Raj Chari

Professor Raj Chari is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin. His research spans public policy analysis, economic policy-making, and party politics in Spain and Italy, with a focus on lobbying regulation, privatisation, and EU policy dynamics. He has published extensively on transparency mechanisms, democratic governance, and crisis response frameworks.

• Doctoral research conducted at the Juan March Institute (Madrid).
• Previously worked at Nuffield College (Oxford) before joining Trinity in 1999.

His recent work explores lobbying regulation across jurisdictions, including the EU, US, Canada, and Germany, with a special interest in transparency indices and statutory lobbying registers. He has authored or co-authored key texts on privatisation (e.g., Life After Privatization, Oxford University Press, 2015) and EU policy-making (e.g., Understanding EU Policy Making, Pluto Press, 2006).

Scientific awards include the Faculty Visiting Research Fellowship from The Policy Institute (2002-2003). His collaborations with scholars like Michele Crepaz and Sylvia Kritzinger highlight cross-national comparative studies in public policy evaluation and party positions toward European integration.