BIOGRAPHY

 My research interests centre around political economy or the interaction between economics and political science and in particular pork barrel politics and economic voting on a comparative European basis.
 In addition, I am interested in participative democracy, political reform and citizen assemblies.

Research Interests

Jane Suiter has a research interest in political economy  and particularly elections and voters. She is a specialist in pork barrel politics. 
She also  also has an interest in comparative European politics and was part of the group EUROCORES Programme Human Values, Instituions and Behaviours HumVIB 2007 examining turnout on a pan European basis.
Other research interests include citizen engagement and she is a co-founder of www.politicalreform.ie and of www.wethecitizens.ie and is one of the academic team along with UCD and DCU organising a citizen assembly in Dublin June 2011.

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2012) 'Ireland’s Journey to the third way: the hi-social model?'
Suiter. Jane (2012) 'Ireland’s Journey to the third way: the hi-social model?' In: Paul Daly, Ronan O'Brien, Paul Rouse (eds). Making the Difference? - The Labour Party 1912-2012. Cork: Collins Press. [Details]
(2012) 'The 2011 We the Citizens Pilot Citizens’ Assembly'
Farrell D, O'Malley E. Suiter J (2012) 'The 2011 We the Citizens Pilot Citizens’ Assembly' In: Gemma Careny, Clodagh Harris (eds). Citizens’ Voices: Experiments in Democratic Renewal and Reform. Dublin: PSAI Press. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2012) 'Ireland'
Suiter, Jane (2012) 'Ireland' In: The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford Press. [Details]
(2011) 'The Parties' Manifestos'
Suiter Jane, Farrell David; (2011) 'The Parties' Manifestos' In: Gallagher Michael, Michael Marsh (eds). How Ireland Voted 2011. Houndsmill, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2011) 'Party Policy and the Election'
Farrell David, Suiter Jane; (2011) 'Party Policy and the Election' In: Deirdre McCarthy (eds). The Week in Politics - Election 2011 and the 31st Dail. Dublin: RTE Guide Publications. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2008) 'TheDail Election 2007'
Suiter Jane; (2008) 'TheDail Election 2007' [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2012) PSA Annual Meeting 2012
Farrell David, Eoin O'Malley, Jane Suiter (2012) Deliberative Democracy in Action Irish-Style: The 2011 We The Citizens Pilot Citizens’ Assembly1 PSA Annual Meeting 2012 [ Publisher's Version] [CORA Link] [Details]
(2012) PSA Annual Meeting 2012
Suiter Jane, Theresa Reidy (2012) Routine and Crisis, Economic Voting in Ireland PSA Annual Meeting 2012 [ Publisher's Version] [CORA Link] [Details]
(2011) 6th ECPR General Conference
Suiter Jane, Reidy Theresa; (2011) Economic Voting at a Time of Crisis 6th ECPR General Conference [Details]
(2011) APSA Annual Meeting 2011
Oldmixon E, Calfano B, Suiter J; (2011) Clergy as Political Elites APSA Annual Meeting 2011 [Details]
(2011) 1st Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association
Suiter Jane, Reidy Theresa; (2011) Economic Voting, A Test in PR Systems 1st Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association [Details]
(2010) PSAI Annual Conference
Suiter Jane, Byrne Elaine; (2010) A redefinition of corruption and the evidence PSAI Annual Conference [Details]
(2009) 32 nd Annual Economic Policy Conference
Suiter Jane; (2009) Managing Public Expenditure 32 nd Annual Economic Policy Conference [Details]
(2007) PSAI Annual Conference 2007
Suiter Jane; (2007) Political and economic determinants of the distribution of particular discretionary expenditure in Ireland PSAI Annual Conference 2007 [Details]
(2006) PSAI Postgraduate conference
Suiter Jane; (2006) Local and European Elections ¿ the case for third order PSAI Postgraduate conference [Details]
(2006) PSAI Annual Conference
Suiter Jane; (2006) Second Order Elections Revisited: A comparison of voting behaviour in European and local elections in Ireland PSAI Annual Conference [Details]
(2006) ECPR Graduate Conference
Suiter Jane; (2006) Constituency Sports Grants as Pork Barrel Politics ECPR Graduate Conference [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2011) European Consortium for Political Research General Conference,
Reidy, T., and Suiter, J. ; (2011) Boom and Bust - Economic Voting in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Iceland , 01-SEP-11 - 02-SEP-11
(2011) Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference,
Theresa Reidy and Jane Suiter (2011) Economic Voting In Ireland Routine and Crisis a Tale of Two Responses. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Dublin , 21-OCT-11 - 23-OCT-11
(2011) European Political Science Association Annual Conference,
Jane Suiter and Theres Reidy (2011) Economic Voting, A Test in PR Systems. [Oral Presentation], European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Dublin , 16-JUN-11 - 18-JUN-11

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2012) Report on Reasons Behind Voter Behaviour in the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum 2011.
Michael Marsh, Jane Suiter and Theresa Reidy (2012) Report on Reasons Behind Voter Behaviour in the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum 2011. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Dublin. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2011) We the Citizens - Stand up for Ireland.
Farrell D, J Suiter, E O'Malley, E Byrne (2011) We the Citizens - Stand up for Ireland. Atlantic Philanthropies, http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/learning/report-we-citizens-final-report. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2011 Nominated for Basil Chubb Prize for best Political Science PhD 2010 PSAI

Associations

  Assocation Function From / To
European Political Science Association Member 02-MAY-11 /
Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland Member /
American Political Science Association Member 02-APR-12 /
Political Studies Association of Ireland Treasurer 01-SEP-09 /
Political Studies Association Member 04-JAN-10 /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Women on Air Board Member 2011 /
Women for Election Board Member 2012 /
PSAI Executive Committee Treasurer 2009 /
PSAI Executive Committee Member 2007 / 2009
Postgraduate Applications Committee Member 2010 /
Politics Board of Studies Member 2010 /
Staff Student Forum Coordinator 2010 /

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
TCD Research Manager Irish National Election Study 01-SEP-07 / 01-SEP-09
UCC Lecturer 01-SEP-10 /
UCD Researcher 01-SEP-09 / 01-SEP-10
TCD Adjunct Lecturer 01-SEP-08 / 01-SEP-09
The Irish Times Economics Editor 01-SEP-96 / 01-JUN-04

Consultancy

  Client Description
RTE
Polling and questions in relation to Leaders Debate 2011

Outreach Activities

  Description

Co-founder and editor  www.polticalreform.ie

Academic co-ordinator  www.reformcard.ie

Board member Women for Election

Board member Women on Air

Academic Board Member and Co-Investigator wethecitizens.ie

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests range from methods through comparative European government to Irish politics at both undergraduate and post graduate level. This year I am teaching:

GV3218 Elections and Voters
GV2218 European Government and Politics
GV2218 Theory and Methods in Political Science
PO2001 Political Analysis
PO3004 Issues in Irish Politics I
PO3005 Issues in Irish Politics II
GV6102 Political Science Research Methods