Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Head of Politics and IR, and Director of the Centre for Public Policy and Administration, Queen's University Belfast.
Joined June 2016
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 Madalina Busuioc & @MuirisMac
💡 Seeks Papers that explore how #AI transforms the foundations of public governance
⌛ Submit by 10 Dec buff.ly/VjEp2RJ
#Polsci #CallforPapers
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
2 Dec 2025
📖 Book Chapter Publication with @MuirisMac on “Assessing Agency Autonomy in the ‘Handbook of Bureaucractic Autonomy’ edited by #GuyPeters published by @ElgarPublishing
Interested in understanding the effects of agency autonomy, read the chapter here lnkd.in/d7-XHce3
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
25 Nov 2025
It was wonderful to welcome Prof Paul Cairney (Stirling) to present the inaugural Centre for Public Policy and Administration Annual Lecture, on the theme of policy coherence.
Pictured with @MuirisMac, Director of the CPPA, and other members of our fantastic HAPP & CPPA staff!
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
18 Sep 2025
🚨 I am looking for a new colleague
@QUBelfast @HAPPatQUB is looking to hire a permanent 🙂 lecturer in International Public Policy. You will contribute to research and teaching in our newly formed Centre for Public Policy and Administration! @ECPR_Int_Groups @ECPR @psaitweets
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
17 Sep 2025
We're advertising not one but TWO permanent(!) Lecturer positions at the mighty QUB: one in International Relations and one in International Public Policy. Deadline for both 13th October. Details -> qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacanc…
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23 Jul 2025
People are often confronted by the consequences of state actions. But what about when there is no state action, for years, and you find yourself in ‘administrative limbo’? Our new article looks at the consequences: academic.oup.com/jpart/advan… @HAPPatQUB @psaitweets @psapolicy_phd
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
14 May 2025
CfP for the 5th Global Policy North workshop at @EdinburghUni and hosted by @PolicyRelevant. Submit your abstracts here and details below: tinyurl.com/awckrjjk
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
7 May 2025
And the public policy community is growing in @psaitweets... Look at this nice bunch!
Great @HAPPatQUB and Centre for Public Policy and Administration representation as well!!!
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5 May 2025
Couple of recent papers on AI and public sector accountability with my @QUBelfast colleagues Deepak Padmanabhan and Marc Elliott. The first examines accountability issues arising from real-world AI-based problems: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.……
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5 May 2025
And the second considers the accountability challenges that the use of Generative AI in government create, and what can be done to address them. dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/……2/2 @HAPPatQUB @linas_qub @psaitweets
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5 May 2025
By extraordinary coincidence (really!) our third paper just went up online today. It offers ways of better connecting different types of AI to appropriate forms of accountability: emerald.com/insight/content/…
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
28 Apr 2025
Congratulations to Mary Angela and her Minor Antrim Camogie teammates on winning the Electric Ireland Minor A All Ireland Shield Final on Sunday against Laois at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny!
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
15 Apr 2025
How will #ArtificialIntelligence shape the future of #PublicServices?
That was the big question explored at Queen’s today as senior #Policymakers, top #AI researchers, and industry leaders came together to examine AI’s real-world impact on #Government.
Hosted by the Centre for Public Policy and Administration, the seminar tackled everything from #AIEthics and #PublicTrust to #DataSecurity and the future of the #Workforce.
Launched in October, the Centre for Public Policy and Administration brings policymakers and world-leading researchers together to co-create practical solutions to society’s biggest challenges. And today’s event is just one example of how that collaboration is making a difference.
With the backdrop of Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer's #AIActionPlan, today’s discussions are helping to shape how AI will support, govern, and transform #PublicService delivery.
Find out more: ow.ly/Ri3150VANuB
#PublicPolicy | #Research | #Policymaking | #Academia | #Policy | #NorthernIreland | #ArtificalIntelligence | @QUBEngagement | @QubEps | @QUBEEECS
ALT Image shows the event's speakers and organisers pictured outside Riddel Hall.
ALT Image shows a panel discussion on stage. Geoff McGimpsey, the MC, is pictured along with Professor Chris Johnson, Professor Madalina Busuioc, and Dr Deepak Padmanabhan.
ALT Image shows Professor Phil Hanna speaking on stage.
ALT Image shows Professor Iain Styles speaking on stage.
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
4 Apr 2025
Why #ChatGPT is a uniquely terrible tool for government ministers.
Our experts are here with an explainer ➡️ ow.ly/jpwf50VuG9u
#LoveQUBResearch #AI #ArtificalIntelligence @deepakp7 @QUBEEECS @MuirisMac @HAPPatQUB
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
30 Mar 2025
Congrats to Mary-Angela and Antrim Camogie minors on winning the Ulster Final 🏆
30 Mar 2025
Congratulations to our Minor squad and management on their Ulster Minor final win against Derry today in Ahoghill. What a weekend for the Saffs!!
#upthesaffs💛🤍
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Please let your students know! AND ☝️ there will be a research workshop as well running parallel to the summer school
☀️ Join @ECPR_Int_Groups' Summer School, delivering an intensive course on interest group research 👇
📆 6 – 11 Jul 📍 Maastricht University
🫂 Steering Committee @michelecrepaz @patibeast & Meta Novak
⏰ Apply by Tue 8 Apr ecpr.eu/Events/324
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16 Jan 2025
Perhaps not that surprising given the constitutional limit to the number of full ministers and the ever-growing list of policy commitments…politicalreform.ie/2024/12/1…
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Muiris MacCarthaigh retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Very interesting and timely blog by @MuirisMac about the negative impact that constant changes to government departments' mandates have on government efficiency politicalreform.ie/2024/12/1…
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7 Jan 2025
Interested in long-term perspectives on policy-making? Join our @RIAdawson online event next Thursday 16th with @thomasnhale @geoffmulgan Rhiannon Hardiman @futuregencymru Laurie Smith @nesta_uk & Klaus Goetz @LMU_Muenchen. Details 👇@UKAPA_1918 @psaitweets @IIAS_IISA @policy_psa
16 Dec 2024
How can future generations be present in policy-development? How can we achieve balance between short-term, election-cycle promises with the long-term process of policy development?
Book your ticket now for an online seminar exploring policies associated with time and ageing, and time in policy-making:
ria.ie/events/ageing-in-time…
This half-day event will take place on the 16th of January.
Tickets are free but booking is essential on the RIA website.
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6 Jan 2025
A gentlemen to his fingertips and a giant in the study of executive goverment. He leaves an extrordinary intellectual legacy. The Art of the State and The Tools of Government are classics but my go-to piece is still A Public Management for all Seasons? (1991). We were...1/2
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6 Jan 2025
...honoured to have him launch @ISAD_UCD at an event in Dublin back in November 2010. There is a great expression in Irish that is very fitting and I think he would enjoy - Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann - We won't see the like of him again.
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