Dr Adrian Kavanagh
Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Director of Student Success
Biography
A native of Co. Laois, Adrian Kavanagh is a lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography. He currently holds the position of Deputy to the Head of Department within the Geography Department, while he also administers/organises the Final Year (Double Honours) research project programme (the GY310B module).
The modules that he currently teaches on (or has taught on in the past) include the GY347 Electoral Geography, GY305 Approaches to Human Geography GY227 Political Geography, GY613 Elections and Geography and GY327 Environmental Politics modules, as well as the GY609 (MA in Geography) Thesis Preparation module and the GY310B module.
He was elected on to the University's Academic Council as a representative of the Faculty of Social Science in May 2016 and remained a member of Academic Council until the end of his term in Summer 2019.
He was elected President of the Geographical Society of Ireland in May 2018 and held this position for the next two years (until May 2020). He then took up the position of Vice President of the Geographical Society of Ireland and held this position until May 2021.
His main research interests focus on the geography of elections. In relation to this, he has a blog site/website (www.adriankavanaghelections.org) which offers some of his insights from his electoral geography researches. He also researches the Eurovision Song Contest (voting patterns, geopolitics) and some of this research has been published on his other research blog site/website (www.adriankavanagh.com). He can be followed on Twitter (@adriankavanagh), where he tends to disseminate some of his most recent research findings/work, amongst other things, to the wider public.
The modules that he currently teaches on (or has taught on in the past) include the GY347 Electoral Geography, GY305 Approaches to Human Geography GY227 Political Geography, GY613 Elections and Geography and GY327 Environmental Politics modules, as well as the GY609 (MA in Geography) Thesis Preparation module and the GY310B module.
He was elected on to the University's Academic Council as a representative of the Faculty of Social Science in May 2016 and remained a member of Academic Council until the end of his term in Summer 2019.
He was elected President of the Geographical Society of Ireland in May 2018 and held this position for the next two years (until May 2020). He then took up the position of Vice President of the Geographical Society of Ireland and held this position until May 2021.
His main research interests focus on the geography of elections. In relation to this, he has a blog site/website (www.adriankavanaghelections.org) which offers some of his insights from his electoral geography researches. He also researches the Eurovision Song Contest (voting patterns, geopolitics) and some of this research has been published on his other research blog site/website (www.adriankavanagh.com). He can be followed on Twitter (@adriankavanagh), where he tends to disseminate some of his most recent research findings/work, amongst other things, to the wider public.
Research Interests
My research interests focus on the area of Political Geography, but particularly the geography of election contests/campaigning - with a specific focus on the geographies of voter turnout and of candidate selection and the processes shaping the (re)drawing of election boundaries and the impacts of changing electoral boundaries. I'm also interested in the geographical/geopolitical dimensions of the Eurovision Song Contest, with a specific focus here on the geography of that contest's voting patterns (public vote/televote and jury voting).
