Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of

• Public Policy
• Public Administration
• Irish Government and Politics
• Public Sector Reform
• Technology in Government

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Public outreach & key achievements

Professor MacCarthaigh is Professor of Politics and Public Policy and Head of Politics and International Relations at QUB. He is Programme Director of the QUB MSc in International Public Policy. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) and co-chairs the EGPA Study Group on the Governance of Public Sector Organisations. He is involved with a number of Doctoral Training Programmes at QUB.

Research students

PhD Title	Modes of Politicisation in the Irish Civil Service
Name	Aodhan MacCormaic (2016)
PhD Title	Does Open Data Increase Government Accountability?
Name	Connel McKeown (2020)
PhD Title	A critical evaluation of anti-corruption AI technology adoption in the United Arab Emirates
Name	Humaid Al-Kaabi (2023)

 

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• Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

• School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

• The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice

• Political Studies Association of Ireland

• The Geary Institute for Public Policy 

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