News Archive : Academic Year 2015-2016

On 27 May Professor Michael Marsh was inducted as a member of the Royal Irish Academy, having been elected as one of 22 new members admitted in 2016 in recognition of his outstanding research.

On 25 May Dr Michelle D'Arcy was one of three lecturers across the whole of College presented with a Provost's Teaching Award in recognition of her outstanding teaching and her dedication to her students both as a teacher and a mentor.

The Department congratulates Christopher McMahon (Law and Political Science). Christopher is the inaugural winner of the Ronald J Hill prize awarded annually for performance in Schol in honour of Professor Ron Hill, a distinguished member of the department from 1969 to 2007.

The Department congratulates the four undergraduate students of Political Science elected as Scholars on 11 April 2016: Samuel Michael Browne (History and Political Science), Sophie Donnelly (PPES), Anna Katariina Kylkilahti (BESS) and Christopher McMahon (Law and Political Science). Christopher McMahon is the inaugural winner of the Ronald J Hill prize awarded annually for performance in Schol in honour of Professor Ron Hill, a distinguished member of the department from 1969 to 2007.

Professor Raj Chari, appearing as an expert witness before the Scottish Standards, Procedures & Public Appointments Committee, evaluated the draft Scottish Lobbying Regulation Bill, identifying its strengths and highlighting remaining room for improvement (see from 55.50 in the linked video).

1st prize was awarded to Dr Constantine Boussalis (Trinity College Dublin) and Dr Travis Coan (University of Exeter) for their paper entitled “Tracing the Narrative of Hate in the Rising Greek Far-Right”, which offers a ground-breaking model for the analysis of party policies.

Dr. Peter Stone to speak in Istanbul on Saturday, 31 October.

Dr Constantine Boussalis publishes an article on the electoral performance of Golden Dawn in Greek Politics Specialist Group's "First thoughts on the 20 September 2015 election in Greece" (PDF).

The Irish Times: "Unthinkable: Should college places be awarded by lottery? Using a lottery is preferable to distributing goods based on ‘bad reasons’, argues political scientist Dr Peter Stone." Article published Tuesday 29 September.

Congratulations to Dr. Tom Louwerse who has won the prestigious APSA Political Organizations and Parties Emerging Scholar Award 2015. The award is given to a scholar whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.