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Dr. Karen Devine

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Dr. Karen Devine

Biographical Details:

Karen Devine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Spanish (University College, Dublin 1993) a Masters of Arts in European Integration (University of Limerick, 1995) a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2003) and graduated with a PhD in Political Science from University of Dublin, Trinity College in June 2007. She is a Lecturer in International Relations, specialising in teaching European Union politics, Irish Foreign Policy and International Relations Theories and Methodologies. Dr. Devine delivers two undergraduate modules: LG329 Issues in International Relations, LG345 Issues in European Integration, three MA modules: LG525 Irish Foreign Policy, LG572 Development of the European Union, LG593 Issues and Practice in International Relations and a PhD-level module: LG603 Qualitative Methods. She was an IRCHSS postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for International Studies at DCU, 2008-2009. She has previously tutored courses on Irish Foreign Policy, International Relations and European Integration at the University of Dublin and at the University of Aberdeen. Her recent publications include articles published or forthcoming in Cooperation and Conflict, International Politics, International Political Science Review, Irish Political Studies and Irish Studies in International Affairs. Her research interests focus on the politics of neutrality in Ireland, Austria, Sweden and Finland and the European Union, public opinion on foreign policy in Europe and the United States of America, the evolution of the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy, the use of methodological pluralism incorporating postpositivist and positivist approaches in IR and the development of critical social constructivist theory. Dr. Devine has published articles on neutrality in the Irish Times newspaper, contributed to the Sunday Business Post newspaper and a number of international newspapers (e.g. Poland, Japan); has appeared on RTE PrimeTime and The Week in Politics television programmes, the 'Tonight with Vincent Browne' current affairs television programme; RTE Radio's DriveTime, The Late Debate, Saturday with Charlie Bird, and The Sunday Forum current affairs programmes; several RTE news radio programmes; NewsTalk 106's 'The Dunphy Show', and a number of local Irish and international (e.g. USA, France) radio shows to discuss aspects of European Union politics. She is interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of European Union (EU) politics, EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Neutral and Non-Aligned state foreign policies, and public opinion on foreign policy. Dr. Devine is a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University in the City of New York, USA, 2012-2013, researching the impact of patriotism on public attitudes to foreign policy in the USA and Ireland.

Research Interests:

Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; Neutrality; European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy/European Security and Defence Policy; Combining 'Positivist' and 'Postpositivist' Methodologies; Critical Constructivist IR Theory