Areas that I currently do research on, or have researched in the past, include:
Political Geography
Geography of Elections
Eurovision Song Contest: Geopolitics and Voting trends
Political Geographies of Sporting/Cultural Events
Geography of Political Conflict
Census Geographies
Areas that I currently do research on, or have researched in the past, include:
Political Geography
Geography of Elections
Eurovision Song Contest: Geopolitics and Voting trends
Political Geographies of Sporting/Cultural Events
Geography of Political Conflict
Census Geographies
Research Projects
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Adrian Kavanagh and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy (2022) 'Westmeath Elections 1918-1970' In: Westmeath: History and Society. Dublin : Geography Publications. | |
2021 | Adrian Kavanagh, William Durkan and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy (2021) 'Geographical Factors in Constituency Voting Patterns' In: How Ireland Voted 2020: The End of An Era. London : Palgrave MacMillan. | |
2020 | Durkan, William, Kavanagh, Adrian and D’Arcy, Caoilfhionn (2020) 'Electoral Cartography' In: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography: Second Edition (Volume 2). Oxford : Elsevier. [Link] [DOI] | |
2018 | Mark Boyle and Adrian Kavanagh (2018) 'The Irish Government's Diaspora Strategy: Towards a Care Agenda' In: Rethinking the Irish Diaspora: After The Gathering. London : Palgrave MacMillan. [Link] [DOI] | |
2017 | Adrian Kavanagh (2017) 'A century of elections in Monaghan' In: Monaghan History and Society: Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county. Dublin : Geography Publications. [Link] | |
2014 | Foley, Ronan and Kavanagh, Adrian (2014) 'Health and Spatial Justice' In: Kearns, Gerry, Meredith, David and Morrissey, John(Eds.). Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis. Dublin : Royal Irish Academy. | |
2009 | Kavanagh, A. (2009) 'Electoral Cartography' In: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Volume 3). Oxford : Elsevier. | |
2007 | Kavanagh, A. (2007) 'Commentary on: ‘Transformation with a small ‘t’: candidates for the Dáil, 1948-82’ I' In: McGrath, Conor and O’Malley, Eoin(Eds.). Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions. London and New York : Routledge. | |
2007 | Walsh, C., Kavanagh, A. and Walsh, J.A. (2007) 'Economic Structure: Industries and Occupations' In: Walsh, J.A(Eds.). People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland. Maynooth : NIRSA. | |
2007 | Walsh, C., Walsh, J.A. and Kavanagh, A. (2007) 'Population and Structure' In: People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland. Maynooth : NIRSA. | |
2007 | Kavanagh, A. (2007) 'Turnout, Political Support and Representation in Ireland' In: Hayward, K. and MacCárthaigh, M(Eds.). Recycling the State: The Politics of Adaptation in contemporary Ireland. Dublin : Irish Academic Press. | |
2007 | Kavanagh, A. (2007) 'Elections and Voting' In: Bartley, B. and Kitchin, R(Eds.). Understanding Contemporary Ireland. London/Dublin/Ann Arbor MI : Pluto Press. | |
2007 | Walsh, C., Walsh, J.A. and Kavanagh, A. (2007) 'Synthesis: Rural and Urban Typologies' In: Walsh, J.A(Eds.). People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland. Maynooth : NIRSA. | |
2007 | Walsh, C., Kavanagh, A. and Walsh, J.A. (2007) 'Education, Socio-Economic Status & Social Classes' In: Walsh, J.A(Eds.). People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland. Maynooth : NIRSA. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Adrian Kavanagh (2021) 'A case for geography in a time of Covid - and beyond!'. Geographical Viewpoint, 44 :37-38. | |
2013 | Adrian Kavanagh (2013) 'Book Reviews: The Ashgate research companion to critical geopolitics'. Irish Geography, 46 (1-2):166-167. | |
2009 | Adrian Kavanagh (2009) 'Book Reviews: The Geographies of Garbage Governance - Interventions, Interactions and Outcomes'. Irish Geography, 42 (1):119-124. | |
2015 | Kavanagh A. (2015) 'THE MAY 2014 LOCAL AND EUROPEAN ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: SECOND ORDER OR AUSTERITY VOTING?'. Representation, 51 (2):239-252. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) 'An evolving political landscape: Political reform, boundary changes and the 2014 local elections'. Administration, 63 :59-77. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) 'An end to “Civil War politics? The radically reshaped political landscape of post-crash Ireland'. Electoral Studies, 38 :71-81. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02613794/38 [Full-Text] | |
