Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of
- Public Policy
- Public Administration
- Irish Government and Politics
- Public Sector Reform
- Technology in Government
Public outreach & key achievements
Professor MacCarthaigh is Professor of Politics and Public Policy and Head of Politics and International Relations at QUB. He is Programme Director of the QUB MSc in International Public Policy. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) and co-chairs the EGPA Study Group on the Governance of Public Sector Organisations. He is involved with a number of Doctoral Training Programmes at QUB.
Research students
| PhD Title | Modes of Politicisation in the Irish Civil Service |
| Name | Aodhan MacCormaic (2016) |
| PhD Title | Does Open Data Increase Government Accountability? |
| Name | Connel McKeown (2020) |
| PhD Title | A critical evaluation of anti-corruption AI technology adoption in the United Arab Emirates |
| Name | Humaid Al-Kaabi (2023) |