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Chapters

  • Karen M Devine. 2010. Irish political parties' positions on the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy/European Security and Defence Policy and Irish neutrality. Party Politics and the EU on the Island of Ireland
  • Devine, Karen, For Better Or For Worse? The Impact of EU membership on Ireland's Policy Toward the Third World , The Association of Third World Studies Annual Conference, 11-OCT-12 - 13-OCT-12, Berry College, Rome, Georgia, USA
  • Devine, Karen, A Genealogy of 'Peace Policy' in Irish Foreign Policy across four centuries of discourse and practice, International Studies Association Annual Conference, 01-APR-12 - 04-APR-12, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Devine, Karen, The Role of Patriotism in Public Attitudes to US and Irish Foreign Policy, International Studies Association (ISA), 01-APR-12 - 04-APR-12, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Devine, Karen., Ireland's relationship with neutrality, NATO and the UN, Neutrality in the XXI Century - Lessons for Serbia, 01-DEC-11 - 02-DEC-11, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Devine, Karen, Gender dynamics in attitudes to neutrality and foreign policy, Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI), 21-OCT-11 - 23-OCT-11, Dublin, Ireland
  • Devine, Karen., Small states and the [social] construction of the European Union's 'European External Action Service' (EEAS) : the case of Ireland, The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), 05-SEP-11 - 07-SEP-11, Cambridge, UK
  • Devine, Karen., Variation in the content and analysis of Eurobarometer surveys: implications for making cross-national inferences, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, 25-AUG-11 - 27-AUG-11, Rekjavik, Iceland
  • Devine, Karen., The political psychology of repeat referendums on EC Treaties: the impact of media, campaign messages and image-making on public opinion and voting behaviour, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, 25-AUG-11 - 27-AUG-11, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Devine, Karen., India and the European Union as 'global actors': a comparison, India in International Relations: European and Indian Perspectives, 27-APR-11 - 29-APR-11, New Delhi, India
  • Devine, Karen., Core Values, Political Orientations and Attitudes Toward Neutrality in Ireland, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, 16-MAR-11 - 19-MAR-11, Montreal, Canada
  • Devine, Karen., The Status and Use of Methodological [Epistemological] Pluralism in the Discipline of International Relations: Moving beyond the Double Negative Position, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, 16-MAR-11 - 19-MAR-11, Montreal, Canada
  • Devine, Karen., Principles and motivations underpinning the development of the European Union's Security and Defence Policy: from treaties to practice, Conflict Resolution: Challenges, Successes, and Failures of Supranational and International Organizations, Grand Rapids Community College Annual Peace Studies Conference , 27-SEP-10 - 29-SEP-10, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • Devine, Karen., The EU and the eradication of neutrality as a basis for independent foreign policy in Europe, An Independent Irish Foreign Policy: a future? PANA, 03-SEP-10 - 04-SEP-10, Parnell Square, Dublin
  • Devine, Karen., The Role of International Relations Theoretical Perspectives in the Discourses and Policy Practices of Neutrality in European States, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, 17-FEB-10 - 20-FEB-10, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Devine, Karen., Integrating Research on Domestic and Foreign Policy Opinions, International Studies Association (ISA) Workshop, 16-FEB-10 - 16-FEB-10, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Devine, Karen., Methodological pluralism in constructivism: deconstructing and reconstructing empirical international relations and political science research through a critical social constructivist approach, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 5th General Conference, 10-SEP-09 - 12-SEP-09, Potsdam, Germany
  • Devine, Karen., National identity, values and beliefs: the dynamics of public opinion on Irish neutrality assessed in a comparative 'rational public' context, Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), 14-JUL-09 - 17-JUL-09, Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin
  • Devine, Karen., Irish neutrality and the Lisbon Treaty, In: Iain Atack and Sean McCrum ed.Neutrality: Irish Experience, European Experience, 08-MAY-09 - 09-MAY-09, Royal Irish Academy/Irish School of Ecumenics, Dublin, 30 - 33
  • Devine, Karen., 'Othering' NATO? The Social Construction of NATO in European Neutrals' Foreign Policy Discourses, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of Workshops (Workshop 24:'Theorising Nato'), 14-APR-09 - 19-APR-09, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Devine, Karen., Locating the European Union within the context of European security institutions, 1945 - 2009, Peacemaking and Peace-building in Europe and South Asia Workshop, 26-FEB-09 - 28-FEB-09, Dublin City University, Dublin
  • Devine, Karen., Irish neutrality and the ESDP under the Lisbon Treaty: competing or complementary?, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, 15-FEB-09 - 18-FEB-09, New York City, USA
  • Devine, Karen., Analysing identity dynamics in elite-public orientations towards Irish neutrality, Political Studies Association of Ireland Conference, 17-OCT-08 - 19-OCT-08, Galway
  • Devine, Karen., Irish Party Positions on the EU's CFSP/ESDP and Irish neutrality, Party Politics and the EU on the Island of Ireland, 28-APR-08 - 28-APR-08, Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA)
  • Devine, Karen., Panel 10 Methodological Pluralism? Consolidating Political Science Methodology, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of Workshops, 11-APR-08 - 16-APR-08, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Rennes, France
  • Devine, Karen., Irish political parties' attitudes towards Irish neutrality and the evolution of the EU's CFSP/ESDP, Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) Annual Conference, 19-OCT-07 - 21-OCT-07, Dublin
  • Devine, Karen., Deconstructing concepts of Irish neutrality using International Relations theories, RIA Academy Committee for the Study of International Affairs, Graduate Research Seminar, 17-NOV-05 - 18-NOV-05, Dublin
  • Devine, Karen., Are public attitudes to Irish neutrality "rationally" structured?, Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) Annual Conference, 21-OCT-05 - 23-OCT-05, Belfast, United Kingdom
  • Devine, Karen., Testing the Rational Public hypothesis: the case of public attitudes to Irish neutrality, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Conference, 08-SEP-05 - 10-AUG-05, Budapest, Hungary
  • Devine, Karen., Foreign Policy Analysis as Discourse: deconstructing Irish neutrality and the "unneutral" thesis using International Relations theory, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of Workshops, 14-APR-05 - 19-APR-05, Granada, Spain
  • Devine, Karen., Irish Neutrality and the Politics of Definition: An Examination of Government, Public and Academic Concepts, Is Ireland a Democracy?, 02-APR-04 - 03-APR-04, NUI Maynooth
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