About

Associate Professor and Head of the School of Politics & International Relations at University College Dublin, with a teaching focus on quantitative and computational research methods, as well as research design. Research includes work on the international diffusion of democracy, spatial econometric analysis, network analysis, autocracies, and voting behaviour, especially in referendums.

Research Interests

China, Comparative Politics, Democratisation, Elites, Political Methodology, Knowledge, Methods, Quantitative, Electoral Behaviour, Political Regime, Power, Voting Behaviour, Big Data, Empirical, Influence

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Networks
• Comparative Political Institutions
• Elites and Political Leadership
• Political Methodology
• Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour in a Comparative Perspective