School of Law & Government, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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I am a Lecturer in Government at the School of Law and Government and Director of the Centre for International Studies at Dublin City University. My research focuses on the political economy of legislative organization and in particular on how electoral incentives shape representatives’ preferences, the internal structures of parliaments, executive oversight and the production of public policy. I maintain a strong interest in Irish politics and sit on the Editorial Board of Irish Political Studies.


I hold a BA in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin and an MBS and PhD from Dublin City University (Business School). I have taught at the University of California, San Diego and the Pennsylvania State University and held a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Trinity College Dublin.

I currently serves as Co-Convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments and was founding Co-Director of the European Summer School on Parliaments and am a member of the Editorial Board of Legisaltive Studies Quarterly (2012-15).

I received the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at DCU and am currently President of the DCU Comedy Society
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