Constantine Boussalis

Constantine Boussalis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin (since 2014), within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University and previously served as an Empirical Research Fellow at Harvard Law School (2011). His research focuses on political communication, environmental politics, computational social science, and text analysis.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science (World and Comparative Politics), Claremont Graduate University
• M.A. in International Studies, Claremont Graduate University
• B.A. in Political Science, California State University, Los Angeles

His work explores themes like climate change denial, automated text analysis, and the intersection of technology with political behavior. Recent studies include analyzing social media's role in pandemic responses and far-right narratives on Telegram. Boussalis has secured significant grants, including Horizon Europe (2024) and NORFACE (2020) funding for projects on democracy and identity politics.

Awards:

• PSAI Elizabeth Meehan Prize (2020)
• Trinity Research in Social Sciences Fellowship (2016/17)
• First Prize in Greek Politics Research Competition (2015)

Grants & Projects:

• Organized workshops on 'Images-as-Data' in social sciences (2020)
• Principal Investigator for SFI Centre for Digitally-Enhanced Reality (2019)

He actively collaborates on interdisciplinary research, including computational methods for studying political speeches and voter impression formation. Boussalis' work bridges traditional political science with emerging technologies, emphasizing data-driven approaches to global challenges.