Dr. John O’ Brennan
Academic Career
2007-Present: Lecturer in European Politics and Society, NUI Maynooth
2001-2007: Lecturer in European Politics, University of Limerick
2004-2006: IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Limerick
2005: Visiting Fellow: EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris
2000-2001: Visiting Fellow, Varna Economics University, Bulgaria
Research Interests
EU Enlargement – process and politics; the EU and the Western Balkans; European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); Turkey and the EU.
Enlargement and Conditionality; Social Constructivism and European Integration;
Ireland and the European Union; Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty.
National Parliaments and European Integration: oversight, scrutiny and control of the EU within domestic parliaments.
Publications
I Monographs
O’Brennan, J., 2009 (December). The EU and the Western Balkans: Stabilization and Europeanization through Enlargement? Abingdon: Routledge,
O' Brennan, J., 2008. Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty: Quo Vadis? CEPS Policy Brief No. 175, Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies Policy Brief, 23 October 2008; http://shop.ceps.eu/BookDetail.php?item_id=1741 ;
O’Brennan, J. and Raunio, T., (eds), 2007, National Parliaments within the Enlarged European Union: from ‘Victims’ of Integration to Competitive Actors? Abingdon: Routledge, http://www.routledge.com/9780415399357
O’Brennan, J., 2006, The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union, Abingdon: Routledge, http://www.amazon.com/Enlargement-Empirical-Conceptual-Institutional-Routledge/dp/0415361265
II Refereed Journal Articles
O' Brennan, J., 'From the Badlands to the Promised Land? the Western Balkans journey toward EU Membership' (currently under review).
O' Brennan, J., 2009. 'Ireland says No (again): the 12 June 2008 Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty', Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 62, Number 2, pp.258-77.
O’Brennan, J., 2009 ‘The Oireachtas European Affairs Committee and the European Union: Deparliamentarization through European Integration?’, Irish Political Studies, Winter 2009.
O' Brennan, J. and Gassie, E., 2009, ‘From stabilisation to consolidation: Albanian state capacity and adaptation to European Union rules’, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, pp.61-82
O’ Brennan, J., 2008. ‘The EU in the western Balkans: Statebuilding as Empire? A Rejoiner to Professor David Chandler’, Global Society, Volume 22, Number 4, October, pp.507-18.
O’ Brennan, J., 2008. ‘EU-Deja vu: Ireland's No to Lisbon’, The Federalist Debate, Volume XXI, Number 3, November, pp.5-11.
O’Brennan, J., 2006, ‘Bringing Geopolitics back in: Exploring the Security Dimension of the 2004 Eastern Enlargement of the European Union’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Volume 19, I, March, pp.155-169.
O’Brennan, J., 2004. ‘Ireland’s National Forum on Europe: Elite Deliberation meets Popular Participation’, Journal of European Integration, Volume 26, Number 2, June, pp.167-182.
O’ Brennan, J., 2003. ‘Gaining Consent to the European Constitution – Lessons from the Irish Referendum Experience’, The Federalist Debate, Volume XV, No.2, June, pp.6-10.
O’ Brennan, J., 2003. ’Ireland's Return to ‘Normal’ EU Voting Patterns: The 2002 Nice Treaty Referendum’, European Political Science, Volume 2, Number 2, Spring, pp.5-14.
O' Brennan, J., 2002. ‘Enlargement as a Factor in the Irish Referendum on the Nice Treaty’, Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Volume VII, Number III, September-November 2002, pp.78-94.
O’ Brennan, J., 2002. ‘EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe: The Normative Dimension’, Perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe, Volume 1, Number 1, pp.163-186.
III Book Chapters and Other Academic Articles
O’ Brennan, J., 2009 (forthcoming), ‘Enlargement as Empire? The EU’s Role in the western Balkans’, in Edward Moxon-Browne (Ed.), Macedonia and the European Union (forthcoming)
O'Brennan, J., 2009 (forthcoming) 'Ireland and the EU: Reflections on the experience of Membership', in John Hogan (Ed.) Ireland: Buisness and Society, Dublin, Oaktree Press.
