Prof
Eileen
Connolly

Primary Department
School of Law and Government
Role
Professor of Politics
Phone number: 01 700
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Campus
Glasnevin Campus
Room Number
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Academic biography

Professor (Emeritus) Eileen Connolly was the director of the Ireland India Institute from 2016 to 2020  prior to her retirement. She is  a member of that Institute and of  DCU's Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction. She has conducted research on gender in India, Ireland, the Balkans,  and  sub-Saharan Africa.   She has recently researched  the political impacts of Brexit on the island of Ireland.  Currently she is researching public policy aspects of the debate on the political future of the island of Ireland. She is not taking on research students at this time.

Research interests

gender and politics
women and political representation
post conflict reconstruction