Biography
I was awarded a PhD by the European University Institute in 2014 and I have worked at University College Dublin, Keele University, and the University of Copenhagen. My research interests include political parties, political careers, the comparative politics of climate change, and Irish politics.
Teaching Interests
@ Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017 Parties in government. Who gets in? Who gets what? How long does it last? 7.5 ECTS
Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017 Ministerial careers in comparative perspective 7.5 ECTS
Spring 2015, Spring 2017 Comparative Public Policy 7.5 ECTS
Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015 Lectures on the BA in Comparative Politics course
@ School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
Spring 2012 Comparative Public Policy 10 ECTS
Autumn 2012 Comparative Politics (BA) 10 ECTS
Autumn 2012 Comparative European Politics (postgraduate) 10 ECTS
Autumn 2012 Introduction to Research Design 5 ECTS
Autumn 2012 Introduction to Qualitative Methods 5 ECTS
Publications
Book Chapter
Fianna Fáil. In the Liberals but not of the Liberals.
Little, Conor; Farrell, David M.
Liberal Parties in Europe
The Irish party system: at a critical juncture
Little, Conor; Farrell, David M.
The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics
Party Organization and Party Unity
Little, Conor; Farrell, David M.
Organizing Representation: Political Parties, Participation and Power
Green parties in government
Little, Conor
Green Parties in Europe
Environmental Challenges
Little, Conor; Torney, Diarmuid
The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy
Responsible government and representation in the Eurocrisis
Froio, Caterina; Little, Conor
Party Politics and Democracy in Europe: Essays in Honour of Peter Mair
Irlanda
Little, Conor
LItalia e LEuropa al Bivio delle Riforme. Le elezioni europee e amministrative del 25 maggio 2014.
Ireland
Little, Conor; Sudulich, Maria Laura; Wall, Matthew
The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament : country reports
Peer Reviewed Journal
Book review: Partisans, Loyalists, and Ideologues. Ministers and Policymaking in Parliamentary Cabinets by Despina Alexiadou
Little, Conor
Perspectives On Politics
Climate politics in small European states
Carter N.;Little C.;Torney D.
Environmental Politics
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2019.1625144
Drivers of political parties' climate policy preferences: lessons from Denmark and Ireland
Ladrech R.;Little C.
Environmental Politics
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2019.1625157
Political parties and climate policy: A new approach to measuring parties' climate policy preferences
Carter, Neil; Ladrech, Robert; Little, Conor; Tsagkroni, Vasiliki
Party Politics
DOI: 10.1177/1354068817697630
The politics of climate change in Ireland: symposium introduction
Little, Conor; Torney, Diarmuid
Irish Political Studies
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2017.1299135
The Irish general election of February 2016: towards a new politics or an early election?
Little, Conor
West European Politics
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2016.1216507
Portrait of a laggard? Environmental politics and the Irish general election of February 2016
Little, Conor
Environmental Politics
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2016.1248617
Intra-party policy entrepreneurship and party goals: the case of political parties' climate policy preferences in Ireland
Little, Conor
Irish Political Studies
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2017.1297800
Environmental politics in the 2015 Danish general election
Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina; Little, Conor
Environmental Politics
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1123825
Thomas Meyer, Constraints on party policy change, reviewed by Conor Little
Little, Conor
Party Politics
DOI: 10.1177/1354068814567384
Implementing Democratic Equality in Political Parties: Organisational Consequences in the Swedish and the German Pirate Parties
Bolleyer, Nicole; Little, Conor; von Nostitz, Felix-Christopher
Scandinavian Political Studies
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9477.12044
Ministerial Importance and Survival in Government: Tough at the Top?
Bright, Jonathan; Döring, Holger; Little, Conor
West European Politics
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2014.993166
Ministerial Careers and 'The Missing Piece': Introducing and operationalising the ministerial careers framework
Bright, Jonathan; Döring, Holger; Little, Conor
Eui Working Paper
The General Election of 2011 in the Republic of Ireland: All Changed Utterly?
Little, Conor
West European Politics
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.616669