The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.
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Bill Kissane was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College Dublin (BA, MA) and the London School of Economics (MSc, PhD). He is currently associate professor of Politics at the LSE. Among his books are The politics of the Irish civil war (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Nations torn asunder: the challenge of civil war (Oxford University Press 2016).