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Brendan O'Leary
Academic
RankDistinguished
As of2026 · CV
DepartmentPenn Political Science
UniversityPenn
FieldPolitical Science
ORCID0000-0002-6786-8715
Scholarprofile
Totals
Publications82
Citations725
h-index54 · Scholar
Citations per year in post24.2
Years in post30 from the CV positions
Coverage
Works with a count27 of 82
Share33%
Positions
Chair of the Political Science department, Un…2024–2027
Honorary Professor of Political Science2022–
Fulbright Fellow, Ireland—NUI-Galway2021–2022
World Leading Researcher Visiting Professor o…2017–2020
International Distinguished Fellow, The Senat…2016–
Moore Humanities Fellow, National University…2014–2014
Visiting Professor of Political Science, Quee…2012–2016
Lauder Professor of Political Science, Univer…2003–
and 12 more
Top venues 14 venues
The 8 holding the most of these works; 6 more hold at least one.
The Irish Times45
Irish Studies in International Affairs5
Government and Opposition3
Ethnopolitics2
Irish Political Studies2
Anali Hrvatskog politološkog društva1
Foreign Affairs1
Nationalities Papers1
Publications per year
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Citations per year
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Publications 82 works
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| Year | Title | Venue | Kind | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | A Treatise on Northern Ireland: Consociation and Confederation. Vol. III, III vols | Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) | book | 225 |
| 2021 | The Perception of the Legitimacy of Citizens’ Assemblies in Deeply Divided Places. Evidence of public and elite opinion from consociational Northern Ireland | Government and Opposition | article | 71 |
| 2022 | Making Sense of a United Ireland | — | book | 57 |
| 2018 | The Twilight of the United Kingdom & Tiocfaidh ár lá: Twenty Years After the Good Friday Agreement | Ethnopolitics | article | 45 |
| 2018 | Explaining the Paradox of Plebiscites | Government and Opposition | article | 42 |
| 2020 | Public Attitudes to different possible models of a united Ireland: Evidence from a citizen’s assembly in Northern Ireland | Irish Political Studies | article | 40 |
| 2020 | The Future of Northern Ireland: Border Anxieties and Support for Irish Reunification under Varieties of UKEXIT | Regional Studies | article | 39 |
| 2018 | The Kurds, the Four Wolves & the Great Powers | The Journal of Politics | article | 30 |
| 2020 | Explaining the paradox of plebiscites | Government and Opposition | article | 23 |
| 2020 | Consociation in the Present | Swiss Political Science Review | article | 22 |
| 2021 | Getting Ready: The Need to Prepare for a Referendum on Reunification | Irish Studies in International Affairs | article | 21 |
| 2023 | High-throughput, dynamic, multi-dimensional: an expanding repertoire of plant respiration measurements | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | article | 19 |
| 2019 | A treatise on Northern Ireland: Consociation and confederation | — | book | 17 |
| 2020 | The Nature of the European Union | — | article | 15 |
| 2018 | Party Images in Northern Ireland: Evidence from a New Dataset | Irish Political Studies | article | 13 |
| 2022 | Public Attitudes to Irish Unification: Evidence on Models and Process from a Deliberative Forum in Ireland | Irish Studies in International Affairs | article | 12 |
| 2019 | A Treatise on Northern Ireland: Control. Vol. II, III vols | — | book | 6 |
| 2019 | Matters of consent: the withdrawal agreement does not violate the Good Friday Agreement | — | article | 6 |
| 2019 | A Treatise on Northern Ireland: Colonialism. Vol. I, III vols | — | book | 6 |
| 2018 | Postscript: New British Questions or 2019 And All That! | Ethnopolitics | article | 5 |
| 2017 | The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Stalemate | — | edited volume | 3 |
| 2025 | “My Symbols or Our Symbols?” The Effect of Inclusive Narratives on the Acceptability of Out-Group Symbols | Irish Studies in International Affairs | article | 2 |
| 2021 | Northern Ireland’s 100th Birthday | — | article | 2 |
| 2025 | Public Opinion on the Island: A Brief Overview of Phase One of the ARINS ‘North and South’ Project (2022–2024) | Irish Studies in International Affairs | article | 1 |
| 2021 | What is a Normal Democracy? | Anali Hrvatskog politološkog društva | article | 1 |
| 2019 | How Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Collapsed | Foreign Affairs | article | 1 |
| 2017 | Walker Connor (1926–2017): a tribute† | Nationalities Papers | article | 1 |
| 2025 | What did voters say about governing a united Ireland? | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | From majority-rule to inclusive coalitions: five possible models for governing a united Ireland | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | How to connect Ireland and Britain after unity? Once mothballed institution may be key: Unification could sever North’s ties to Nato and Commonwealth, but Belf… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | Sharp divides in attitudes to immigration within Northern Ireland, and either side of Border: Northern unionists are far more likely to be anti-immigration com… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | Trends show rise in support for Irish unity among Northern voters: Northern Protestants remain overwhelmingly against unity but show growing losers’ consent | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | Emotional response to outcomes of possible referendums on unity ranges from pride to hate: Expectations of positive feelings are more prevalent than negative o… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | Support for planning is evident among those for and | — | article | — |
