Latest News from the Centre for International Studies

DCU announces Paddy Moriarty Memorial Scholarship
News added Dec 08 2009
DCU Educational Trust has announced the creation of the Paddy Moriarty Memorial Scholarhip to honour the life and contribution of the late Paddy...
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CIS wins grant for project on international conflict mediation from Dept of Foreign affairs, Conflict Resolution Unit
News added Dec 07 2009
CIS Researchers have won a grant of €80,000 under a new scheme from the Irish Dept of Foreign affairs Conflict Resolution Unit to examine rthe EU's...
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Africa Studies Group
News added Dec 07 2009
An African Studies Group has been meeting in DCU for the last six months. Topics discussed so far have included conflict, extraction of natural...
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IRCHSS Senior Fellowship Award
News added Sep 30 2009
Professor Robert Elgie receives an IRCHSS Senior Fellowship Award....
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Professor Idean Saleyhan visits CIS
News added Sep 30 2009
The Centre for International Studies was delighted to host Professor Idean Saleyhan this week. Professor Saleyhan, a distinguished scholar, author of...
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New Socio-Legal Research Centre
News added Sep 26 2009
The Socio-Legal Research Centre has recently been established in the School of Law and Government at DCU to promote empirical and theoretical...
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New Eurasia Studies Group to be formed
News added Jun 24 2009
A new Eurasia Studies Group is being formed by colleagues in DCU interested in research dealing with historical and contemporary social, economic,...
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new MA in Development - part-time delivery
News added Jul 02 2009
DCU is very pleased to announce that our MA in Development will now be available on a 2 year part-time basis with classes taking place over a number...
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Visiting professor Ambassador Shaharyar M. Khan, former foreign secretary of Pakistan
News added Mar 10 2009
Visiting professor Ambassador Shaharyar M. Khan, former foreign secretary of Pakistan

As part of an ongoing project on conflict...
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Visiting professors from India and Pakistan
News added Nov 24 2008
CIS is pleased to welcome two visiting professors to DCU - who are here for a short visit as part of a wider EU funded research programme on...
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New PhD Handbook
News added Sep 02 2008
The PhD Programme launched a new PhD handbook for incoming PhD students. It will also be useful to those considering undertaking a PhD....
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European Commission Grant to support new CIS research on Colour Revolutions
News added Aug 13 2008
Dr Donnacha O Beachain will join CIS in Sept 2008, with three years financial support from the European Commission's international re-integration...
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New colleagues join CIS
News added Aug 13 2008
CIS are please to welcome a number of additional colleagues for next year – broadening and deepening our expertise in key areas of interest. They...
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CIS wins awards in Research Council schemes
News added May 23 2008
CIS & School of Law and Goivernment in DCU have won a number of awards from the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences for the...
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Author Podcast on New DCU Resarch on Parliament in Rwanda - 48% of its members are now women - the largest % in the world
News added Mar 13 2008
New Research on the impact of the case of Rwanda – now the country with the largest percentage of women in their national parliament has been...
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EU funded project aims to strength mutual understanding of security policy in Europe and South Asia
News added Mar 12 2008
Europe and South Asia are far more nearly engaged today than they were twenty years ago, and there is growing interest in cooperative peacemaking and...
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Applications now being accepted for our MA and Phd programmes for next year
News added Mar 12 2008
Applications are now being accepted for our MA programmes and our PhD programme for next academic year. For details on how to apply see the...
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CIS to lead €1million programme on active citizenship in Central America
News added Feb 15 2008
CIS has been awarded grants totalling one million euro by Irish Aid to lead a project on Active Citizenship in Central America, which will bring...
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Engagement with Civil Society for Poverty Alleviation and Development
News added Feb 23 2008
This research was commissioned by the Advisory Board for Irish Aid on Ireland’s engagement with civil society for poverty reduction. The Advisory...
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List of Programmes

  1. MA in Development
  2. MA in International Organizations
  3. MA in International Relations
  4. MA in Globalisation
  5. MA in International Security and Conflict Studies
  6. Graduate Cert in Development Education