Service to the discipline, editorial roles, university service and other professional service. Leadership and board roles are summarized on the Leadership page.
Service to the discipline
- Social Science Research Council, Singapore: Council member, 2025–present.
- European Political Science Society: Director and Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer); Board Member, 2025–present.
- European Political Science Association: Co-founder; Executive Director 2017–2024; Treasurer/Vice-President 2011–2017; Programme Committee Chair, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019, and 2023 Annual Conferences.
- American Political Science Association: Council member, 2013–2015.
- Advisory Board Member, Data Science Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2024–present.
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.
University Service
Singapore Management University:
- Dean, School of Social Sciences, 2024–present.
London School of Economics and Political Science:
- Director, Data Science Institute, 2020–2024.
- Programme Director, LSE Summer School, Methods, Data Science, and Mathematics, 2018–2020.
- Head of Department, Department of Methodology, 2011–2013; 2015–2018.
- Director, Social and Economic Data Sciences Unit, 2016–2018.
- Director of the Doctoral Training Centre, 2011–2013.
Trinity College Dublin:
- Head of Department, Political Science, 2008–2010.
- Executive Board member, Institute for International Integration Studies, 2004–2008.
- Director of Teaching and Learning, Postgraduate Programme, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 2005–2007.
- Executive Committee, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 2005–2007; 2008–present.
- Director of Graduate Admissions, Department of Political Science, 2003–2005.
- Graduate Director, Department of Political Science, 1999–2002.
- Career Services Advisory Committee, 2004–2005.
- Fellows’ Standing Committee, 2004–2005.
- Graduate Studies Committee, 2000–2006.
- Fulbright Selection Committee (Ireland), Spring 2000.
- College Tutor, 1999–2006.
Other Professional Service
External examiner for Research Methods in the Department of Political Science, University College London, 2012–2016.
External review panel member, Review of the College of Arts and Sciences, Australian National University, 2015.
External assessor, Quality Review of the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, 7–9 February 2007.
Section chair, Representation and Electoral Systems, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
Member, Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice, European Consortium for Political Research, 2005–present.
Member, International Studies Committee, Royal Irish Academy, 2005.
Assistant Academic Convener, First ECPR General Conference, Canterbury, UK, September 6–8, 2001 (1999–2001).
Core team member, Irish National Social and Political Survey, 1999–2002.
Director, Political Studies Association of Ireland Press, 1999–2001.
Executive Board Member, Political Studies Association of Ireland, 1999–2001.
Professional referee for more than two dozen major political science and economics journals, university presses, and funding agencies, including American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, Political Analysis, and the National Science Foundation.