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Dr. Liam Kneafsey
Assistant Professor, Political Science

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Kneafsey, Liam, Duggan, Alan and Michele Crepaz., Going negative when spoilt for choice? Experimental evidence on negative campaigning in multiparty systems with multimember districts, Political Research Exchange, 6, (1), 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Kneafsey, Liam and Stefan Müller, Evidence for the Irrelevance of Irrelevant Events, Political Science Research and Methods, 11, (2), 2023, p311 - 327 Journal Article, 2023 DOI URL

Crepaz, Michele and Liam Kneafsey, Use and perceptions of government transparency portals: An examination of journalists' use in Ireland, Public Administration, 2022, p978 - 998 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Kneafsey, Liam and Aidan Regan, The role of the media in shaping attitudes toward corporate tax avoidance in Europe: experimental evidence from Ireland, Review of International Political Economy, 29, (1), 2022, p281 - 306 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Kneafsey, Liam and Stefan Müller, Assessing the Influence of Neutral Grounds on Match Outcomes., International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 18, (6), 2018, p892 - 905 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Kneafsey, Liam and Miceal Canavan, Explaining Irish Attitudes to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2024 Working Paper, 2024

Kneafsey, Liam, Michele Crepaz and Alan Duggan, Incivility effects in Irish online election campaigning, 2024 Working Paper, 2024

Kneafsey, Liam and Aidan Regan, Understanding collective bargaining coordination: a network relational approach. The case of Ireland, 2020 Report, 2020 URL

Kneafsey, Liam, Media Ownership, Differential Coverage, and Effects on Public Attitudes : The Case of News Coverage of Labour Unions, Trinity College, the University of Dublin, 2018 Thesis, 2018

Kneafsey, Liam, Michele Crepaz and Alan Duggan, Irish Election Leaflet Project: Building a data source of campaign communications Working Paper,

Research Expertise

Projects

  • Title
    • PolAds Ireland Lab: Experiments on political advertisements in Ireland
  • Summary
    • This project uses the newly available archive of Facebook political ads to inform a survey experiment design that will test the effects of different types of political advertising on Irish voters. To understand the impact of differential advertising, the analysis will estimate within-group treatment effects on vote preference and between-group treatment effects on voter attitudes. With the growing influence of online advertising, Ireland has been moved from a political system with strict regulation of all available media (i.e. TV and radio) to one in which an unregulated 'wild west' of online advertising is available to political actors. This rapid change in the regulatory landscape makes this research a timely contribution.
  • Funding Agency
    • Arts and Humanities Benefactions Fund
  • Date From
    • 01/12/20
  • Title
    • Networked Coordination of Industrial Relations
  • Summary
    • The NETWIR project aims to shed light on actual mechanisms that industrial relations actors deploy to solve coordination problems by applying a new methodology to the field of industrial relations and in particular, to the analysis of collective bargaining coordination, Social Network Analysis
  • Funding Agency
    • European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion (agreement number VP/2018/0023).
  • Date From
    • 2017
  • Date To
    • 2020

Keywords

CONFLICT; Irish Politics; Journalism; Mass Communication/Media; Political Behaviour; political communication; POLITICAL ECONOMY; Political Psychology; The politics of conflict and peace

Recognition

Representations

I have been elected to and am serving as Treaurer of the Political Studies Association of Ireland Executive Committee. Specifically in this role, I have led on the development of two new inclusion awards, one domestic and one international in orientation, to support the representation of those from diverse and less traditional backgrounds at the PSAI's annual conference. I am currently working towards developing a PSAI Research Support scheme for Early Career and Postgrad researchers. I am also leading on the development of a new PSAI podcast series for which I will be co-host and producer to offer an important venue for accessible and engaging discussion of current political issues with Irish and international social scientists which can illustrate the contribution of the PSAI and expand its public footprint. I also chair the Farrell Book Prize Committee for the PSAI. In 2024, I was a conference organiser for the 2024 PSAI Annual Conference hosted by Trinity. 2020

Awards and Honours

Political Studies Association of Ireland Elizabeth Meehan Prize for Best Conference Paper October 2023

College Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award Winner 2022-23 June 2023

School of Social Sciences and Philosophy Trinity Teaching Excellence Award Winner 2022-23 2023

Winner: National Forum for Teaching and Learning/Union of Students Ireland Teaching Hero Awards 2020/21 2021

Special Commendation: Trinity College Dublin Provost's Teaching Award 2018/19 2019

Winner of the Political Studies Association of Ireland Teaching and Learning Award 2019 2019

TCD Dermot McAleese Award for Teaching Excellence 2017 2017

Winner of Teresa Brannick Medal for Research Methods 2016 from the University College Dublin School of Business and Human Sciences 2016

Memberships

Political Studies Association of Ireland, Serving as Treasurer 2014 – Current

American Political Science Association 2015 – Current

European Consortium for Political Research 2017 – Current

European Political Science Association 2019 – Current