O’Brennan, J., 2009. ‘Ireland’s Second Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty’, Europe’s World, Spring, pp.180-1.
O’Brennan, J., 2008. ‘Ireland’s Plan to Resurrect the Lisbon Treaty to be Unveiled at Brussels Summit’, CEPS Commentary, December, Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, http://shop.ceps.eu/BookDetail.php?item_id=1763
O’Brennan, J., 2008, ‘Периодический научный журнал: Право и Политология, № 4, 2008, с.6-13 (‘Ireland’s Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty’, Politology and Law, Georgia, No.4, 2008, 6-13).
O’Brennan, J. and Raunio, T., 2007, ‘Introduction: Deparliamentarization through European Integration?’, in O’ Brennan, J. and Raunio, T., (eds), National Parliaments within the Enlarged European Union: from ‘Victims’ of Integration to Competitive Actors? Abingdon: Routledge, pp.1-19.
O’Brennan, J. and Raunio, T., 2007, ‘National Parliaments within the EU: Finally Learning to play the game? In O’ Brennan, J. and Raunio, T., (eds), National Parliaments within the Enlarged European Union: from ‘Victims’ of Integration to Competitive Actors? Abingdon: Routledge, pp.245-261.
O’Brennan, J., 2005 ‘The National Forum on Europe’, in Holmes, M. (ed.) Ireland and the European Union Post-Nice, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp.114-132.
O’Brennan, J., 2003. ‘Gaining the Consent of EU Citizens: the Constitutional Ratification Problem facing the European Union’, in Karasińska-Fendler, M. (ed.), Enlargement and EU Constitution-Building, Lodz, Poland: European Institute, pp.53-58.
O’ Brennan, J., 2002. ‘The Need for a Code of Conduct and the Regulation of Members’ Interests’, 2002. Interim Report of the IACDD and OSCE Review of the Parliamentary Procedures of the Republic of Serbia, IACDD/OSCE, Belgrade, 29 March, pp.64-72.
O’ Brennan, J., 2001. ‘A Social Constructivist Perspective on Enlargement’, in, Levrat, N. and Willa, P. (eds.), EU External Capability and Influence in International Relations, Instiut Europeene de l'Universite de Geneve and ECPR, Geneva, pp.161-187.
Link: http://www.unige.ch/ieug/B6__O%27Brennan.pdf
O’ Brennan, J., 2001. ‘Ireland and the EU: 25 Years of Membership’, in, Yaminova, Y. (ed.), Europe: Globalization and Regionalization, Scholle Press, Bulgaria, pp.37-48.
O’ Brennan, J., 1998. ‘EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe: Why the Revolution in Numbers Requires an Institutional Revolution’, University of Limerick Political and Economic Review (ULPER), Volume 3, pp.155-76.
IV Book Reviews
O’ Brennan, J., 2008, Review of Beate Sissenich, Building States without Society: European Union Enlargement and the Transfer of EU Social Policy to Poland and Hungary, Slavic Review, Volume 67, Number 4.
O’ Brennan, J., 2008, Review of Zavier Boughari, Elissa Helms and Ger Duijzings (eds), The New Bosnian Mosaic: Identities, Memories and Moral Claims in a Post-War Society, in Millennium, Volume 36, Number 4.
O’Brennan, J., 2007, Review of Sonia Lucarelli and Ian Manners (eds), Values and Principles in European Union Foreign Policy, Abingdon: Routledge, in Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 44, Number 1, March.
O’Brennan, J, 2007, Review of Osamu Idea (ed.) Beyond Sovereignty: From Status Law to Transnational Citizenship? Hokkaido: Slavic Research Centre, in Slavic Review, Volume 66, Number 1 (or 2).
O’Brennan, J., 2006. Review of Erik Oddvar Eriksen (ed) (2005), Making the European Polity: Reflexive Integration in the EU. Abingdon: Routledge, in Political Studies, Volume 4, Issue 3, September, p.348.
O’Brennan, J. 2006. ‘Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Conditionality, Europeanisation and Expansion’, Review of recent volumes by Neil Nugent (ed.) and Frank Schimmelfennig and Ulrich Sedelmeier’, in Millennium, Volume 34, No.2.
