Welcome to the PSAI

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

PSAI 2013 Annual Conference
The 2013 Annual Conference will be hosted by Trinity College Dublin, and will take place on 18 - 20 October 2013. The headline theme for the conference and a call for papers will follow shortly. Find out more now..

PSAI prizes awarded

• 2012 Brian Farrell Book Prize:
  Political Parties and Democratic Linkage: How Parties Organize Democracy by Russell J. Dalton, David M. Farrell, Ian McAllister published by Oxford University Press, 2011
• PSAI Teaching and Learning Award awarded to Dr Jacqueline Hayden, Department of Political Science, TCD
• 2012 Basil Chubb PhD Prize awarded to Dr Iosif Kovras (PhD completed at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, QUB). The title of his thesis is Unearthing the Truth: The Politics of Exhumations in Cyprus and Spain.

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, Fiona Buckley at f.buckley@ucc.ie.

Alternatively, you can write to: Fiona Buckley at f.buckley@ucc.ie, Department of Government, O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland; or call +353 21 4903237