| 2025 | Southerners and northern nationalists dislike Commonwealth more than Nato: North’s Protestants strongly favour membership of the Europe-North America military… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | Governing a United Ireland: ‘Inclusive coalition’ all-Ireland government may emerge as model with broadest support: ‘Inclusive’ coalition government proves lea… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2025 | How the deliberative forums, North and South, worked | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2024 | Westminster elections leave Northern Ireland parties with choices and questions. | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2024 | Can the Red Hand of Ulster Be Transformed into a Unifying Image for the Island of Ireland? | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2024 | Northern Voters’ Views on Irish Symbols Pose Interesting Challenges to Advocates of Unification | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2024 | Imperial Hangover or Club of Independent Republics? How the Commonwealth Is Sold Impacts Irish Responses | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2024 | Cost of Irish reunification overblown, and benefit underplayed. | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Northerners are more connected to the South than southerners are to the North: North and South: We examined whether North-South connections decreased with dist… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | North and South: the priorities that need to be addressed over the next ten years: The three most important issues are housing, health and economic growth | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Just one big political party registers strongly with voters North and South: The latest findings of the North and South poll explore what an all-island party s… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Would a New Office of Vice-President Help Inclusivity in an United Ireland? | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | United Ireland: Southern Voters Open to Discussion on Flags and Anthem | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Northern Protestants Pessimistic on Benefits of Irish Unity: Slim Majority of People in the Republic Believe Irish Unification Would Be Costly in the Short Ter… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Money a Big Consideration for Many in Possible Vote on Irish Unity | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Money a Big Consideration for Many in Possible Vote on Irish Unity: Arins/Irish Times Surveys Asked Voters to Assess How Their Vote Would Be Influenced by Posi… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Most Think Irish Unity Will Benefit High-Income Groups | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Would a United Ireland Require a New Constitution? | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Signs That ‘Losers’ Consent’ among Protestants for Irish Unity Is Increasing in Northern Ireland: Public Opinion in North and South Has Remained Largely Stable… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Irish Unity Moves up List of Priorities but Lags Behind Health, Housing and Economy: United Ireland Growing in Importance in South and among Northern Catholics | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | North-South Study: Could the Republic’s Budget Surplus Pay for a United Ireland Fund? | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Northern Ireland Identity May Serve as Less Adversarial for Politically Moderate Catholics and Protestants | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2023 | Toward the Final Curtain: Glimpses of an End Foretold | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | article | — |
| 2022 | Northern Ireland’s ‘persuadables’: A pivotal demographic for future referendums | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Protestants who find Irish unity ‘impossible to accept’ more likely to be male and working class | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Unionist-dominated Ulster is over: Are we on a demographic march towards Irish reunification? Major demographic consequences of the Troubles are the brain drai… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Health service, economy and peace are key concerns about united Ireland | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Debate over symbols of a united Ireland shows up a big North-South difference | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Integrated vs devolved: two possible forms for united Ireland that divide opinion North and South: North favours a devolved model, while southern voters prefer… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Avoiding a rerun of Brexit by planning ahead: Voters want to know what a united Ireland means before any referendum, but unionist politicians won’t want any su… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Who benefits from a united Ireland? Expectations are mixed. Advocates must convince Northern voters of economic benefits and future growth prospects. | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Want to understand the Northern Ireland Protocol? Just read these 25 essays. | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Poll: Less enthusiasm for unity among Catholics in North than among Republic’s respondents: Majorities in North and South favour referendums but number of unde… | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2022 | Resistance to Accepting United Ireland driven by Fear of Losing Identity | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2021 | A referendum on Irish unity is coming, whether we like it or not | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2021 | Referendum is coming down the tracks faster than most expected | — | article | — |
| 2021 | What people in the Republic actually think about Irish unification | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2021 | Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland | — | book | — |
| 2021 | A Treatise on Northern Ireland: Colonialism: the Shackles of the State and Hereditary Animosities | — | book | — |
| 2021 | Borders: A Reply to Christopher McCrudden and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin | Irish Studies in International Affairs | article | — |
| 2019 | Blackmail, Bribery, and Betrayal: May’s Recipe for UK Exit Deal. | — | article | — |
| 2019 | A Treatise on Northern Ireland: Control, from Antagonism to Accomodation? | — | book | — |
| 2018 | While May Must Decide What To Do About Northern Ireland and Brexit, Here’s What the People Themselves Think. | — | article | — |
| 2018 | Brexit or UKExit? Twelve Predictions about Northern Ireland’s Future. | The Irish Times | article | — |
| 2017 | Irish Cannot Trust British on Brexit - Good Friday Agreement Not Negotiable. | — | article | — |
| — | against Irish unity: Voters are able to distinguish between wanting something to happen and planning for it | The Irish Times | article | — |
| — | Historians Pay Tribute [to John Hume] | The Irish Times | article | — |
| — | President Leads Tributes to Seamus Deane | The Irish Times | article | — |