Welcome to the PSAI

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

PSA Conference 2012
The 62nd Annual Conference of the UK’s Political Studies Association will be hosted in Belfast in 2012. This is the first time in 15 years that the PSA conference has been held on the island of Ireland and we do hope that you will all attend. Further details are available here.

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.