Michael Gallagher (academic)


Michael Gallagher is a political scientist. He is Professor of Comparative Politics and head of the Department of Political Science at the Trinity College Dublin.

Education

Trained as a computer scientist, Gallagher combines his understanding of statistical analysis with his interests in politics. He holds a B.A. from Lancaster, two M.Sc. degrees, one from Essex and one from Strathclyde. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Strathclyde.

Career

Gallagher is perhaps most noted for his least squares index of disproportionality, the Gallagher index. His research interests include: Irish politics, comparative political institutions and political parties.
Gallagher is the author, co-author or editor of eighteen books, including The Politics of Electoral Systems, Politics in the Republic of Ireland, and Representative Government in Modern Europe, which are standard textbooks in their fields. He has also written around 70 journal articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of various journals in the discipline, including Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Representation, Party Politics and Irish Political Studies. Gallagher was president of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, from 1994 to 1996.

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