About
Professional appointments:
PRESENT APPOINTMENT
Professor of Politics, Department of Politics,
• Head of School of Politics & Communication Studies, 2007- 10
• REF outputs coordinator 2016-current
OTHER MAIN APPOINTMENTS
• HEFCE Politics REF 2014 sub-panel member
• President, British Politics Group, American Political Science Association, 2016-
• Co-editor, Parliamentary Affairs, 2012-
• University of Liverpool Civic Contribution Award (individual) 2012 (dept) 2016
• Editorial Board, Irish Political Studies (ex-editor) 2011-
• Editorial Board, Irish Studies in International Affairs, 2014-
• Editorial Board, Liverpool University Press
• Editorial Advisory Board, Issues in Social Sciences series
• Chair, Youth Citizenship Commission, 2008-9, appointed by the Prime Minister
• President, Political Studies Association of UK, 2008-11
• Chair, Political Studies Association of UK, 2005-8
• Visiting Professor, Social and Policy Research Institute, University of Ulster, 2006-7
• Visiting Scholar, St John’s College, Oxford University, 2003
• Elected to the Academy of Social Scientists, 2004
Research supervision on parties, elections, politics in Northern Ireland.
Prizes or Honours
- Children’s Identity and Citizenship European Association (CiCea) best research publication of the ye (Children’s Identity and Citizenship European Association (CiCea), 2012)
- Civic Contribution Award (University of Liverpool, 2012)
- Political Studies Association of Ireland Brian Farrell Prize (Political Studies Association of Ireland, 2010)
- Silver Award (UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL STUDENT GUILD, 2010)
- Chair, Youth Citizenship Commission (Prime Minister, 2008)
- Visiting Professorship (Social and Policy Research Institute, University of Ulster, 2006)
- APSA Panel Competition (PSA , 2003)
- Political Studies Association of the UK Bernard Crick Prize for Outstanding Teaching (Political Studies Association of the UK, 1997)
Funded Fellowships
- Visiting Fellow, St John's College, Oxford University (St John's College, Oxford University, 2003)