O’ Brennan, J., 1999. Review of Neil Collins (Ed.), Political Issues in Ireland Today, in Irish Political Studies, Volume 14, pp.174-6.
V Newspapers and Media (Selected)
Interview with the Times of Malta on the Lisbon Treaty and European Security, 26 October 2009.
Interview with TVM Malta on the Lisbon Treaty, 24 October 2009.
Interview with NET TV Malta on the Lisbon Treaty, 24 October 2009.
Interview with France24 Television on the Lisbon Treaty referendum, 5 October 2009.
Interview on the Lisbon Treaty referendum with Pravda (Slovakia), 2 October 2009.
‘Ireland decides for a second time’, The Times of Malta, 2 October 2009, http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091002/opinion/ireland-decides-for-a-second-time
‘Irelanders get to decide fate of Lisbon Treaty’, Khaleej Times, 2 October 2009, http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=/data/opinion/2009/October/opinion_October6.xml§ion=opinion
Interview with Press Association on Lisbon Referendum, 1 October 2009.
‘Ireland Decides, again’, Macau Daily Times, 1 October 2009, http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/foreign-desk/4305-Ireland-Decides-Again.html
‘Fate of EU Hanging in Balance as Irish head to polls’, The Scotsman, 1 October 2009, http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Fate-of-EU-hanging-in.5693597.jp
‘Ireland to go to the polls Again’, The Brunei Times, 1 October 2009, http://www.bt.com.bn/en/opinion/2009/10/01/ireland-goes-polls-again
Ireland Decides Again’, Al Watan, 1 October 2009, http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=800361&pageId=522
‘Napětí roste. Evropa čeká, jak se rozhodnou Irové’, Dnes (Czech Republic), 1 October 2009, http://zpravy.idnes.cz/napeti-roste-evropa-ceka-jak-se-rozhodnou-irove-f5k-/kavarna.asp?c=A091001_170448_kavarna_bos
‘Ireland Decides, again’. Jordan Times, 30 September 2009, http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=20318
‘Irlanda Decide otra vez’, El Pais, 30 September 2009, http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/Irlanda/decide/vez/elpepuopi/20090930elpepiopi_4/Tes
‘Irish voters weigh the Lisbon Treaty again’, the Japan Times, 30 September 2009, http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20090930a2.html
‘Irlanda Decide otra vez’. Bitacorrs Almendron, 30 September 2009, http://www.almendron.com/tribuna/27106/irlanda-decide-otra-vez/
‘Ireland Decides, again’, Today’s Zaman, 29 September 2009, http://todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-188303-ireland-decides-again.html
‘Future of the EU hangs on vote in Ireland on Friday’, Taipei Times, 29 September 2009, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/09/29/2003454711
‘Ireland decides, again’, the Daily News Egypt, 29 September 2009, http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=24819
‘Ireland to decide again on EU Treaty’, Daum, 29 September 2009, http://media.daum.net/foreign/englishnews/view.html?cateid=1047&newsid=20090929021523465&p=koreaherald
‘Anxious EU’s Future at stake’, The Australian, 29 September 2009, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26136387-7583,00.html
‘Ireland to decide again on EU Treaty’, Korea Herald, 28 September 2009, http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/09/29/200909290003.asp
Ireland votes, again’, Buenos Aires Herald, 28 September 2009, http://www.buenosairesherald.com/PrintedEdition/View/12994
‘Irish voters decide a second time’, the Gulf Times, 26 September 2009, http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=316741&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26
'Ireland votes, again’, Burma Digest, 25 September 2009, http://burmadigest.info/2009/09/25/ireland-decides-again/
Interview on the Lisbon Treaty Referendum with BBC Radio 4 The Westminster Hour, 20 September 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/8268674.stm
Interview with Limerick Leader on Lisbon Treaty Campaign, 29 August 2009.
Interview with Radio Live 95fm on Local and European Elections, 8 June 2009.
Interview with Limerick Leader on Local and European elections, 8 June 2009.
‘The Irish Think Again about the Lisbon Treaty’, China Daily, 12 December 2008, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-12/12/content_7297178.htm
Interview with the Press Association about the European Council Summit, 10 December 2008.
