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I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science and an M.Litt. in Economics, as well as a B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Trinity College Dublin. My research interests include Irish politics, gender and politics, and public opinion. I lecture on a variety of topics, including comparative politics, Irish politics, research methods, EU politics, economic development, and public opinion.

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Irish political violence Irish Politics Irish politics, election study, electoral behaviour Political Behaviour Political Participation Politics and Gender PUBLIC OPINION Surveys & Survey Research

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Publications

Peer Reviewed (8)
Non Peer Reviewed (4)

Claire McGing, Lisa Keenan, Fiona Buckley, The case for feminist electoral geography, Political Geography, 125, 2026, p103463 - 103463, p103463-103463 , Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103463], Journal Article, PUBLISHED DOI

Lisa Keenan, Claire McGing & Fiona Buckley, Mapping gender representation at Irish elections: developing the Women for Election Data Hub, Administration, 74, (1), 2026, p115 - 130, Notes: [DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2026-0008], Journal Article, PUBLISHED

Fiona Buckley, Lisa Keenan, and Mack Mariani., Violence against politicians in Ireland: what does it look like and how is it gendered?, Irish Political Studies, 40, (3), 2025, p340 - 370, Notes: [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2024.2442949 Part of the Cost of Doing Politics: Gender Aspects of Political Violence project, hosted by CMI and is funded by the Research Council of Norway. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2024.2442949 Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions (April 2023), APSA (September 2023), and PSAI (October 2023).], Journal Article, PUBLISHED

Lisa Keenan and Gail McElroy, Who wants women to run? an investigation of gender differences in patterns of support among Irish local election candidates, Irish Political Studies, 37, (4), 2022, p477 - 498, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text URL

Lisa Keenan and Claire McGing, 'An unfinished democracy': gender and political representation in the Republic of Ireland, Irish Political Studies, 37, (4), 2022, p467 - 476, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2022.2128621], Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text URL

The evolving nature of the Irish policy space in, editor(s)Michael Marsh, Michael Gallagher and Theresa Reidy , How Ireland Voted 2020, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp255 - 273, [Lisa Keenan and Gail McElroy], Notes: [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66405-3_11], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Lisa Keenan, The divorce referendum 2019, Irish Political Studies, 2020, p80 - 89, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2019.1652167], Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text URL

Lisa Keenan and Gail McElroy, Who supports Gender Quotas in Ireland?, Irish Political Studies, 32, (3), 2017, p382 - 403, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text DOI

Lisa Keenan and Fiona Buckley, 5 Cs Scorecard: assessing progress in the wake of the 2009 Women's Participation in Politics report, Women for Election, May, 2023, Notes: [This report was carried out for Women for Election, a non-profit organisation that lobbies for increased representation for women at all levels of Irish politics, as well as delivering training to women as potential future candidates. The report consists of a review of the implementation of the recommendations made in the October 2009 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality Defence and Women's Rights published a report examining Women's Participation in Politics. This so-called `5 C's' report, identifies the five most significant barrier to women's participation in Irish politics: cash, childcare, candidate selection, culture and confidence. It concludes that implementation of the recommendations has been uneven across the different barriers, and that much remains to be done. The report is due to be launched by Women for Election in May. The results will feed in to the organisation's strategy for the 2023-2024 period.], Report, PUBLISHED

Lisa Keenan and Fiona Buckley, Exploring political ambition in the Republic of Ireland: a survey of politically interested women, Women for Election, May, 2023, Notes: [This report was carried out for Women for Election, a non-profit organisation that lobbies for increased representation for women at all levels of Irish politics, as well as delivering training to women as potential future candidates. This report consists of a survey of politically interested women, investigating the factors that enable them to and prevent them from running for office in the Republic of Ireland. Highlighting in particular the concerns that these women experience around abuse online and offline. The report is due to be launched by Women for Election in May. The results will feed in to the organisation's strategy for the 2023-2024 period.], Report, PUBLISHED

Lisa Keenan and Fiona Buckley, Women's political representation: what do we know about the issue in Ireland?, Women for Election, May, 2023, Notes: [This report was carried out for Women for Election, a non-profit organisation that lobbies for increased representation for women at all levels of Irish politics, as well as delivering training to women as potential future candidates. The report reviews the cross-national literature on women's underrepresentation in political life. It assesses the Irish case, highlighting the progress that has been made (largely as a result of the implementation of a candidate gender quota in 2016), as well as identifying important areas where further research is required. The report is due to be launched by Women for Election in May. The results will feed in to the organisation's strategy for the 2023-2024 period.], Report, PUBLISHED

Fiona Buckley and Lisa Keenan, More Women Changing the Face of Politics: Women's Experience of Running for Election in Ireland, Women for Election, March, 2021, Notes: [This report was carried out for Women for Election, a non-profit organisation that lobbies for increased representation for women at all levels of Irish politics, as well as delivering training to women as potential future candidates. This report investigated the experiences of women who put themselves forward to be selected or who ran as a candidate in the 2019 local elections, 2019 European parliament elections, and 2020 general election. The report makes a serious of policy recommendations that should be implemented in order to tackle existing barriers to women's representation in political life. Launched by Peter Burke, Minister of State at the Department of Housing in March 2021, the results were also presented to the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality in 2020.], Report, PUBLISHED

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Dr. Lisa Keenan

Dr. Lisa Keenan

Assistant Professor (Political Science)

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