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University College Dublin, Ireland

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University College Dublin

University College Dublin is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities. A University with over 160 years of heritage, it is currently ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide.

UCD is Ireland's most globally engaged university, recognised for its excellence in teaching and learning. As Ireland’s largest university, it welcomes over 38,000 students drawn from 152 countries, including over 5,000 students based at locations outside of Ireland.

The University's main Dublin campus occupies an extensive parkland estate of 133 hectares, offering world-leading facilities, and great walking trails. The campus provides students with access to a thriving, English-speaking European capital city, which is among the safest in the world and is renowned for its welcome as much as it is for its vibrancy.

College of Social Sciences and Law

The UCD College of Social Sciences and Law is situated at the heart of UCD’s main campus. It is home to over 6,000 students and is the largest and most comprehensive in Ireland for study and research across Social Sciences and Law disciplines.

As a leading centre for education and research in Ireland the College has eleven academic Schools and a number of associated Research Centres, which encompass the widest range of Social Sciences and Law programmes.

The 11 Schools include Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, Information & Communication Studies, Law, Philosophy, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Sociology and Social Policy, Social Work & Social Justice.

SPIRe

The School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) is a dynamic, multi-faceted and highly-international school offering exciting and professionally-valuable programmes of study at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our academic staff are engaged in cutting-edge research on a wide variety of political issues, including ethno-political conflict, human rights, political economy and international development, party and electoral politics, politics and data science, deliberative democracy, and Ireland's role in the European Union.

History

  • 1855 – The first Chair of Politics is appointed
  • 1906 – The creation of the Department of Ethics and Politics
  • 1989 – The department is renamed as the Department of Politics
  • 2006 – The School of Politics and International Relations is formed as a result of a merger of the Department of Politics together with the Dublin European Institute and the Centre for Development Studies, creating the largest centre of politics in Ireland

The School is home to six research centres: the UN-linked Centre for Sustainable Development Solutions, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Research, the Centre for Connected Politics, and the new Centre for Democracy Research. It also hosts the Peter Mair Library on comparative and party politics.

Local Organising Committee

The local hosts from the University College Dublin work alongside the ECPR Events Team in organising the 2024 General Conference.

David Farrell, MRIA
Professor of Politics

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Caitriona Dowd
Assistant Professor

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Johan Dornschneider-Elkink
Associate Professor

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Alexander Dukalskis
Associate Professor

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Joseph Dillon
Senior Executive Officer

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