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Dr. Liam Kneafsey

Assistant Professor (Political Science)
      
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Dr. Liam Kneafsey

Assistant Professor (Political Science)

 lkneafse@tcd.ie

 


  CONFLICT   Irish Politics   Journalism   Mass Communication/Media   Political Behaviour   political communication   POLITICAL ECONOMY   Political Psychology   The politics of conflict and peace
Project Title
 PolAds Ireland Lab: Experiments on political advertisements in Ireland
From
01/12/20
To
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
Project Title
 Networked Coordination of Industrial Relations
From
2017
To
2020
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).

Details Date
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
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
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
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, PUBLISHED  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, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
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, Notes: [Published online in 2020, published in print in 2022.], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
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, PUBLISHED  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, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

Kneafsey, Liam and Miceal Canavan, Explaining Irish Attitudes to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2024, Working Paper, IN_PRESS
Kneafsey, Liam, Michele Crepaz and Alan Duggan, Incivility effects in Irish online election campaigning, 2024, Working Paper, IN_PRESS
Kneafsey, Liam and Aidan Regan, Understanding collective bargaining coordination: a network relational approach. The case of Ireland, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
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, APPROVED
Kneafsey, Liam, Michele Crepaz and Alan Duggan, Irish Election Leaflet Project: Building a data source of campaign communications, Working Paper, PRESENTED

  


Award Date
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
Winner of the Political Studies Association of Ireland Teaching and Learning Award 2019 2019
Special Commendation: Trinity College Dublin Provost's Teaching Award 2018/19 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