Monthly Archives: April 2013

SPIRe Seminar Week 12: “Public Relations Unit and the formation of anti-narcotic ideology.”

SPIRe’s week twelve seminar will feature SPIRe PhD student Thitiwut Boonyawongwiwat presenting his research on “Public Relations Unit and the formation of anti-narcotic ideology.” from 12:00-13:00 Wednesday, April 24th  in G316 Newman Building, UCD Belfield.  All are welcome. Abstract The anti- … Continue reading

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SPIRe Seminar Week 11: “From Tiger to PIIGS. Ireland and the use of heuristics in comparative political economy.””

SPIRe’s week ten seminar will feature SPIRe’s Drs. Samuel Brazys and Niamh Hardiman presenting on their research on “From Tiger to PIIGS.  Ireland and the use of heuristics in comparative political economy.” from 12:00-13:00 Wednesday, April 17th  in G316 Newman … Continue reading

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SPIRe Seminar Week 10: “Crisis as choice: Comparing Typologies of Political Identity in the European Union”

SPIRe’s week ten seminar will feature SPIRe’s Dr. Paul Gillespie  presenting on his research “Crisis as choice: Comparing Typologies of Political Identity in the European Union” from 12:00-13:00 Wednesday, April 10th  in G316 Newman Building, UCD Belfield.  All are welcome. … Continue reading

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There’s more to democracy than polling day: Citizen engagement between elections

Last November I was invited to give a keynote address to a Forum on Electoral Research organized by the Australian Electoral Commission. The principal theme of the two-day event was citizen engagement, with most of the papers focused on the … Continue reading

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