A busy first day at the European Group for Public Administration annual conference in Athens, a city that has a long tradition (26 centuries was mentioned) of discussions about what makes for good government ! @IIAS_IISA #EGPA2024

Really good opening plenary on AI and political science at ECPR General Conference in Dublin #ecprgc24 . Challenges for research, teaching and the practice of politics. But we can’t get carried away by the hype either! @HAPPatQUB

Thanks to my @psaitweets Public Policy Specialist Group co-chair @conorlittle for organising a superb workshop on Irish policy agendas at @NUIMerrionSq. Great to see some new faces in this growing research field. @HAPPatQUB @POLITICSUL @TCDPoliticalSci @ucdpolitics

Our Global Policy North workshop led by @drjacktaggart from @HAPPatQUB kicks off in @QUBelfast @Global_Policy @Durham_SGIA

Thanks to family, friends and colleagues who attended my inaugural lecture last night (especially those who made it through the Dublin snow!). It’s been a long road and I’m very grateful for all the help along the way🙏. Thanks also to @EatAtQueens for great catering @HAPPatQUB

Almost 4 years since we submitted the application to @MSCActions for the @QUBCitigens project, and almost 3 since they walked in the door of @QUBelfast, we’re hosting what is likely to be our last gathering of the successful Early Stage Researchers today. 🎓 @qubgradschool

Thanks to @ArtOLeary for taking time out from #PSAI2023 participation to speak to @HAPPatQUB postgraduate students about the role of the Irish President and his work as CEO of new Irish Electoral Commission @psaitweets

Very pleased in my new role as Head of Politics & Int. Relations @QUBelfast to welcome 4 new colleagues to @HAPPatQUB as we start the 23/24 academic year. @AnastasiaErsho8 (Public Policy) @partisjh (IR) @DrChrisLong1 (IR) @SarahWagnerPhD (Pol Sci). Wishing them every success! 🎓

Great to have Prime Ministers engaging with academics across Europe - here in Zagreb 🇭🇷 PM Andrej Plenković addresses the #EGPA2023 opening plenary on the issue of steering the EU through poly-crises, on the 10th anniversary of Croatian accession to the Union. @IIAS_IISA

Sorry to be missing #UACES2023 organised by my colleagues at @HAPPatQUB this week but my excuse is attending the European Group for Public Administration annual conference in Zagreb, home of several unusual museums…@IIAS_IISA #EGPA2023

Some final engagements in Paris with International Energy Agency and Irish Embassy to @OECD and @UNESCO to hear about current and future policy ambitions. @IRLOECDUNESCO @IEA @HAPPatQUB

A very busy day today engaging with World Wildlife Fund, Delegation of Catalonian Government to the EU, Saudi ambassador to EU, and @Bruegel_org think-tank - and finding some shade from the sun ☀️ @HAPPatQUB @WWFEU @Catalonia_EU

An early start this morning for International Public Policy students to visit EU institutions and hear about how they work as well as current work on the major challenge of climate change. @HAPPatQUB @EU_Commission