Huge congratulations Dr @linettelim.bsky.social !!!

I defended my dissertation at @ucdpolitics.bsky.social! Thanks to exam comm- @newsprof1.bsky.social, @jelkink.bsky.social & @dawnwalsh.bsky.social, supervisor @alexdukalskis.bsky.social, RSP members @sbrazys-ucd.bsky.social & @stefanmueller.bsky.social, & to @researchireland.ie for funding my work 🎓

🐦Early Bird Registration now OPEN until 1 June DSA2026 conference will take place as a hybrid conference and will be organised and hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Development, UCD SPIRe. The conference convenors are Professor Supriya Garikipati and Dr Caitriona Dowd of UCD.

We’re thrilled to announce that our colleague Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink and her co-author are winners of this year's Will H. Moore Award from the Peace Science Society (International)! 🏆 Read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Comhghairdeas leat, Steffi 🙌

"Why Digital Financial Access Does Not Guarantee Women’s Adoption" A new article by our colleague Prof Supriya Garikipati and her co-authors dives into the "social conditions" that matter more than just infrastructure in India. Full article: www.policyedge.in/p/why-digita...

Some cracking papers @ria.ie at the annual conference of the Academy’s Standing Committee on International Affairs

📢 Job Opportunity: We are hiring a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in European Comparative Politics (Temporary Fixed Term 3 Years) 🗓️ Closing Date: 12pm, 19 May 2026 Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #AcademicJobs #Politics #UCD

New report launch! 🚨 Research Ireland-funded project led by Caitriona Dowd (SPIRe) reveals a vital truth: gendered food justice cannot wait until after the peace. 3 years | 5 countries | 3 continents Read the full synthesis report: 👉 genderhungerpeace.com #FoodSecurity

Happy Friday and happy long weekend! Our Graduate Taught Administrator, Yuko, was nominated for the College Principal’s Award for excellence in service. Thank you to our @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social colleagues for recognising the vital contributions of both professional and academic staff.

Delighted to share the news that @ucdpolitics.bsky.social is joined with nine other partners led by KU Leuven in a multi year EU-funded project to answer the question of how the EU can establish itself as an open and strategically autonomous actor ensuring its security across multiple policy realms.

If you are in Seoul later today join me at SKKU where I’ll talk about my book w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics professor.skku.edu/psd/news.do

Massive congratulations to our colleague, Associate Professor Lucia Tiscornia, on being awarded Early Career Researcher of the Year by UCD Social Sciences, in recognition of her rapidly growing international research profile 👏🙌 Maith thú, a Lucia, tá sé tuillte go maith agat!

来週4/28(火)、アレックス・デュカルスキー准教授が早稲田大学のワークショップに参加します！どなたでもご参加いただけ、事前登録は不要です。ぜひお越しください。 さらに4/29・30にはUCD政治学科の大学院検討者向けウェビナーも開催。現地の生の情報が聞けるチャンスです。詳細と事前登録はこちらから👇 www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...

The School of Politics and International Relations is hiring an Assistant Professor (fixed-term, 3 years) in European Comparative Politics. Deadline: 19 May 2026 Job ad and details: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... @ucdpolitics.bsky.social

📣 FINAL Politics & Int. Relations Webinar Series! 🗓️ Wed 29 April, 12pm 🗓️ Thurs 30 April, 1pm Prospective students & offer holders: Join our Programme Directors and current students for our final sessions of the year! 🎓 Register here: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...

📢 Job Opportunity: We are hiring a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in European Comparative Politics (Temporary Fixed Term 3 Years) 🗓️ Closing Date: 12pm, 19 May 2026 Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #AcademicJobs #Politics #UCD

How does political competition drive fuel taxes? ⛽️ Check out this new article by Dr Krishna Vadlamannati: "Price wars: Political competition and fuel taxes in subnational India." Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PoliticalEconomy #India

🧑‍🎓 We are delighted to announce that the new MSc Human Rights Scholarship scheme is now open for the September 2026 intake, thanks to a generous donation from an alumnus. Scholarship Value: A full fee remission (for both EU and non-EU students).

New article on “Interview Analysis with Cognitive Maps” in #Qualitative #Psychology: The piece shows how cognitive mapping reveals the reasoning behind people’s words - turning interviews into structured stories of belief, inference, and decisions. doi.org/10.1037/qup0...

🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓Masters Webinar for prospecive students and offer holders – 12pm on Wednesday 15 April. Meet our Programme Directors, students, and alumni to learn about our programmes and career outcomes. Join the live Q&A! Register here: www.ucd.ie/socscilaw/st...

Tá mé bródúil asat, Lucas @lucasmprado.bsky.social 👏

Top 100 in the World! 🏆 SPIRe is ranked in the Top 100 globally in the latest QS ranking by subject! Plus, we’re leading Ireland in research impact (citations) for Political Science. 📖✨ #QSWorldRankings www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓Masters Webinar for prospecive students and offer holders – 12pm on Wednesday 15 April. Meet our Programme Directors, students, and alumni to learn about our programmes and career outcomes. Join the live Q&A! Register here: www.ucd.ie/socscilaw/st...

Join us for our first APSG-APSA Democracy & Autocracy roundtable! With Anya Schiffrin (@columbiasipa.bsky.social), Bardia Rahmani (Harvard), Erin Baggott Carter (USC, @hooverinstitution.bsky.social), @linettelim.bsky.social (@ucdpolitics.bsky.social) and @scottrw630.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk).