2014 | Kavanagh, A (2014) 'All Changed, Changed Utterly? Irish General Election Boundary Amendments and the 2012 Constituency Commission Report'. Irish Political Studies, 29 :215-235. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2006 | Kavanagh, A. (2006) 'Turnout or turned off? Electoral participation in Dublin in the early 21st Century'. 3 :1-24. [Full-Text] | |
2006 | Walsh, J., Foley, R., Kavanagh, A. and McElwain, A. (2006) 'Origins, Destinations & Catchments: Mapping Travel to Work in Ireland in 2002'. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, XXXV :1-58. [Full-Text] | |
2005 | Kavanagh, A. (2005) 'The Meath and Kildare North by-elections'. Irish Political Studies, 20 :201-211. [Full-Text] | |
2004 | Kavanagh, A. (2004) 'The 2004 Local Elections in the Republic of Ireland'. Irish Political Studies, 19 :64-84. [Full-Text] | |
2004 | Kavanagh A.; Mills G.; Sinnott R. (2004) 'The geography of Irish voter turnout: A case study of the 2002 general election'. Irish Geography, 37 (2):177-186. [Full-Text] | |
2003 | Kavanagh, A. (2003) 'The Constituency Commission'. Irish Political Studies, 18 :89-99. [Full-Text] | |
2003 | Kavanagh, A. (2003) 'Religion as a factor in the conflicts in the Former Yugoslavia'. Geographical Viewpoint, 31 :40-45. | |
1998 | Kavanagh, A. (1998) 'Postmodernity, Globalisation and Nationalist Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia'. Geopolitics, 3 :34-52. [Full-Text] |
Conference Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2001 | Adrian Kavanagh (2001) Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Fourth International Political Marketing Conference . In: Shane Martin eds. Voter Turnout, Social Deprivation and Political Mobilisation Dublin City University Business School, | |
2018 | Boyle, M; Kavanagh, A (2018) RETHINKING THE IRISH DIASPORA: AFTER THE GATHERING The Irish Government's Diaspora Strategy: Towards a Care Agenda [DOI] |
Conference Contribution
Published Report
Blog
Year | Publication | |
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2016 | Adrian Kavanagh (2016) City and County Council Members – Co-options and Changes since the 2014 Local Elections. [Blog] [Link] | |
2014 | Adrian Kavanagh (2014) Whither Gerrymandering. [Blog] [Link] | |
2016 | Adrian Kavanagh (2016) US 2016 Presidential Election: National Polls say “Clear Clinton win”, State-level Polls say “Close Contest”. [Blog] [Link] | |
2016 | Adrian Kavanagh (2016) Little change heading into the Summer Recess…: Constituency-level analysis of Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll (26th June 2016). [Blog] [Link] | |
2016 | Adrian Kavanagh (2016) Good poll for largest parties, but a bad one for the independents: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Independent-Millward Brown opinion poll (3rd July 2016). [Blog] [Link] | |
2014 | Adrian Kavanagh (2014) Candidates for the 2016 General Election (by constituency). [Blog] [Link] |
Gov. Report or Document
Year | Publication | |
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2013 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh and Noel Whelan (2013) Potential Outcomes for the 2007 and 2011 Irish elections under different electoral systems. [Gov. Report or Document] [Full-Text] |
Magazine Article
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Pells, Rachael and Kavanagh, Adrian (2018) Interview with Adrian Kavanagh. [Magazine Article] [Link] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Election 2014 – Will your vote count?. [Magazine Article] | |
2012 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2012) Unfamiliar territory: Cutting the number of TDs to 158, not population changes, has defined the proposed constituency boundaries. [Magazine Article] [Full-Text] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Adrian Kavanagh (2021) We’re a Eurovision flop – and we can’t blame the televoting. Here’s how Ireland can fight back”. [Newspaper Articles] [Link] | |
2019 | Adrian Kavanagh (2019) It's good History has been saved - But we must also put Geography on the map. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2019 | Adrian Kavanagh (2019) How standout candidates made such a big impact with the voters. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Based on these numbers, another Fine Gael-Labour coalition would fall far short. [Newspaper Articles] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Adrian Kavanagh’s general election countdown: Part 1. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Adrian Kavanagh’s general election countdown: Part 3. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Young voters give wake-up call ahead of next election. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Independents’ support levels don’t always translate into seats. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Labour wont get vote transfers from the Left. [Newspaper Articles] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Labour is facing a ‘perfect storm’ at coming election. