Apr
03
Publications
Ahmad, Khurshid, Daly, Nick, Liston, Vanessa (2011) "What is new? News media, general elections, sentiment, and named entities" Proceedings of the Workshop on Sentiment Analysis where AI meets Psychology (SAAIP), 5th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP 2011), pp. 80-88, Chiang Mai, Thailand
V Liston (2009) Microcosms of Democracy? A Study of the Internal Governance of International NGOs in Kenya, Journal of Civil Society, 5(1) : 61-82.
E O'Leary, V Liston (eds.) (2011) Data Yearbook, Irish Political Studies, 26(2).
E O'Leary, V Liston (eds.) (2010) Data Yearbook, Irish Political Studies, 25(2) 227 – 287.
E O'Leary, V Liston (eds.) (2009) Data Yearbook, Irish Political Studies, 24(2) 189-252.
M Gallagher, V Liston, M Marsh, L Weeks (2002) Explaining activism levels among Fine Gael members: a test of the general incentives model, Irish Political Studies, 18(2).
Conference Papers & Posters
(Upcoming) Liston, V., Harris, C., O'Toole, M. (2012) 'Evolving substantive notions of representation: the SOWIT deliberation model', 12th European Conference on eGovernment, Barcelona 2012
(Upcoming) Liston, V., Harris, C., O'Toole, M. (2012) 'Enabling discourse representation and meta-consensus in online deliberation using Semantic Web technologies' Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association, Belfast 3 - 5 April 2012
V. Liston, C. Harris, M.O'Toole (2011) 'Computer-mediated deliberation for citizen self-government: A theoretical design of an integrated policy process', Paper prepared for presentation at the Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, 21-23 October 2011, Dublin.
"Theoretical framework for enabling e-deliberative democracy in Ireland", Co-authors: Clodagh Harris (UCC), Khurshid Ahmad (TCD), Mark O'Toole (Kilkenny County Council), Political Studies Association UK, London, April 19-21, 2011.
"Web 2.0 and Iris Young: A civic experiment in inclusive democracy in Ireland". Co-authors: Clodagh Harris (UCC), Khurshid Ahmad (TCD), Mark O'Toole (Kilkenny County Council), Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier Street, October 18-21, 2010.
"Kenia: De Armsten Zien het Minste van de NGO Hulp en Ontwikkelings Programma's", Poster Presentatie, NVAS Studiedag: Afrikastudies in Nederland en België, NWO/WOTRO, Den Haag, 16 October 2009
"NGOs and spatial dimensions of poverty in Kenya" Paper presented at the African Studies Association UK Biennial Conference, Preston, Lancashire 11th-13th September 2008
"Do the internal governance structures of civil society organsiations matter for democracy?" Presented at the World International Studies Committee (WISC), Second Global International Studies Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia 23rd - 26th July 2008
"Do what I say not what I do: NGOs in Kenya", Presented at the Development's Future Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway, 24-25th Nov. 2007
"Impact of NGOs on political attitudes and behaviour" Presented at the Political Science Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 2003
Seminars/Invited Speaker
Maastricht University 18th July 2010: Masterclass "Political Attitudes and Democratization in Africa: Assumptions and Approaches"(download .ppt)
Maastricht University 21st July 2010: Keynote speech
Dublin City University: April 2009
PhD Dissertation
Microcosms of Democracy? Non-governmental organisations and their impact on political attitudes and behaviour in Kenya, Trinity College Dublin 2008. Download (.pdf)
