In November, Professor David Farrell was presented with a ‘conference ambassador award’ by Fáilte Ireland for his role as Chair of the Host Committee for the 2024 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research
Current and Former Ministers, Officials, MEPs, Advisers and Journalists Pull Back the Curtain
This scholarship provides full EU and Non-EU fees and an annual stipend of €25K | Deadline: Friday 30 January 2026
The Scholarship covers tuition fees (up to the non-EU rate), a yearly stipend of €25,000, and an annual research budget of €4,000 for research-related expenses. The deadline is 6 February 2026.
SPIRe Newsletter Autumn 2025 has just been published. This issue includes "Lucía Tiscornia receives ERC starting grant", "NUI Awards an Honorary Doctorate to Maurice Manning", "Elizabeth Meehan Prize for Dawn Walsh" and more!
The School held an award ceremony on December 3 to recognise our top students. A huge congratulations to the winners for such a significant achievement!
Thesis title: Computational Approaches to the Detection of Media Frames, with an Application to the Nile Dispute
On November 6, the National University of Ireland awarded Maurice Manning an Honorary Doctorate. SPIRe Professor, David Farrell was invited to ‘introduce’ Maurice at his conferral.
"Rising authoritarianism, Kneecap and Eurovision"
