UCD Politics and International Relations
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Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026.
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
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Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
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Opening conversation on maritime security this evening @ucddublin.bsky.social in collaboration with French Embassy. Irish and French interests, Irish and French collaboration bilaterally and as EU partners to defend our shared waters.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Opening conversation on maritime security this evening @ucddublin.bsky.social in collaboration with French Embassy. Irish and French interests, Irish and French collaboration bilaterally and as EU partners to defend our shared waters.
CPCR Public Lecture: The burden of memory’ – collective identity, narrative and re-writing the past in Northern Ireland by Professor Jim McAuley
⏲️ 4pm, 19th November
📨 RSVP by email to dawn.walsh@ucd.ie by 1pm on the 17th November
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⏲️ 4pm, 19th November
📨 RSVP by email to dawn.walsh@ucd.ie by 1pm on the 17th November
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Public Lecture: The burden of memory’ – collective identity, narrative and re-writing the past in Northern Ireland by Professor Jim McAuley
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
CPCR Public Lecture: The burden of memory’ – collective identity, narrative and re-writing the past in Northern Ireland by Professor Jim McAuley
⏲️ 4pm, 19th November
📨 RSVP by email to dawn.walsh@ucd.ie by 1pm on the 17th November
www.ucd.ie/cpcr/newsand...
⏲️ 4pm, 19th November
📨 RSVP by email to dawn.walsh@ucd.ie by 1pm on the 17th November
www.ucd.ie/cpcr/newsand...
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It was wonderful to have been able to do the honours as 'introducer' for my former lecturer and old friend @ucddublin.bsky.social
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National University of Ireland Awards an Honorary Doctorate to Maurice Manning
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November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It was wonderful to have been able to do the honours as 'introducer' for my former lecturer and old friend @ucddublin.bsky.social
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🎖️Our former colleague, Dr Maurice Manning, received an Honorary Doctorate by the National University of Ireland on 6 November. SPIRe Professor, David Farrell @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social was invited to introduce him at his conferral.
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National University of Ireland Awards an Honorary Doctorate to Maurice Manning
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🎖️Our former colleague, Dr Maurice Manning, received an Honorary Doctorate by the National University of Ireland on 6 November. SPIRe Professor, David Farrell @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social was invited to introduce him at his conferral.
www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
Applications are open for two UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships💫
It covers:
☑️ Tuition fees (up to the non-EU rate)
☑️ A yearly stipend of €25,000
☑️ An annual research budget of €4,000
Deadline: 6 February 2026
@elisaadamico.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
It covers:
☑️ Tuition fees (up to the non-EU rate)
☑️ A yearly stipend of €25,000
☑️ An annual research budget of €4,000
Deadline: 6 February 2026
@elisaadamico.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Applications are open for two UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships💫
It covers:
☑️ Tuition fees (up to the non-EU rate)
☑️ A yearly stipend of €25,000
☑️ An annual research budget of €4,000
Deadline: 6 February 2026
@elisaadamico.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
It covers:
☑️ Tuition fees (up to the non-EU rate)
☑️ A yearly stipend of €25,000
☑️ An annual research budget of €4,000
Deadline: 6 February 2026
@elisaadamico.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
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📢 Applications are open for the UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship in Environmental and Climate-Related Risk!
Fully funded PhD under my supervision at @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social. Please reach out to me with any questions! 😊
Deadline: Feb 6, 2026
🔗 www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Fully funded PhD under my supervision at @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social. Please reach out to me with any questions! 😊
Deadline: Feb 6, 2026
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Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 Applications are open for the UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship in Environmental and Climate-Related Risk!
Fully funded PhD under my supervision at @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social. Please reach out to me with any questions! 😊
Deadline: Feb 6, 2026
🔗 www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Fully funded PhD under my supervision at @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social. Please reach out to me with any questions! 😊
Deadline: Feb 6, 2026
🔗 www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Join us for UCD Open Day this Saturday, 8 November!🤩 Our current students and staff will be there to answer all your questions. We hope to see you there!
Tá súil againn tú a fheiceáil ag Lá Oscailte UCD.
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Tá súil againn tú a fheiceáil ag Lá Oscailte UCD.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Join us for UCD Open Day this Saturday, 8 November!🤩 Our current students and staff will be there to answer all your questions. We hope to see you there!
Tá súil againn tú a fheiceáil ag Lá Oscailte UCD.
ucdopenday.ie
Tá súil againn tú a fheiceáil ag Lá Oscailte UCD.
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If you're in Paris this week join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Details here:
Details here:
Dictating the Agenda : The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
A conference organised to mark the publication of
www.sciencespo.fr
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you're in Paris this week join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Details here:
Details here:
Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026.
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026.
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
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🌐 Join @unsdsn.org at #SocialSummit2025 to learn about cross-border certification, skills mobility, and lifelong learning initiatives transforming the global labor market.