‘Ireland must vote on whether we remain a member of the EU’, The Irish Times, 9 December 2008, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1209/1228571686276.html
Interview with Czech Daily Hospodarske noviny on the European Council Summit meeting, 9 December 2008.
‘Will Ireland say Yes to Lisbon? The Guardian (Comment is Free), 8 December 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/08/ireland-lisbon-treaty
‘The Irish Think Again about the Lisbon Treaty’, the Gulf Times, 8 December 2008, http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=259358&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26
‘The Irish Think Again about the Lisbon Treaty’, Today’s Zaman, 7 December 2008, http://todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=160864
‘The Irish Think Again about the Lisbon Treaty’, The Guatemala Times, 5 December 2008, http://www.guatemala-times.com/opinion/163-europe-at-home-and-abroad/605-the-irish-think-again-about-the-lisbon-treaty.html
'‘Ireland’s Lisbon Trauma Continues…..with no end in sight’, Threemonkeysonline.com, 21 November 2008, http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/tmo_article.php?pid=444
‘Reflections on a Second Irish Lisbon Referendum’, EurActiv.com, 10 November 2008, http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/reflecting-second-irish-lisbon-referendum/article-177003
Interview with Deutsche Welle Radio on the fallout from the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, 25 September 2008.
Interview with BBC World Service on EU-Serbian relations in the aftermath of the arrest of Radovan Karazdic, 30 June 2008, http://www.bbc.co.uk/serbian/news/2008/07/080731_eu_serbia.shtml
Interview with Chinese State Television, CCTV-9 on the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, 19 June 2008.
‘Ireland Votes, Europe awaits result’, The Korea Herald, 12 June 2008, http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/archives/result_contents.asp
‘Europe anxiously awaits the results of Ireland’s Vote’, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 12 June 2008, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=93010
‘Ireland Votes, Europe Waits’, Buenos Aires Herald, 12 June 2008, http://www.buenosairesherald.com/classifieds/heading.jsp
‘With Europe waiting, Ireland votes on Treaty’, the Japan Times, 11 June 2008, http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20080611a1.html
‘Ireland Votes, Europe Waits’, The Daily News Egypt, 11 June 2008, http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=14340
‘Ireland Votes, Europe Waits’, The Jordan Times, 10 June 2008; http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=8490
‘Everything to play for in the Final Run-up to Ireland’s referendum’, the Scotsman, 9 June 2008, http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/comment?articleid=4163942
‘Ireland Votes, Europe Waits’, Ziua (Romania), 9 June 2008,http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2008-06-09&id=238513
‘Der Musterknabe Wamkt’, Die Welt, 8 June 2008, http://debatte.welt.de/kommentare/75731/der+musterknabe+wankt
‘Ireland Votes, Europe Waits’, the Burma Digest, 7 June 2008, http://burmadigest.wordpress.com/
‘Ireland Votes, Europe Waits’, The Guardian, 6 June 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/06/ireland.eu?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
‘Serbia’s Choice’, Turkish Weekly, 23 January 2008.
Interview with BBC World Service Radio on Serbian Presidential Elections, 22 January 2008,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/serbian/news/2008/01/080122_serbia_elex_gas.shtml
‘Serbia’s Choice’, Daily Times (Pakistan), 18 January 2008,
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C01%5C18%5Cstory_18-1-2008_pg3_4
‘Serbia’s Choice’, Mmegi (Botswana), 18 January 2008.
‘Serbia to Choose EU Orbit or Isolation’, the Japan Times, 18 January 2008,
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080118a1.html
‘Serbia to Choose EU Orbit or Isolation’, Iceland News, 18 January 2008.
‘Alte Kräfte drängen Serbien in die Isolation’, Die Welt, 18 January 2008,
http://debatte.welt.de/kommentare/56442/alte+kraefte+draengen+serbien+in+die+isolation
‘Serbia’s Choice’, Macau Daily Times, 18 January 2008.
‘Serbia’s Choice’, The Bangladesh Independent, 18 January 2008.
