Noah Buckley

Dr. Noah Buckley is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, where his research focuses on the politics of Putin-era Russia, authoritarian regime durability, and the micro-foundations of public support for autocracy using large-scale survey data and cutting-edge quantitative methods.

Education:
While the provided text does not detail his degrees, Dr. Buckley’s extensive publication record and institutional affiliation strongly indicate doctoral-level training in political science.

Research Interests:

• Authoritarian governance and regime legitimacy
• Russian domestic politics and public opinion
• Survey experiments and quantitative political methodology
• Sub-national politics and electoral authoritarianism
• Political economy of post-Soviet states

His work combines original micro-level datasets—including the largest single collection of individual-level Russian public-opinion surveys—with advanced statistical techniques to illuminate how authoritarian systems maintain power and how citizens perceive and interact with the state.

Publications Overview:
Across more than a dozen peer-reviewed articles (2014-2024), Buckley investigates the cancellation of local elections under autocracy, the endogenous nature of regime popularity, criminal prosecution of regional elites, citizen cooperation with police, and diverging Russian attitudes toward the West. These studies collectively advance understanding of authoritarian resilience and citizen-state relations in contemporary Russia.

Professional Memberships:

• Political Science Association of Ireland (2022–present)
• American Political Science Association (2010–present)
• European Political Science Association (2010–present)
• Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (2009–2022)
• British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (2013–2015)

He has presented his findings at 17 international or Ireland-based conferences and workshops since arriving at Trinity, including the field’s premier gatherings in Europe and North America.

Current & Future Research:
Buckley is expanding into wartime Russian public opinion and is preparing a major ERC application for comparative data collection in China, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. Ongoing survey experiments and new panel data will allow deeper exploration of how authoritarian regimes manufacture consent and how conflict affects citizen attitudes.