Dr. Liam Kneafsey

• Kneafsey, Liam and Aidan Regan, The role of the media in shaping attitudes toward corporate tax avoidance in Europe: experimental evidence from Ireland, Review of International Political Economy, 29, (1), 2022, p281 - 306Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Kneafsey, Liam and Stefan Müller, Evidence for the Irrelevance of Irrelevant Events, Political Science Research and Methods, 11, (2), 2023, p311 - 327Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Crepaz, Michele and Liam Kneafsey, Use and perceptions of government transparency portals: An examination of journalists' use in Ireland, Public Administration, 2022, p978 - 998Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Kneafsey, Liam and Stefan Müller, Assessing the Influence of Neutral Grounds on Match Outcomes., International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 18, (6), 2018, p892 - 905Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Kneafsey, Liam, Duggan, Alan and Michele Crepaz., Going negative when spoilt for choice? Experimental evidence on negative campaigning in multiparty systems with multimember districts, Political Research Exchange, 6, (1), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI

• Kneafsey, Liam, Media Ownership, Differential Coverage, and Effects on Public Attitudes : The Case of News Coverage of Labour Unions, Trinity College, the University of Dublin, 2018Thesis
• Kneafsey, Liam and Aidan Regan, Understanding collective bargaining coordination: a network relational approach. The case of Ireland, 2020Report, URL
• Kneafsey, Liam and Miceal Canavan, Explaining Irish Attitudes to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2024Working Paper
• Kneafsey, Liam, Michele Crepaz and Alan Duggan, Irish Election Leaflet Project: Building a data source of campaign communicationsWorking Paper
• Kneafsey, Liam, Michele Crepaz and Alan Duggan, Incivility effects in Irish online election campaigning, 2024Working Paper
• Kneafsey, Liam, Aidan Regan, and Oscar Barrera Rodriguez, Respones to Political Influence of the Super-Rich: Evidence from a Five-Country Media Experiment, 2025Working Paper

• Title

  PolAds Ireland Lab: Experiments on political advertisements in Ireland
  Summary

  This project uses the newly available archive of Facebook political ads to inform a survey experiment design that will test the effects of different types of political advertising on Irish voters. To understand the impact of differential advertising, the analysis will estimate within-group treatment effects on vote preference and between-group treatment effects on voter attitudes. With the growing influence of online advertising, Ireland has been moved from a political system with strict regulation of all available media (i.e. TV and radio) to one in which an unregulated 'wild west' of online advertising is available to political actors. This rapid change in the regulatory landscape makes this research a timely contribution.
  Funding Agency

  Arts and Humanities Benefactions Fund
  Date From

  01/12/20
• Title

  Networked Coordination of Industrial Relations
  Summary

  The NETWIR project aims to shed light on actual mechanisms that industrial relations actors deploy to solve coordination problems by applying a new methodology to the field of industrial relations and in particular, to the analysis of collective bargaining coordination, Social Network Analysis
  Funding Agency

  European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion (agreement number VP/2018/0023).
  Date From

  2017
  Date To

  2020

Irish Government & Politics, Peace studies, Communication and media studies, Conflict Studies, Politics, Other social sciences, Comparative government and politics, Social sciences, Psychology and cognitive sciences,

• Special Commendation: Trinity College Dublin Provost's Teaching Award 2018/19 2019
• Winner of the Political Studies Association of Ireland Teaching and Learning Award 2019 2019
• School of Social Sciences and Philosophy Trinity Teaching Excellence Award Winner 2022-23 2023
• College Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award Winner 2022-23 June 2023
• TCD Dermot McAleese Award for Teaching Excellence 2017 2017
• Political Studies Association of Ireland Elizabeth Meehan Prize for Best Conference Paper October 2023
• Winner: National Forum for Teaching and Learning/Union of Students Ireland Teaching Hero Awards 2020/21 2021
• Winner of Teresa Brannick Medal for Research Methods 2016 from the University College Dublin School of Business and Human Sciences 2016

• European Political Science Association Current
• Political Studies Association of Ireland, Serving as Treasurer Current
• American Political Science Association Current
• European Consortium for Political Research Current

• I am serving as Treaurer of the Political Studies Association of Ireland. I am serving my second term on the PSAI Executive Committee. Specifically in this role, I have led on the development of two new inclusion awards, one domestic and one international in orientation, to support the representation of those from diverse and less traditional backgrounds at the PSAI's annual conference. I am currently working towards developing a PSAI Research Support scheme for Early Career and Postgrad researchers. I am also leading on the development of a new PSAI podcast series for which I will be co-host and producer to offer an important venue for accessible and engaging discussion of current political issues with Irish and international social scientists which can illustrate the contribution of the PSAI and expand its public footprint. I also chair the Farrell Book Prize Committee for the PSAI. In 2024, I was a conference organiser for the 2024 PSAI Annual Conference hosted by Trinity. 2020