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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 2024) we are a progressive department that combines intensive research activity with the strongest commitment to high-quality teaching.
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News
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Prof Thomas Chadefaux Receives ERC FundingThomas Chadefaux has received European Research Council funding for his project AICAP (Artificial Intelligence for Conflict Analysis and Prediction), analysing real-time geopolitical, economic, and behavioural data to forecast patterns in conflict development. -
Trinity Teaching Awards 2024-25Congratulations to Professor Raj Chari on receiving the 2025 Inspiring Educator Award from Trinity College Dublin! The Inspiring Educator Award recognises those who have made a significant contribution to enhancing teaching excellence, inspiring and motivating students to learn and inspiring colleagues to enhance their own practice. -
2024/25 Dermot McAleese TA AwardsA huge congratulations to Sofia Jesus who won the 2024/25 edition of the Dermot McAleese TA Award for Political Science, for assisting with the Introduction to Political Science A module. She was nominated for this award by Dr Ross Gildea. These awards recognise outstanding contirbutions to undergraduate teaching across the School.
Recent Publications
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Dr Raj Chari guest-edits Interests Groups and Advocacy journal and publishes new articleDr Raj Chari has guest-edited for the journal Interest Groups and Advocacy in a special issue called New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation and Reform. He has also written a paper that introduces the journal. Click here to read it. -
More Publications
New paper in Journal of Political Science Education"Designing Politics and IR Assessments in the Era of AI"- Co-written by Dr Matthias Dilling & Dr Leah Owen
