The Department of Political Science, TrinityCollege, Dublin is pleased to organise the

2003 Annual Conference of the 

POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION of IRELAND

This year’s conference takes place in Dublin, at The Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links in the seaside town of Portmarnock, just north of Dublin city, close to Dublin airport. The PSAI Conference is on from the 17th-19th October 2003. 

The conference focuses on issues of importance to politics in Ireland- north and south, as well as some more general themes of interest. 

Call for Papers

Papers are welcome for any of the panels and those interested in proposing a paper can send their proposal directly to the chair of the relevant panel by July 1st. Other enquiries can be made to Eoin O’Malley (omallee@tcd.ie). The Panels and their chairs include;

  • Women and Politics in Ireland
Yvonne Galligan (QUB) y.galligan@qub.ac.uk
  • Political philosophy/ theory
Mark Haugaard (UCG) Mark.Haugaard@nuigalway.ie
  • Terrorism and political violence
Garrett O’Boyle (TCD) oboyleg@tcd.ie
  • International relations
Luke Ashworth (UL) Luke.Ashworth@ul.ie
  • Irish electoral behaviour and general election 2002
Michael Marsh (TCD) mmarsh@tcd.ie
  • The politics of political institutions
Robert Elgie (DCU) robert.elgie@dcu.ie
  • Northern Ireland – Unionist perspectives
Paul Bew (QUB) 
  • Northern Ireland – Republican perspectives
Arthur Aughey (UUJ) a.aughey@ulster.ac.uk
  • Politics and public management in Ireland
Neil Collins (UCC) n.collins@ucc.ie
  • European Union Politics/ Irish Foreign Policy
Ben Tonra (UCD) Ben.Tonra@ucd.ie

The Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) was founded in 1982 to promote the study of politics in and of Ireland. It organises an annual conference each autumn and publishes Irish Political Studies with Frank Cass. It also sponsors other meetings, organises research activities and publishes books on Irish politics. The Association has over 200 members.

Website: http://www.politics.tcd.ie/psai