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Eileen Connolly

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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.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2012	Connolly E. (2012) 'The government and the governmental system' In: Politics in the Republic of Ireland.
	2019	Eileen Connolly and John Doyle (2019) 'Brexit and the Question of Irish Unity' In: Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. London : Routledge. [Link]
	2019	Connolly, Eileen and John Doyle (2019) 'The effects of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement and Northern Ireland Peace Process' In: Peace, Security and Defence Cooperation in Post-Brexit Europe: Risks and Opportunities. Heidelberg : Springer Nature. [Link]
	2017	Doyle J.; Connolly E. (2017) 'Brexit and the Northern Ireland question' In: in Federico Fabbrini (ed) The Law and Politics of Brexit. Oxford : Oxford University Press. [DOI]
	2015	Karolina Ó Beacháin Stefańczak and Eileen Connolly (2015) 'Gender and Political Representation in the defeco states of the Caucuses' In: The Unrecognised Politics of De-Facto States in the Post-Soviet Space. Yerevan : Caucuses Institute and International Assoc. for the Study of the Caucuses.
	2012	Dr. Eileen C Connolly (2012) 'The Evolution and Ambition of Irelands Development Aid Policy' In: in Ben Tonra, Michael Kennedy, John Doyle and Noel Dorr (eds.) Irish Foreign Policy. Dublin : Gill and Macmillan and Royal Irish Academy. http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/government--politics/government--politics/irish-foreign-policy
	2004	Connolly, Eileen (2004) 'The Government and the Governmental System' In: Politics in the Republic of Ireland (4th edition), edited by John Coakley and Michael Gallagher. Routledge, 2004. : 0.
	1999	Connolly, Eileen and Eunan O'Halpin (1999) 'Parliaments and Pressure Groups: The Irish Experience of Change' In: Parliaments and Pressure Groups in Western Europe, edited by Philip Norton. Published by Frank Cass. : 0.
	1999	Connolly, Eileen and Eunan O'Halpin (1999) 'The Government and Governmental System' In: Politics in the Republic of Ireland. Edited by John Coakley and Michael Gallagher. Published by Routledge. : 0.
	1998	Connolly, Eileen (1998) 'Women and Public Policy: : Ireland's Equality Contract' In: Women and Politics in Ireland. Edited by Yvonne Galligan, Eilis Ward and Rick Wilford. Published by Westview Press. : 0.
	2007	Eileen Connolly (2007) 'Civil society in poverty alleviation: perspectives from Tanzania, Ethiopia and Central America ' In: Research Findings: Governance, Trade and Aid Effectiveness. : Advisory Board for Irish Aid.
	2005	Connolly, Eileen and John Doyle (2005) 'The place of the United Nations in contemporary Irish foreign policy”' In: in Michael Kennedy and Deirdre McMahon (ends) Obligations and Responsibilities: Ireland and the United Nations: 1955-2005. Dublin : IPA.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2019	Connolly Eileen and John Doyle (2019) 'Brexit and the Irish border'. European Journal of Legal Studies, 11 :153-186. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Connolly E.; Doyle J. (2019) 'Brexit and the changing international and domestic perspectives of sovereignty over Northern Ireland'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 30 :217-233. [DOI]
	2015	Connolly, Eileen and Karolina Ó Beacháin Stefań czak (2015) 'Contested borders and womens political representation in former soviet states: parliamentary elections in Georgia and Abkhazia'. Studies of Transition States and Societies, 7 :41-57.
	2015	Connolly Eileen and John Doyle (2015) 'Ripe moments for exiting political violence: An analysis of the Northern Ireland case'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 26 :147-162. [DOI]
	2015	Karolina Ó Beacháin Stefań czaka and Eileen Connolly (2015) 'Gender and political representation in the de facto states of the Caucasus: women and parliamentary elections in Abkhazia'. CAUCASUS SURVEY, 3 :258-268. [DOI]
	2013	Nyaluke David and Eileen Connolly (2013) 'The role of political ideas in multi-party elections in Tanzania: Refuting essentialist explanations of African political systems'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 24 (1):41-57. [DOI]
	2013	Connolly Eileen (2013) 'Parliaments as gendered institutions: The irish oireachtas'. Irish Political Studies, 28 (3):360-379. [DOI]
	2012	Connolly Eileen and Aurelie Sicard (2012) 'Responding to china-changing donor discourse and perspectives on Africa?'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 23 (1):111-124. [DOI]
	2008	Eileen Connolly, John Doyle and Fiona Dwyer (2008) 'Public Opinion and Development Issues: a survey of Irish university student opinions'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 19 :155-172.
	2003	Connolly, E (2003) 'Durability and change in state gender systems - Ireland in the 1950s'. European Journal of Women's Studies, 10 :65-86.
	2002	Eileen Connolly and John Doyle (2002) 'Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics: a study of the 2002 election inthe Republic of Ireland'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 13 :151-166*.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2007	Eileen Connolly (2007) Engagement with Civil Society for Poverty Reduction. : Advisory Board for Irish Aid (Irish Dept of Foreign Affairs).

Research Interests

gender and politics
women and political representation
post conflict reconstruction