‘Srbská Volba’, Sme (Slovakia), 18 January 2008.
‘La Opción de Serbia’, El Tiempo (Colombia), 18 January 2008, http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/otroscolumnistas/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3922746.html
‘Serbia’s Choice: A Prosperous Future or an Obsessive Past?’ The Daily Star (Lebanon), 17 January 2008.
‘Вибір Сербії’, Den (Ukraine), 17 January 2008, http://www.day.kiev.ua/194709/
‘La Opción de Serbia’, La Prensa (Panama), 17 January 2008,
http://www.prensa.com/hoy/perspectiva/1237349.html
‘Kosovo: the Hour of Europe’, Open Democracy, 14 January 2008,
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/kosovo_hour_of_europe (Syndicated worldwide)
Interview with RTE Nuacht/TG4 on Kosovo’s impending independence, 11 January 2008.
Interview with Myles Dungan, RTE Radio One Drivetime Programme on Kosovo, 3 January 2008.
Interview on Turkey and the EU with George Hook, The Right Hook, NEWSTALK, 15 December 2007.
Interview with Pat Kenny on Turkish-EU Relations, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE Radio One, 28 September 2005.
O’Brennan, J., ‘EU Offer Would Boost Reform in Turkey’, the Irish Times, 28 September 2005.
O’Brennan, J., ‘EU Must not Turn Away from Further Enlargement’, Three Monkeys Online, June 2005
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/_eu_enlargement_endangered_european_union.html.
O’Brennan, J., ‘EU Finally to Say Yes to Turkey?’ Three Monkeys Online, November 2004
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_article_accession_negotiations_Turkey_European_Union_EU.htm.
O’Brennan, J., ‘Kosovo’ (comment), International Herald Tribune, 6 April 2004.
O’Brennan, J., ‘Kosovo: Can Sharing of Power Ever Work? the Irish Times, 30 March 2004,
http://www.mfa.gov.yu/FDP/ireland300304_e.html
O’Brennan, J., ‘Leadership Vacuum at heart of EU Exposed’, the Irish Times, 17 December 2003,
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/opinion/2003/1217/1071532690235.html
Interview with Midlands Radio on the Nice Treaty, 28 September 2002.
Interview with Radio Limerick on the Nice Treaty, 26 May 2001.
Current Research
EU Enlargement to South East Europe
Building upon research conducted for my book on the EU’s eastern enlargement, my main research focus at the moment is on the next phase of EU enlargement, particularly South East Europe and its developing relationship with the European Union. Encompassing mainly the Western Balkans region, the research examines, amongst other issues, the ‘Europeanization’ of the policy process in those states, the difficulties experienced in transposing the Union’s acquis communautaire, and the impact of ‘Europe’ on inter -state relations in the region. I am currently writing up two articles, one of which examines South Eastern enlargement from the perspective of desecuritisation theory ,and the other which locates South Eastern enlargement in historical institutionalist analysis of path dependent customary enlargement practice. I have also developed a wider set of themes relating to the EUs South Eastern enlargement process and am currently writing a monograph on the subject for Routledgeto be published in December 2009. The themes explored include: EU influence on democracy promotion and institutional diffusion, geopolitical relations, inter-ethnic reconciliation, and economic development within the region. I am an invited speaker at a major conference commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet’ Revolutions, organised by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, scheduled for October 2009 at the University of Vienna. The paper I will present is organized under the theme of ‘Normative Power Europe, EU self-understanding and the post 1989 Enlargement process’.
Norms, Values and Identity within an Enlarged and Enlarging EU
This stream of research will build upon my current work on identity, norms and values within the EU by examining ‘self-other’ conceptualizations in the context of further patterns of enlargement and norm penetration of external states. This will be applied in particular to the EU’s accession negotiations with Turkey and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Enlargement changes not just the economic, geopolitical and social nature of the EU as an entity but continues to shape notions of Europe and Europeanness, of what the EU is and should be in international politics. With substantive accession negotiations underway with Turkey and demands for an ‘accession perspective’ being made by Georgia, Ukraine and other states, the question of EU identity and values comes under the spotlight in a much more pronounced way than ever before. Using constructivist approaches to phenomena such as speech acts, normative legitimating processes, and identity discourses, the research will seek to contribute to the self- other debate in IR and European Studies and explicate the changing dynamics of EU conceptualizations of identity. I am also working on a textbook on the process and politics of EU enlargement which compares and contrasts the dynamics and evolution of successive enlargement rounds.