The Observer Effect Podcast: A Fair Society: Why Aidan Regan is focused on wealth inequality Organised Crime and Violent Policing: Why Lucia Tiscornia investigates transitional justice 🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4ysNczV...

Tremendous kudos to my @ucdpolitics.bsky.social colleague Maksym Skrypnyk - an outstanding early career scholar.

New Analysis: In his latest piece for The Defense Post, Dr Krishna Vadlamannati explores why India quietly prefers a weaker Iran over outright regime change. "For India, the risk isn’t Iran as it is - it’s what comes next." Read the full article here: thedefensepost.com/2026/03/18/i...

Top political scientists, including our own Prof. David Farrell @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social have nominated Korea’s “citizen collective” for the Nobel Peace Prize. Their peaceful “Revolution of Light” stopped a martial law crisis in 2024. #NobelPeacePrize english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

Positive contact dominates Jewish–Palestinian interactions in mixed Israeli neighborhoods. Even in conflict and war, research suggests everyday interactions are often more positive than commonly assumed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Happy Friday! SPIRe Masters Graduate Scholarship 2026 is now open for applications! We are also delighted to announce the new MSc Human Rights Scholarship scheme - further details will follow. For news and updates, check out: www.ucd.ie/spire/

Thanks for having us Mark!

It was wonderful meeting so many prospective students yesterday! 👋 We’ll be hosting more online events for offer holders & prospective students: 🔹15 April: Graduate Taught Webinar 🔹29 & 30 April: Programme Director Talks + Q&A session. Further details will follow.

15 years after the Arab Spring: why did people protest then, but not now? Hot, hopeful emotions spark protest. Cool safety concerns keep people at home. Hot Contention 👉 bit.ly/hotcontention @academic.oup.com @ucdpolitics.bsky.social www.almendron.com/tribuna/its-...

UCD Postgraduate Open Day 🎓 🗓️12-5 pm, Tuesday 24 February 🏛️O'Reilly Hall Register here 👇 www.ucd.ie/graduateadmi... It’s the perfect chance to chat with staff and current students about our wide range of study options. #UCD #Postgrad #Politics #InternationalRelations

📻 @kevcunningham.bsky.social and I talked about the state of the parties, public opinion, and the nature of Irish by-elections with @mcculld.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning. ➡️ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Congratulations to Dr Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social on being a runner-up in the Research Impact Awards! 🏆 His work on the Irish Polling Indicator turns numbers into insight for society and policymakers. Maith thú! 👏 youtu.be/rq9C_i1EWZ0?...

Check out this new paper by @ucdpolitics.bsky.social PhD candidate @linettelim.bsky.social on how and why Chinese authorities portray foreign media as a threat, and why it matters.

Congratulations to our colleague, Dr Alexander Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social on receiving the UCD Dean of Graduate Studies Award for Excellence in Doctoral Supervision! 🏆🎓 www.ucd.ie/graduatestud... Comhghairdeas leat, a Alex 🙌

Everyday opposition in authoritarian settings shows that people neither fearfully endure nor loyally support the regime. Now out in Handbook on Opposition Politics, edited by O’Malley, Cavatorta, and Baturo: doi.org/10.4337/9781... DM me for a copy of the chapter.

"Will Trump expose Europe's hypocrisy? Dr Krishna Vadlamannati explores this critical question in today's Irish Examiner. Read the full article here: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Terrific seminar @ucdpolitics.bsky.social with Dr Maksym Skrypnyk (UCD), speaking on the topic of "The Functions of Russian Food Weaponisation in Ukraine.”

🗳️🤖 Many congratulations to Associate Professor Stefan Müller of the UCD School of Politics and International Relations on securing a Una Europa seed funding grant for the project Democracy and AI. 👏 @stefanmueller.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social @unaeuropa.bsky.social

Connected_Politics Lab Seminars, Spring Trimester ⤵️ - 28 Jan: @jessicadicocco.bsky.social – 11 Feb: Akitaka Matsuo – 25 Feb: @malojan.bsky.social, @luissattelmayer.bsky.social, and Noémie Piolat – 4 Mar: @vivifabrien.bsky.social – 1 Apr: @elisaadamico.bsky.social – 15 Apr: @miriamsorace.bsky.social

An Irish journalist reflects on being in the press pool for a state visit to China: “We were strongly warned not to attempt to interview anyone out in public and that if we did so we risked detention.” This is the gov Ireland seems so keen to jump into bed with. (I gave quotes for this story)

Speaking to RTÉ News, Dr Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social thinks "China likes that Ireland is not in NATO, an organisation that along with Russia it dislikes". Read the full article 👉Taoiseach's China visit tests Ireland's global position www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

“Mapping China’s Influence at the United Nations.” by Shing-hon Lam & Courtney J. Fung in @the-peio.bsky.social (2025) #WinterReading link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢 A New Article📄 "The political business cycle of petroleum taxes: An analysis of Indian states" by Assoc Professor Krishna Vadlamannati Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@ucdpolitics.bsky.social seminar series programme for Spring 2026 is ready! 📅 Wednesdays, 12:00 (Dublin time), in a hybrid format (webinar open to all!) 👉 You can register here: bit.ly/SPIReSeminar Please join us and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested.

The Indo Daily: Dr Alexander Dukalskis argues that “China sees Ireland as a potentially friendly voice in the European Union... China likes that Ireland is not in NATO and is militarily neutral. China has a deep distrust and dislike for NATO.” Listen now.