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Professor Gail McElroy

Professor/Head of Discipline (Political Science)
1 COLLEGE GREEN

 mcelroy@tcd.ie

 +3531896 1029

Research Associate (International Integration Studies (IIIS))


Research Tags

  Comparative Government   Electoral Systems   EU Politics   European Elections   European Parliament   EUROPEAN UNION   European Union Politics   LEGISLATION   Legislative Organisation   Legislative Reform   Political Methodology   Political Parties   Qualitative research methods

Research Projects

 Where are all the Women? The Political Ambition Gap in the Republic of Ireland
 Representation in Europe: Policy Congruence between Citizens and Elites
 The Globalisation of Party Competition
 Legislative Party Switching

Representations

Details Date
Editorial Board, British Journal of Political Science 2013-
Editorial Board, Political Science Research and Methods 2013-
Editorial Board, European Union Politics 2007
Editorial Board, Legislative Studies Quarterly 2008-2011
Chair, International Committee, American Political Science Association 2011-2014

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
French Medium Medium Medium
German Basic Basic Basic
Italian Medium Medium Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
American Political Science Association 1998 Present
Midwest Political Science Association 1998 Present
European Union Studies Association 2006 Present
International Political Science Association 2006 Present
Gail McElroy, Michael Marsh, David Farrell, A Conservative Revolution? Electoral change in 21st century Ireland. , 2015, Book, IN_PRESS
Gail McElroy, 'Political Ambitions and Attitude Survey', 2014, -, Fieldwork collection, PUBLISHED
British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, [eds.], 5 years, 2013, Editorial Board, PUBLISHED  URL
, (2012), [eds.], 5 years, Journal, PUBLISHED
Gail McElroy and Kenneth Benoit, Policy Positioning in the European Parliament, European Union Politics, 13, (1), 2012, p150 - 167, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Gail McElroy, 'Irish Candidate Survey', Comparative Candidate Survey, 2011, -, Fieldwork collection, PUBLISHED
Michael Marsh & Gail McElroy, 'Irish National Election Study', 2011, -, Fieldwork collection, PUBLISHED
Gail McElroy and Michael Marsh, Electing Women to the Dáil: Gender Cues and the Irish Voter., Irish Political Studies, 26, (4), 2011, p521 - 534, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Gail McElroy & Kenneth Benoit, Party Policy and Group Affiliation in the European Parliament, British Journal of Political Science, 40, (2), 2010, p377 - 398, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Antoine Yoshinaka, Gail McElroy, Shaun Bowler, The 
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of Rapporteurs 
in 
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European
 Parliament
, Legislative Studies Quarterly, 35, (4), 2010, p457 - 486, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Gail McElroy, Gender, Personality and Candidate Emergence , 20th November, Dublin City University, 2013, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Le Parlement Européen, Yves Deloye and Michael Bruter, Dictionnaire des Elections Européennes, Paris, Economica, 2005, pp503-512 - [Gail McElroy], Notes: [Republished in English (2007) Encyclopaedia of European Elections. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Fellow Trinity College Dublin 2011
Best Paper Award, Political Research Quarterly 2011
Vincent Wright Fellow in Comparative Politics (Jean Monnet Fellow), European University Institute Sept 2008-2009
Carl Albert Best Dissertation Award, American Political Science Association 2005
Ghita Ionescu Travel Scholarship for the Study of Comparative Politics 2004
Fulbright Scholar 1996
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) Chevening Scholarship 1994
Foundation Scholar 1992

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

European Union Politics, European Parliament, European Political Parties, Electoral Politics