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Conferences
The PSAI holds two conferences each year. Our main conference (and AGM) takes place each October, and we have a Postgraduate Conference which takes place separately.
PSAI Annual Conference
The 2011 Annual Conference was being hosted by University College Dublin and took place on 21-23 October 2011 in the Royal Irish Academy and Newman House in Dublin city centre. The headline theme for this conference was "Political Reform in Ireland". The Full programme and a summary sheet are now available for the annual conference.
The 2010 Annual Conference was hosted by the School of Media of the Dublin Institute of Technology on 8-10th October 2010. The headline theme for this conference was "Communicating Politics", and it was held in the Aungier Street complex, in Dublin's city-centre.
The 2009 Annual Conference was hosted by the Department of Politics and History at Liverpool Hope University, UK, on the 9-11th October 2009. This was the very first time that the PSAI's annual conference was held outside Ireland and in recognition of this, we had chosen as a headline theme for the conference "Political Relationships between Britain and Ireland".
The 2008 Annual Conference was hosted by the School of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway, on 17-19th October 2008. The conference highlighted the theme of the politics of peace and conflict. The final programme for the conference is available.
The 2007 annual conference was organised by the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, was held from 19-21 October 2007 at Isaac's Hotel in Dublin. Many of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the PSAI took place here - including the launch of a new Irish Political Studies Reader published by Routledge.
The 2006 Annual Conference was hosted by University College Cork on the 20-22 October. Details of the papers presented can be found here:
For Departments interesting in hosting future PSAI annual conferences, a background note on the practicalities is available:
PSAI Postgraduate Conference
The PSAI Postgraduate Conference 2011 was hosted by the Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin on 15-16th September, 2011. The theme of the conference was "Generational Turnover of Political Elites: How is generational change defined, how does it occur and what, if any are the consequences?".
The 2010 Postgraduate Conference took place at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University of Belfast on 17-18th September 2010. The theme for the conference was "Political Transformation in Post-Conflict Societies", and the final programme is now available.
The 2009 Postgraduate Conference took place at University College Cork on the 24-25th April 2009. The final programme for the conference is available.
The 2008 Postgraduate Conference took place at University College Dublin's School of Politics and International Relations on 25th and 26th April 2008. The Preliminary programme for the confernce is available.
The 2007 Postgraduate Conference was hosted by Trinity College Dublin. Details of the papers presented can be found here (some papers are available to download and are highlighted):
The 2006 Postgraduate Conference was hosted by Queen's University Belfast. Details of the papers presented can be found here: