Leadership and governance roles in universities, learned societies and journals. Committees, external reviewing and other service are on the Service page.
Leadership
Academic leadership
Dean, School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
Head of the School of Social Sciences, responsible for its academic programmes, research and faculty.
2024–present
Advisory Board Member
Data Science Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
Member of the institute's advisory board, following four years as its director.
2024–present
Director, Data Science Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science
Directed the LSE's institute for data science, bringing together research, teaching and training in data science across the School.
2020–2024
Programme Director, LSE Summer School in Methods, Data Science, and Mathematics
London School of Economics and Political Science
Directed the summer school's programme in research methods, data science and mathematics.
2018–2020
Director, Social and Economic Data Sciences Unit
London School of Economics and Political Science
Directed the LSE's Social and Economic Data Sciences Unit.
2016–2018
Head of Department of Methodology
London School of Economics and Political Science
Head of the department, over two terms.
2011–2013; 2015–2018
Director, Doctoral Training Centre
London School of Economics and Political Science
Directed the LSE's first Doctoral Training Centre, responsible for doctoral research training.
2011–2013
Head of Department of Political Science
Trinity College Dublin
Head of the department of political science.
2008–2010
Boards and learned societies
Director and Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer); Board Member
European Political Science Society
Responsible for the society's finances as Treasurer, and a member of its board.
2025–present
Council Member
Social Science Research Council, Singapore
Member of the council of the Social Science Research Council.
2025–present
Co-founder; Executive Director; Treasurer and Vice-President
European Political Science Association
Co-founded the association. Treasurer and Vice-President from 2011 to 2017, then Executive Director from 2017 to 2024. Chaired the programme committee for the 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2023 annual conferences.
2011–2024
Council Member
American Political Science Association
Member of the association's council.
2013–2015
Editorial roles
Editorial Board
Political Science Research and Methods
2016–present
Associate Editor
American Political Science Review
2016–2020
Associate Editor
Political Science Research and Methods
2012–2016
Editorial Board
American Political Science Review
2012–2016
Editorial Board
Electoral Studies
2003–2022
Editorial Board, book series Interests, Identities, and Institutions in Comparative Politics
University of Michigan Press
2006–2022