Bio
Gail McElroy is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College, Dublin. Her research interests are in the field of comparative politics, with a particular focus on legislative and party politics and political institutions.
Recent publications and research projects examine the nature of party competition in the European Parliament, the role of committees in legislative organization and the quality of citizen representation in the European Union.
Gail is also actively involved in the Irish National Election and Candidate Studies and recent published work in this area explores the continued under-representation of women in Irish politics.
She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, the London School of Economics (MSc) and the University of Rochester (PhD).
PublicationsArticles Policy Positioning in the European Parliament, European Union Politics, 13, (1), 2012. With Ken Benoit. Electing Women to the Dáil: Gender Cues and the Irish Voter. Irish Political Studies, Vol 26 (4), 2011, p521 - 534. With Michael Marsh. Party Policy and Group Affiliation in the European Parliament, British Journal of Political Science, 40, (2), 2010, p377 - 398. With Ken Benoit. TARA - Full Text. The Appointment of Rapporteurs in the European Parliament , Legislative Studies Quarterly, 35, (4), 2010, p457 - 486. With Antoine Yoshinaka and Shaun Bowler. Candidate Gender and Voter Choice: Analysis from a Multi-Member Preferential Voting System, Political Research Quarterly, 63, (4), 2010, p822 - 833. With Michael Marsh. Winner of Best Paper PRQ 2010.
TeachingAreas of PhD Supervision:
European Union Politics Political Parties Legislative Politics Political Behaviour
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