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2015 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2015) Adrian Kavanagh’s general election countdown: Part 2. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Independents Day: New groupings to thrive after election. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Independents and Left have most to gain. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Hold on to your seat, it’ll be a bumpy electoral ride. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) The vital wards for election predictions. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Elections in Numbers. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Labour faces perfect storm. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) What results tell us about Greens, gender and reform. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh, Fiona Buckley, Claire McGing and Nóirín Clancy (2014) A small step in the right direction (Friday 30th May). [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Predicting seat numbers. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Battlegrounds: Six constituencies that will determine the next government. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2014 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2014) Independents day as major parties lose out. [Newspaper Articles] [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2013) Picture of Ireland: How many Dubliners vote?. [Newspaper Articles] [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2013) Signs of growing anti-government sentiment in key commuter belt areas. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2012 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2012) Science of the Eurovision. [Newspaper Articles] | |
2012 | Dr Adrian P Kavanagh (2012) Changes may offer parties a quick fix to gender quotas. [Newspaper Articles] [Full-Text] | |
2010 | Kavanagh, A.P. (2010) Charting rise and rise of new kids on the bloc. [Newspaper Articles] [Full-Text] |
Presentation
Year | Publication | |
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2015 | Adrian Kavanagh (2015) An evolving political landscape: The 2014 Local Elections. [Presentation] | |
2015 | Adrian Kavanagh (2015) Perspectives on proposals to set up an Electoral Commission. [Presentation] [Link] |
Reviews
Year | Publication | |
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2015 | Kavanagh A. (2015) An evolving political landscape: Political reform, boundary changes and the 2014 local elections. [Reviews] [DOI] |
Web Page
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Caoilfhionn D'Arcy and Adrian Kavanagh (2018) RTÉ Brainstorm: Douze points: the who, what & why of Eurovision voting. [Web Page] [Link] | |
2021 | Adrian Kavanagh and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy (2021) RTÉ Brainstorm: All you need to know about Eurovision voting patterns. [Web Page] | |
2020 | Adrian Kavanagh (2020) RTÉ Brainstorm: The 10 swing states that will decide the US presidential election. Dublin: [Web Page] [Link] | |
2018 | Adrian Kavanagh and William Durkan (2018) Getting out the vote: what influences voter turnout?. [Web Page] [Link] | |
2018 | Adrian Kavanagh and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy (2018) Douze points: the who, what & why of Eurovision voting. RTE, Dublin: [Web Page] [Link] |
Certain data included herein are derived from the © Web of Science (2024) of Clarivate. All rights reserved.
Professional Associations
Committees
Other Activities
Outreach Activities
Organisation | Type | Description | |
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Media Engagements/Interviews | Civic Society | Interviews with national/local media organisations, generally relating to commentary on/analysis of elections/electoral geography, or the Eurovision Song Contest. [Link] |
Teaching Interests
My main teaching interests focus on the field of Political Geography - my current/recent list of modules includes
- a 2nd Year BA Political Geography module (GY227)
- a 3rd Year BA Electoral Geography module (GY347)
- a 3rd Year BA module on the History and Philosophy of Geography - Approaches to Human Geography (GY305)
- a 3rd Year BA research workshop focused on the areas of Electoral Geography/Voting Patterns at the Eurovision Song Contest (GY310B)
- a Masters in Geography module - Geography and Elections (GY613)
- a 3rd Year BA Environmental Politics modules (GY327)
- In 2015-16, I was also one of the field trip leaders on the 2nd Year Ireland Fieldtrip module (GY205)
- In 2019-20 I am working on the GY609 (Thesis Preparation) module in Semester 1 with the MA in Geography/MA in Geography: Spatial Justice students