Official account of the UCD School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe). University College Dublin @ucddublin | Bluesky: @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
⏳ One month left to apply for the SPIRe Masters Graduate Scholarship!
📅 Deadline: Monday, 15 June 2026
🎓 Note: You must hold a firm or conditional offer for our Master's programme at the time of application.
👇 Apply here:
https://t.co/HAHDyUMZJv
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: https://t.co/MxLbbY1F0p
On the latest @IrishTimes Inside Politics podcast, our colleague Aidan Regan (@Aidan_Regan) identifies a trap in modern democratic politics.
🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/a5gf29g0x3
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to kick off at a moment of geopolitical strain.
Council Senior Nonresident Fellow @CooleyOnEurasia joins @ucdpolitics' @AlexDukalskis to break down what to watch for beyond the pitch.
Read the full Council Q&A ➡️ https://t.co/dOKbt9tEgL
The MSc Sustainable Development (Online) Webinar is back! Join Programme Director Prof Patrick Paul Walsh for our summer series starting Friday, 12 June.
🗓️ Every second Friday at 1:00 pm
🎓 All prospective & incoming students welcome!
💻Register here https://t.co/hpeyLKeAn0
💼 Job Opportunity:
We’re hiring a temporary Teaching Fellow in International Political Economy 🌍📈
⏳ Fixed-term until 30 June 2027.
⏰ Closes: 12:00 noon (Irish time), 11 June.
Apply here 👇 https://t.co/MPHuZhP4De
A new study by our colleague, Dr James Cross, examining AI chatbots responding to questions ahead of Irish by-elections found some failed to answer basic questions about the contests, and that significant problems emerged when tasked with more complex political questions.
Check out the video for the "EMPOWER-ME" project (https://t.co/XzRoQ4vZKK), led by our colleague, Prof Supriya Garikipati and funded by Research Ireland! 🎬👇
https://t.co/ISJcuQPHt0
🚨 New research alert!
Our colleague Dr Krishna Vadlamannati and his co-author have just published a new paper in World Development.
"Unintended Consequences of Externally Aided Projects on Fiscal Transfers: A Subnational Study of India"
Read more: https://t.co/JSe959MNXs
Early Bird Registration now OPEN until 1 June.
DSA2026 conference (8-10 July) will be organised and hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Development, UCD SPIRe.
The conference convenors are Prof Supriya Garikipati and Dr Caitriona Dowd of UCD.
https://t.co/zZZVGEN07E
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: https://t.co/kZpU2ShPop
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: https://t.co/EUxx28IOTJ
PSAI Computational Methods Panels Call for Papers [Deadline: 23 June]
The Political Studies Association of Ireland Specialist Group in Computational Methods invites paper submissions for the Annual Conference, which will be hosted by the University College Cork on 16-18 Oct 2026
Podcast of my discussion of politicians & props with David McCullagh @RTERadio1 https://t.co/DE4sM8sNw8 in which I massively mispronounce Ceann Comhairle on national radio (not for the first time). Television viewers will have seen David's withering and well-deserved side-eye.
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: 👉 https://t.co/ATTNNBP0Sc
#FoodSecurity
Happy Friday and happy long weekend!
Our Graduate Administrator, Yuko, was nominated for the College Principal’s Award for excellence in service. Thank you to our colleagues in the College Office for recognising the contributions of both professional and academic staff!
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 👏🙌
https://t.co/f8Zwak7Df6
If you are in Tokyo, come along to @waseda_univ on Tuesday April 28th for a talk I'll give based on my book w/ @CooleyOnEurasia
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Many thanks to @tkobyashi for hosting and organizing!
https://t.co/jmoZN4xp9K