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#GreenSkills #CircularEconomy #VET #TVET
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#GreenSkills #CircularEconomy #VET #TVET
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🌐 Join @unsdsn.org at #SocialSummit2025 to learn about cross-border certification, skills mobility, and lifelong learning initiatives transforming the global labor market.
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#GreenSkills #CircularEconomy #VET #TVET
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#GreenSkills #CircularEconomy #VET #TVET
📢 LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS! Applications are open for our January Start Postgraduate Courses.
Short Courses:
🏫On-Campus Professional Certificates (4 Months)
⏲️2 hours of lectures per week
🔹Prof Cert in Quantitative Text Analysis
🔹Prof Cert in Programming for Social Scientists
Short Courses:
🏫On-Campus Professional Certificates (4 Months)
⏲️2 hours of lectures per week
🔹Prof Cert in Quantitative Text Analysis
🔹Prof Cert in Programming for Social Scientists
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📢 LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS! Applications are open for our January Start Postgraduate Courses.
Short Courses:
🏫On-Campus Professional Certificates (4 Months)
⏲️2 hours of lectures per week
🔹Prof Cert in Quantitative Text Analysis
🔹Prof Cert in Programming for Social Scientists
Short Courses:
🏫On-Campus Professional Certificates (4 Months)
⏲️2 hours of lectures per week
🔹Prof Cert in Quantitative Text Analysis
🔹Prof Cert in Programming for Social Scientists
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Thanks so much for having us - it was a great conversation!
🎙️ In our new podcast, @alexdukalskis.bsky.social and
@cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social argue that the project to spread liberalism around the world has caused a snapback, in which authoritarian regimes aim to capture and repurpose the actors, tools, and norms.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/aa6cs3vz
@cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social argue that the project to spread liberalism around the world has caused a snapback, in which authoritarian regimes aim to capture and repurpose the actors, tools, and norms.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/aa6cs3vz
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thanks so much for having us - it was a great conversation!
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If you’re in New York join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as we talk w/ @adamtooze.bsky.social about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Register here:
harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-l...
Register here:
harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-l...
Book Launch. "Dictating the Agenda"
Please join the Harriman Institute and the Committee on Global Thought for a book launch of "Dictating the Agenda" by Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis. Moderated by Adam Tooze.
harriman.columbia.edu
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you’re in New York join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as we talk w/ @adamtooze.bsky.social about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Register here:
harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-l...
Register here:
harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-l...
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Hey: check out this new article by @linettelim.bsky.social of @ucdpolitics.bsky.social on control of foreign journalists in China.
It’s Linette’s first solo-authored publication and it’s superb. She uses interviews to highlight less visible forms of control and journalist response.
It’s Linette’s first solo-authored publication and it’s superb. She uses interviews to highlight less visible forms of control and journalist response.
My first solo-authored publication is out in The International Journal of Press/Politics! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Based on 50+ interviews with foreign correspondents in China, it explores how authoritarian media control operates and the responses it provokes. (1/3)
Based on 50+ interviews with foreign correspondents in China, it explores how authoritarian media control operates and the responses it provokes. (1/3)
October 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hey: check out this new article by @linettelim.bsky.social of @ucdpolitics.bsky.social on control of foreign journalists in China.
It’s Linette’s first solo-authored publication and it’s superb. She uses interviews to highlight less visible forms of control and journalist response.
It’s Linette’s first solo-authored publication and it’s superb. She uses interviews to highlight less visible forms of control and journalist response.
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A good read by my @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social colleague @aidanregan.bsky.social
Aidan Regan: Our politics is caution dressed up as competence – it has to end to make any progress
www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
Aidan Regan: Our politics is caution dressed up as competence – it has to end to make any progress
www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
Aidan Regan: Our politics is caution dressed up as competence – it has to end to make any progress
www.businesspost.ie
October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A good read by my @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social colleague @aidanregan.bsky.social
Aidan Regan: Our politics is caution dressed up as competence – it has to end to make any progress
www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
Aidan Regan: Our politics is caution dressed up as competence – it has to end to make any progress
www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
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This is a really exciting French-Irish dialogue on European maritime security at @ucddublin.bsky.social Please register below if you wish to attend. Many thanks to the French Embassy in Ireland. @bentonra.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is a really exciting French-Irish dialogue on European maritime security at @ucddublin.bsky.social Please register below if you wish to attend. Many thanks to the French Embassy in Ireland. @bentonra.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
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Looking forward to giving along w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social the @nupinytt.bsky.social & Norwegian Centre for Geopolitics annual lecture in Oslo Wednesday.
“Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance”
Details & live stream:
“Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance”
Details & live stream:
Annual Lecture: Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance | NUPI
Based on their new book "Dictating the Agenda", Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis reveal the important authoritarian changes underway across various global governance domains.
www.nupi.no
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Looking forward to giving along w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social the @nupinytt.bsky.social & Norwegian Centre for Geopolitics annual lecture in Oslo Wednesday.
“Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance”
Details & live stream:
“Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance”
Details & live stream:
Great session at the PSAI Workshop on Methods in Political Theory last Friday!
Huge thanks to Professor Jonathan Floyd (University of Bristol) for leading a fascinating discussion on research methods.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
Huge thanks to Professor Jonathan Floyd (University of Bristol) for leading a fascinating discussion on research methods.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
October 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great session at the PSAI Workshop on Methods in Political Theory last Friday!
Huge thanks to Professor Jonathan Floyd (University of Bristol) for leading a fascinating discussion on research methods.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
Huge thanks to Professor Jonathan Floyd (University of Bristol) for leading a fascinating discussion on research methods.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
Co. Here Launch: A new EU-funded project that is reimaging refugee integration
Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth
Thursday 2 October 2025
5.30 – 7.30pm
Registration and Further Information ⬇️
www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth
Thursday 2 October 2025
5.30 – 7.30pm
Registration and Further Information ⬇️
www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
October 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Co. Here Launch: A new EU-funded project that is reimaging refugee integration
Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth
Thursday 2 October 2025
5.30 – 7.30pm
Registration and Further Information ⬇️
www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth
Thursday 2 October 2025
5.30 – 7.30pm
Registration and Further Information ⬇️
www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
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Here's a great opportunity to get training in using @issda.bsky.social #ISSDADataverse, the open source platform that enhances how users access, discover & work with archived #SocialScience data.
🗓️Thurs, 16 October
12-1pm
📍💻 online via Zoom
Register at Eventbrite issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie
🗓️Thurs, 16 October
12-1pm
📍💻 online via Zoom
Register at Eventbrite issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Here's a great opportunity to get training in using @issda.bsky.social #ISSDADataverse, the open source platform that enhances how users access, discover & work with archived #SocialScience data.
🗓️Thurs, 16 October
12-1pm
📍💻 online via Zoom
Register at Eventbrite issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie
🗓️Thurs, 16 October
12-1pm
📍💻 online via Zoom
Register at Eventbrite issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie
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Tremendous inaugural event for @ucdpolitics.bsky.social alumni association tonight… looking at the Presidency. Great Q&A after two tremendous and well moderated contributions. Make your connection via LinkedIn
September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Tremendous inaugural event for @ucdpolitics.bsky.social alumni association tonight… looking at the Presidency. Great Q&A after two tremendous and well moderated contributions. Make your connection via LinkedIn
SPIRe's Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social talked about his new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics on the RTE Behind the Story podcast this weekend.
Check it out here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
Check it out here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
Podcast: Rising authoritarianism, Kneecap and Eurovision
An expert in international relations has told RTÉ's Behind the Story podcast it is "extremely alarming" that Donald Trump has the full force of the US government behind him for another three years.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
SPIRe's Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social talked about his new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics on the RTE Behind the Story podcast this weekend.
Check it out here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
Check it out here: www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
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This is some tremendous research… excited to see it develop here @ucdpolitics.bsky.social Delighted too to welcome @monikadesilva.bsky.social and if you have an EU foreign policy interest, give her a follow!
I am spending this semester as a visiting researcher at @ucdpolitics.bsky.social hosted by @bentonra.bsky.social .
There is more in the making on gender and international relations. Also, stay tuned for new projects.
And say 'hi' if you are in Ireland.
There is more in the making on gender and international relations. Also, stay tuned for new projects.
And say 'hi' if you are in Ireland.
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is some tremendous research… excited to see it develop here @ucdpolitics.bsky.social Delighted too to welcome @monikadesilva.bsky.social and if you have an EU foreign policy interest, give her a follow!
UCD Centre for Sustainable Development hosted the conference, which was co-organised with the African Development Bank and supported by Irish Aid and Research Ireland.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
UCD Centre for Sustainable Development hosted the conference, which was co-organised with the African Development Bank and supported by Irish Aid and Research Ireland.
Read more⬇️
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Read more⬇️
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New paper in Computational Communication Research with James Cross, @derekgreene.bsky.social & Martijn Schoonvelde: “Mapping Digital Campaign Strategies: How Political Candidates Use Social Media to Communicate Constituency Connection and Policy Stance”
PDF (open access): doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
PDF (open access): doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
September 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
New paper in Computational Communication Research with James Cross, @derekgreene.bsky.social & Martijn Schoonvelde: “Mapping Digital Campaign Strategies: How Political Candidates Use Social Media to Communicate Constituency Connection and Policy Stance”
PDF (open access): doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
PDF (open access): doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...