Research Interests
Comparative public administration; Environmental Policy; Europeanisation; political-administrative relations and reform; public policy process.
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests are in comparative public administration, public policy process and Europeanisation. The modules I am currently teaching include:
PA6011 Public Administration Theory and Practice
PA4021 Ideas and Concepts in Public Administration
PA4018 Public Policy Process
PO4118 Ireland and EU Membership
PO5010 Graduate Seminar in European Governance
PA4005 Seminar in Sustainable Development
Publications
Books
The Implementation of Environmental Policy in Ireland: Lessons from translating EU directives into action
Bernadette Connaughton
(2019)
The Implementation of Environmental Policy in Ireland: Lessons from translating EU directives into action
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
Challenges to Reforming Health Financing Policy in Ghana
Mantey, M. and Connaughton, B
(2011)
Challenges to Reforming Health Financing Policy in Ghana
Germany :
LAP
Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland
Rees, N., Quinn, B. and Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
Politico-Administrative Relations at the Centre: Actors, Structures and Processes supporting the Core Executive
Connaughton, B; Sootla, G; Peters, BG (eds.)
(2008)
Politico-Administrative Relations at the Centre: Actors, Structures and Processes supporting the Core Executive
Bernadette Connaughton, Georg Sootla, B.Guy Peters(Ed.)
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
Politico-Administrative Dilemma: Traditional Problems and New Solutions
Peters, BG; Sootla, G; Connaughton, B (eds.)
(2006)
Politico-Administrative Dilemma: Traditional Problems and New Solutions
Peters, B.G., Sootla, G., Connaughton, B. (eds.)(Ed.)
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
Book Chapters
Confronting interrelated Crises in the EU's Western Periphery: Steering Ireland-EU Relations back to the Centre
Connaughton, B.
(2016)
Confronting interrelated Crises in the EU's Western Periphery: Steering Ireland-EU Relations back to the Centre
In Core Periphery Relations in the European Union;
London :
Routledge
Developing a Hybrid Identity? Europeanisation of Public Servants at the Continent's Far-West
Connaughton, B.
(2015)
Developing a Hybrid Identity? Europeanisation of Public Servants at the Continent's Far-West
In The European Civil Servant: A Shared Administrative Identity?;
London :
Routledge
Ministers and their Departments: Inside the Black Box' of the Policy Making Process'
Connaughton, B.
(2012)
Ministers and their Departments: Inside the Black Box' of the Policy Making Process'
In Governing Ireland;
Dublin :
IPA
Ireland'
Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Ireland'
In Partisan Appointees and Public Servants: An International Analysis of the Role of the Political Advisor;
Aldershot :
Edward Elgar
Europeanisation: a catalyst for change
Rees, N. and Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Europeanisation: a catalyst for change
In Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland;
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
Mediating Forces and the Domestic Polity
Quinn, B. and Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Mediating Forces and the Domestic Polity
In Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland;
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
Political institutions and administrative adaptation
Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Political institutions and administrative adaptation
In Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland;
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
Ireland and the European Union
Rees, N. Quinn, B. and B. Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Ireland and the European Union
In Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland;
Manchester :
MUP
The politics of environmental policy
Connaughton, B.
(2010)
The politics of environmental policy
In Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland;
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
Changing Relationships at the Summit? Analysing the Role and Institutionalisation of Special Advisors in Ireland
Connaughton, B
(2008)
Changing Relationships at the Summit? Analysing the Role and Institutionalisation of Special Advisors in Ireland
In Politico-Administrative Relations at the Centre: Actors, Structures and Processes supporting the Core Executive;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
Staffing the 'Summit' - Evidence from East and West on the Role of Personal Advisors and Senior Civil Servants
Connaughton, B
(2008)
Staffing the 'Summit' - Evidence from East and West on the Role of Personal Advisors and Senior Civil Servants
In Politico-Administrative Relations at the Centre: Actors, Structures and Processes supporting the Core Executive;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
Ireland: Modernisation as Opposed to Radical Reform'
Connaughton, B
(2008)
Ireland: Modernisation as Opposed to Radical Reform'
In Handbook of Administrative Reform: An International Perspective;
Boca Raton, USA :
Taylor and Francis CRC Press
Rhetoric or Reality? Responding to the challenge of sustainable development and new governance patterns
Connaughton, B et al
(2008)
Rhetoric or Reality? Responding to the challenge of sustainable development and new governance patterns
In In Pursuit of Sustainable Development,;
Abingdon:Oxford :
Routledge
Expansion and Adaptation: Irish Public Administration Programmes and the International Context
Connaughton, B
(2008)
Expansion and Adaptation: Irish Public Administration Programmes and the International Context
In Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programmes in Europe: The Road from Bologna;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
Analysing Politico-Administrative Relations: Extending the Focus
Sootla, G; Peters, BG; Connaughton, B
(2006)
Analysing Politico-Administrative Relations: Extending the Focus
In Politico-Administrative Dilemma: Traditional Problems and New Solutions;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
'The impact of reform on politico-administrative relations in Ireland: enlightening or confusing roles of political and managerial accountability'
Connaughton, B
(2006)
'The impact of reform on politico-administrative relations in Ireland: enlightening or confusing roles of political and managerial accountability'
In Politico Administrative Dilemma: Traditional Problems and New Solutions;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
'The Challenge of Multi-Level Governance and Europeanization in Ireland'
Rees, N; Quinn, B; Connaughton, B
(2006)
'The Challenge of Multi-Level Governance and Europeanization in Ireland'
In Adapting to Multi-Level Governance - Regional and Environmental Policies in Cohesion and CEE Countries;
Aldershot :
Ashgate
EU Environmental Policy and Ireland
Connaughton, B
(2005)
EU Environmental Policy and Ireland
In Ireland and the European Union: Nice, enlargement and the future of Europe;
Manchester :
Manchester University Press
The Impact of Coalition Government on Politico-Administrative Relations in Ireland 1981-2002
Connaughton, B
(2005)
The Impact of Coalition Government on Politico-Administrative Relations in Ireland 1981-2002
In Politico-Administrative Relations under Coalition Governments;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
The Governance of the European Union
Connaughton, B
(2000)
The Governance of the European Union
In Introduction to Comparative Public Administration;
Sofia :
GVT Press
Developing Public Administration Education in Central and Eastern Europe: the Significance of the European Dimension in Academic Programmes?
Connaughton, B; Verheijen, T
(2000)
Developing Public Administration Education in Central and Eastern Europe: the Significance of the European Dimension in Academic Programmes?
In Building Higher Education programmes in Public Administration in CEE countries;
Bratislava :
NISPAcee
Peer Reviewed Journals
Navigating the borderlines of politics and administration: Reflections on the role of ministerial advisers
Bernadette Connaughton
(2015)
Navigating the borderlines of politics and administration: Reflections on the role of ministerial advisers
In International Journal Of Public Administration;
Routledge London :
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2014.952820
A Rubik's Cube Dilemma? The Implementation of European Union Waste-Management Policy in Ireland
Connaughton, B
(2014)
A Rubik's Cube Dilemma? The Implementation of European Union Waste-Management Policy in Ireland
In Journal Of Environmental Policy & Planning;
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2013.829748
From incidental to integral? Forty years of Ireland's engagement with EU environmental policy
Bernadette Connaughton
(2014)
From incidental to integral? Forty years of Ireland's engagement with EU environmental policy
In Administration;
Dublin :
'Glorified Gofers, Policy Experts or Good Generalists': A Classification of the Roles of the Irish Ministerial Adviser
Connaughton, B
(2010)
'Glorified Gofers, Policy Experts or Good Generalists': A Classification of the Roles of the Irish Ministerial Adviser
In Irish Political Studies;
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2010.497636
Symptom or Remedy? Mediating Characteristics of the Irish Central Bureaucracy and their Influence on the Strategic Capacity of a 'Small' State'
Connaughton, B.
(2010)
Symptom or Remedy? Mediating Characteristics of the Irish Central Bureaucracy and their Influence on the Strategic Capacity of a 'Small' State'
In Halduskutuur Administrative Culture;
Minding' the Minister: Conceptualising the Role of the Special Adviser in Ireland
Connaughton, B
(2010)
Minding' the Minister: Conceptualising the Role of the Special Adviser in Ireland
In Administration;
The Europeanisation of Irish Environmental Policy: The EU as the Engine of Domestic Policy Change
Quinn, B; Connaughton, B; Rees, N
(2007)
The Europeanisation of Irish Environmental Policy: The EU as the Engine of Domestic Policy Change
In Administration;
Reform of Politico-Administrative Relations in the Irish System: Clarifying or Complicating the Doctrine of Ministerial Responsibility?
Connaughton, B
(2006)
Reform of Politico-Administrative Relations in the Irish System: Clarifying or Complicating the Doctrine of Ministerial Responsibility?
In Irish Political Studies;
Public Administration as a Field of Study: Divergence or Convergence in the Light of Europeanization?
Connaughton, B. and Randma, T.
(2005)
Public Administration as a Field of Study: Divergence or Convergence in the Light of Europeanization?
In Trames A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences;
Ireland's pragmatic adaptation to regionalization: The mid-west region
Rees N., Quinn B., Connaughton B.
(2004)
Ireland's pragmatic adaptation to regionalization: The mid-west region
In Regional And Federal Studies;
DOI: 10.1080/1359756042000261360
Public administration education and europeanization: Prospects for the emancipation of a discipline?
Verheijen, T; Connaughton, B
(2003)
Public administration education and europeanization: Prospects for the emancipation of a discipline?
In Public Administration;
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2003.00373.x