Politics and public policy in Ireland; comparative public policy in western Europe; Europeanisation and the impact of Europeanisation on national politics and public policy, community-oriented research methods and praxis

Course Director, Masters in Community Research and DevelopmentCourse Director, CWELL diploma programmeTeaching areas: Engaged Research policy and praxis, Graduate Research Methods, Irish Politics and Public Policy, UL Practicum - applied research projects PO5103 Engaged Research DesignPO5104 Engaged Research DeliveryPO5105 Engaged Research EvaluationPO4043 Introduction to Irish PoliticsPO4013 Government and Politics in IrelandPO5005 Graduate Research MethodsPS5131 Research Methods

Maura Adshead,andnbsp;BA, MA (Limerick), Phd (Liverpool)andnbsp;is Associate Professorandnbsp;in Politics and Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and Head of Community Engagement, UL.andnbsp;andnbsp;She is currently co-convenor of the national Campus Engage Working Group on Engaged Research and responsible for promoting and supporting national policy on Engaged Research.andnbsp;Whilst her research interests focus on Irish and European politics and public policy,andnbsp;she has been involved in a number of community oriented research projectsandnbsp;at local, regional and international levels.andnbsp;Prior to her appointment in Limerick, she carried out research and taught in the universities of Dundee, Liverpool, Essex, Galway and Dublin. She is author ofandnbsp;Developing European Regions andnbsp;Ashgate, 2002, co-author (with Jonathon Tonge) ofandnbsp;Politics in Ireland, Palgrave, 2009; and co-editor (with Michelle Millar) ofandnbsp;Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland: theory and methods, Routledge 2003 andandnbsp;(with Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar)andnbsp;Contesting the State: lessons from the Irish case, Manchester University Press, 2008; and (with Tom Felle) Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act, 2015, Manchester University Press, 2016.andnbsp;andnbsp;Sheandnbsp;has published a variety of articles on aspects of Irish politics and public policy and has carried out commissioned research for Combat Poverty, the Health Service Executive, the National Economic and Social Forum, and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.andnbsp;