Welcome to the PSAI

The Political Studies Association of Ireland promotes the study of politics both in and of Ireland.

PSAI Postgraduate Conference 2012 - register now
The Postgraduate Conference 2012 will be hosted by the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and will take place on 22-23rd June 2012. The headline theme for this conference will be "Political Institutions: Continuity and Change". Find out more now.

PSAI 2012 Annual Conference - call for papers
The 2012 Annual Conference will be hosted by the University Of Ulster, Magee Campus, Londonderry, and will take place on 19-21 October 2012 in the City Hotel, Queen's Quay. The headline theme for this conference will be "Politics, Culture and Society in a Changing Ireland". Read the call for papers.

We hope you find this website a useful resource. Using the categories on the left hand side of this page, you can access information about:

• the Association
• our peer-reviewed journal Irish Political Studies
• our current news and recent newsletters
• PSAI conferences and publications
• the various schemes through which we support PSAI members
• the Basil Chubb Prize for PhD theses
• PSAI membership
• the Specialist Groups which the PSAI supports
• further sources of information on politics in and of Ireland

We're always happy to hear from members and non-members alike. Just send any questions/comments about the PSAI and its activities to the Association's Secretary, Bernadette Connaughton at Bernadette.Connaughton@ul.ie.

Alternatively, you can write to: Bernadette Connaughton at Bernadette.Connaughton@ul.ie, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; or call +353 61 202792.