Analysis I & Computer Programming for Data Analysis II - deadline to apply is April 20th