Conferences

2021 PSAI Annual Conference

PSAI 2021: Call for Papers

The Annual Conference will take place at University College Dublin over the weekend of the 8th–9th October 2021. The conference will be hosted by the School of Politics and International Relations.

We invite paper and panel (3–5 papers) proposals from all areas of the discipline. Specialist groups are particularly encouraged to organise and submit panel proposals.

Submission deadline: 7th of July 2021

More details can be found here

Recent hosts have been:

2020-online event

2019-National University of Ireland, Maynooth

2018 – University of Limerick

2017 – Dublin City University

2016 – Queens University Belfast

2015 – University College Cork

2014 – National University of Ireland, Galway

2013 – Trinity College Dublin

2012 – University of Ulster, Magee

2011 – University College Dublin

2010 – Dublin Institute of Technology

We also host a biennial Postgraduate Conference. Recent hosts have been:

2020- University of Limerick

2018- University College Dublin

2016 – Queens University Belfast

2014 – Dublin City University

2012 – National University of Ireland, Maynooth

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How Ireland’s response to the pandemic is impacted by austerity era reductions 31/03/2021
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Irish feminists need to mobilise for a post-pandemic future built on an ethic of public care 12/03/2021
By Pauline Cullen and Mary Murphy, Maynooth University Women’s voices in Ireland have not been heard during the pandemic. Covid Women’s Voices, a diverse range of female workers observe daily the gendered realities of the pandemic and call for publicly funded childcare for frontline workers, in-person schooling for children of essential workers, and special protections for care workers…
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Opinion polls and civil war politics 03/03/2021
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Bad questions or sour grapes? 26/02/2021
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