Irish Perspectives on the European Union
A third stream of research will build on my earlier work on Irish perspectives on European Union. One piece of work focuses on the activities and significance of the National Forum on Europe, and will draw on a comprehensive series of interviews with political representatives, civil society group members, and the social partners, all stakeholders in the Forum. A second project examines the development of party-based Euroscepticism in Ireland. A third strand of this research is a major project on the attitudes and behaviour of Irish parliamentarians toward European integration and control of executive action in EU affairs. This project is scheduled to begin in September 2009 and will be the most comprehensive treatment of Irish elite attitudes to Europe undertaken in Ireland. Book chapters on various aspects of Ireland’s relationship with the EU will also help place my work in a national and international context. Building on my published work on the 2008 Lisbon Treaty referendum I will also engage in comprehensive analysis of the second referendum scheduled for autumn 2009.
Papers Delivered
‘From 12 to 27: Path Dependency within the EU Enlargement Process’, Velvet Revolutions twentieth anniversary conference, University of Vienna, 1-3 October 2009.
'The EU and the Western Balkans: Stabilization and Europeanization through Enlargement? IARCEES Annual Conference, NUI Maynooth, 9 May 2009.
'Ireland and the European Union: the Lisbon Referendum and Beyond', University of Limerick, 17 April 2009.
'The Western Balkans and the EU: from the Badlands to the promised Land', University of Limerick, 20 February 2009.
'Ireland says No (again): The Lisbon Treaty Referendum in Ireland', Paper delivered to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 29 October 2008.
‘Normative Power Europe meets the Western Balkans: The EU’s Most Problematic Enlargement’, University of Limerick Balkan Symposium, 29 March 2008.
‘The future of EU Enlargement Policy’, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 25 June 2007.
‘EU Expansion: Consolidating achievements and the Prospects for Georgia’, University of Limerick Summer School, 15 June 2007.
‘The EU and the Western Balkans: Quo Vadis? Varna Economics University, Bulgaria, 20 March 2007.
‘Ireland and EU Membership: Lessons for Bulgaria as a Newly Acceded State’, Varna Economics University, 19 March 2007.
‘Ireland as an Accession Exemplar’, Europe-Ukraine Economic Forum, Wroclaw, Poland, 24 February 2007.
‘Racing to the Finish: Bulgaria, Romania, Europeanization and EU Accession Conditionality’, Department of Politics and Public Administration Seminar Series, University of Limerick, 25 October 2006.
‘EU Enlargement to South East Europe: the Expansion of ‘Normative Power Europe’’, Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI), Cork, 21 October 2006.
‘Desecuritising the Balkans: the EU’s Enlargement Strategy for South East Europe’, UACES Annual Research Conference, Limerick, 1 September 2006.
‘The EU and Enlargement Fatigue: Much Ado about Nothing?’, Centre for European Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria, 12-13 August 2006.
‘The EU and the Western Balkans: toward Europe?, Jean Monnet Summer School on European Integration, University of Limerick, June 2006.
‘The EU and the Western Balkans: Securing Democratisation and Europeanisation through Enlargement’, Invited seminar for MA European Integration/International Studies Programme, University of Limerick, 14 March 2006.
‘European Integration Theory: The State of the Art’, University of Leicester, UK, 3 October 2005.
‘The EU Strategy for South Eastern Europe: Stabilisation and Accession Prospects’, Jean Monnet Summer School on European Integration, University of Limerick, 12 June 2005.
‘The Contested Polity: Theorising the European Union’, University of Leicester, UK, 8 October 2004.
‘The Long and Winding Road: The EU’s Eastern Enlargement in Perspective’, University of Vienna, Austria, 29 March 2004.
‘Gaining the Consent of EU Citizens: the Constitutional Ratification Problem facing the European Union’, Conference on Enlargement and Constitution-building, European Institute, Lodz, Poland, 18-20 September 2003.
