News

As it becomes available, you can find here brief news items from the PSAI such as details of upcoming PSAI events, information on how PSAI can support its members and new publications by PSAI members.

PSAI Focus

The Interest Groups and Lobbying Specialist Group of the PSAI is holding a one-day conference at Dublin City University on Friday 23 April 2010. If you are interested in proposing a paper or attending, please download the conference information flyer

The conference is free for PSAI members and all students. For other attendees, there is a registration fee of €50/£35 (to cover one year membership of PSAI, including a subscription to our journal, Irish Political Studies).

Sessions will include panels on Irish interest groups, lobbying regulation, the development of the lobbying industry in both parts of Ireland, and papers on lobbying and interest groups in other nations/political systems. As well as the academic panels, we will have guest speakers from politics, journalism and the lobbying profession.

PSAI Basil Chubb Prize

The 2009 Basil Chubb prize for best PhD thesis at an Irish university in 2009 has been awarded to Dr. Oliver Feeney of the School of Political Science and Sociology at NUI, Galway for his thesis 'Equality of whom? A Genetic perspective on equality of Opportunity', supervised by Dr. Pete Morriss.

More details can be found here

PSAI Reports

The Political Studies Association of Ireland has submitted the response paper below to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the current proposal to establish a new Leaving Certificate course in social and political education:

• PSAI response paper

PSAI Support

The PSAI offers several schemes designed to support members of the Association:

• PSAI Support for Book Launches
• PSAI Postgraduate Support
• Anna Lindt Foundation

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern with the authors of All Politics is Local Dr Liam Weeks and Dr Aodh Quinlivan.

PSAI Book Prize 2010
For Best Book Published in Political Science in 2009

The PSAI awards an annual prize for the best book published in political science by a member of the Political Studies Association of Ireland. The prize is awarded each year at the annual conference.

The 2010 competition is open to single-authored and jointly-authored books written by PSAI members and published in 2009. Nominations for the book prize are sough each year in May.

• Find out More
• Nominations Form

PSAI Publications

A wide range of back issues of PSAI publications are now available for purchase by members. Subject to availability, the following publications can be obtained:

• Days of Blue Loyalty
• How Ireland Voted 1987
• How Ireland Voted 1989
• How Ireland Voted 1992
• Irish Elections 1922-1944: Results and Analysis
• Irish Elections 1948-1977: Results and Analysis - Flyer
• Irish Political Studies Reader
• Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 5th Ed.


• Irish Political Studies (from Volume 2 1987 to Volume 12 1997, plus Volume 14 1999.

Copies of the journal cost €10 each, or 3 issues for €25.

Anyone wishing to order publications can email Theresa at t.reidy@ucc.ie.