‘Analysing Irish Preferences on Eastern Enlargement’, UACES Research Conference, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2-4 September 2003.
‘Adapting East European EU Studies Curricula’, Current European Studies Teaching and Research Issues for Central and South Eastern Europe, CEP European Studies Network Roundtable, Bucharest, 23-25 May 2003.
‘Scrutinising Europe: The Newly Empowered Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs’, Building an Effective Parliamentary Committee System, OSCE State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Parliament, Belgrade, 18 April 2003.
‘Selling Europe - Lessons from the Nice Treaty Referendum Campaign in Ireland’, From Copenhagen to Copenhagen and Beyond: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of the EU’s Fifth Enlargement, UACES Conference, King's College, London, 4 and 5 April 2003.
‘The Evolution of the National Forum on Europe’, Post-Nice: Ireland’s Evolving Relationship with Europe after the Nice referendums, Europe and the World Centre, University of Liverpool, 22 February 2003.
‘Enlargement and the Nice Treaty Referenda in Ireland’, Post-Nice: Ireland’s evolving relationship with Europe after the Nice referendums, Europe and the World Centre, University of Liverpool, 22 February 2003.
‘Enlargement as a Factor in the 2002 Nice Treaty Referendum Campaign in Ireland’, UACES Research Conference, Belfast, 9 September 2002.
‘The Need for a Code of Conduct and the Regulation of Members’ Interests’, Interim Report of the IACDD and OSCE Review of the Parliamentary Procedures of the Republic of Serbia, 2002. IACDD/OSCE, Belgrade, 29 March 2002.
‘Foreign Policy in a Constructed World: Ireland and the EU's Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe’, UACES Research Conference, University of Bristol, 5 September 2001.
‘Ireland and the European Union - 25 Years of Membership’, Conference on Globalization and Regionalization, Varna Economics University, Bulgaria, 6 October 2000.
‘A Social Constructivist Perspective on Enlargement’, EU External Capability and Influence in International Affairs, ECPR Graduate Conference, Graduate Institute of European Studies of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, 28 August-9 September 2000.
‘Why Enlargement Strengthens the Process of Deepening’, University of Leiden, Netherlands, 26-28 November, 1999.
‘Enlargement as Catalyst for Deep Integration’, Fourth UACES Research Conference, Sheffield, UK, 8-10 September 1999.
‘The European Commission and Supranational Autonomy Within the European Union’, Diversity Within Unity Conference, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2-6 August 1999.
‘The European Commission and Supranational Autonomy: the case of Enlargement Negotiation’, UCD Postgraduate Conference, 16 June 1999.
Teaching
PO305 The Politics of the European Union (BA – 40 Students)
PO104 European Politics and Society (BA – 60 students)
PO203 Introduction to International Relations (BA – 50 students)
S0303 Special Topics Module (BA – 10 students)
Coordinator for the NUIM BA in Politics
Professional Service
University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI)
European Studies Group within PSAI
Civic Education Project (CEP) Fellow
CEP Balkans European Studies Network
Board of Trustees, International Agency for Civic Diplomacy and Democratization (IACDD)
Polish-Irish Cultural Association
Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Ireland in the World, University of Limerick
Academic Evaluator, IRCHSS Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
Reviewer, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of European Integration, Political Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, SlavicReview.
External Examiner, UCD School of Politics and International Relations
Professional Membership
UACES - University Association for Contemporary European Studies
PSAI - Political Studies Association of Ireland, including the European Studies Study Group
ECPR - European Consortium for Political Research
Other Staff at the CSWE
- Dr. Christian Noack
- Prof. Dennis Pringle
- Prof. Richard Vincent Comerford
- Prof. Sean Ó Riain
- Dr. Adam Drazin
- Dr. Aphra Kerr
- Dr. Darragh Farrell
- Dr. Patty A. Gray
- Dr. Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’ Riain
- Dr Angela Byrne
- Aisling Regan
- David Jo Murphy
- Pól O Beaglaóich
- Seamus Coll
- Stephan Vormann
- Zsuzsanna Zarka
