Professor Jonathan Tonge BA MA PhD
Professor of Politics Politics
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- Work email J.Tonge@liverpool.ac.uk
Professional Activities
Summary
I have worked with a wide range of political parties in Northern Ireland on party membership surveys.
I chaired the Youth Citizenship Commission, 2008-9, designed to better engage young people in politics and am now engaged with a wide range of stakeholders in respect of the votes-at-16 debate
Conference Roles
- ‘Dissident Republicanism since the Agreement: Aims, Tactics and Levels of Sympathy, , by Invitation (University of Ulster/NUI Galway, 2013)
- Loyalist (lack of) innovation in the Northern Ireland conflict, by Invitation (University of St Andrews, 2011)
- The Political Context to the Republican Hunger Strikers, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Rennes, 2011)
- Improving Youth Civic Engagement, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Huddersfield, 2011)
- Loyalist-Republican Interfaces conference, by Invitation (Queen's University Belfast, 2011)
- The Political Resources of Dissident Irish Republicanism, by Invitation (University of St Andrews Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, 2010)
- Involving Young People in Politics, by Invitation (Citizenship and Democracy Group, 2008)
- The inadequacy of existing conflict resolution theories in the Northern Ireland peace process, by Invitation (Political Studies Association annual conference, 2008)
- 'Sectarian and Ethnic Divisions in Liverpool', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2008)
- New Pluralism or Old Ideological Certainties: Paramilitary ideological change in N Ireland, by Invitation (Queen's University Belfast, 2007)
- Plus ca change? Evaluating Ideological Change among republican and loyalist paramilitary prisoners, by Invitation (University of Brest, 2007)
- The Legacy of Tony Blair, by Invitation (British Politics Group, APSA, 2007)
- Evaluating Ideological Change within Sinn Fein, by Invitation (University College Dublin, 2007)
- "Who is winning the Northern Ireland Peace Process?", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Queen's University, 2007)
- Explaining Unionist electoral realignment since the Belfast Agreement , by Invitation (University of Ulster, 2006)
- Nuffield College, Oxford University Politics seminars, by Invitation (Nuffield College, 2006)
- "Perceptions of Former Combatants in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, by Invitation (University of Ulster, 2006)
- The Future of Politics research and teaching, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Politics Association, 2006)
- Passing a Viva and Getting Published, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Political Studies Association of Ireland, 2006)
- Explaining the Electoral Realignment of Nationalism, by Invitation (University of Ulster, 2006)
- Changing electoral politics and the implications in Northern Ireland, by Invitation (University of York, 2006)
- Conference paper, by Invitation (PSA Territorial Politics Group, 2006)
- Seminar paper, by Invitation (University of Glasgow, 2006)
- The EU and the Peace Process: the case of Northern Ireland, by Invitation (EU Borders Project, 2005)
- Lecture on 'The New Politics of Northern Ireland', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Keele, 2005)
- 'The triumph of the new moderates? The 2005 Election in Northern Ireland', by Invitation (University of Manchester, 2005)
- Seminar paper on The Realignment of Unionism and Orangeism, by Invitation (University of Ulster, 2005)
- Shaping Aid and Attitudes: The EU and the conflict in Northern Ireland, by Invitation (EU Borders Project, 2004)
- No Prime Minister? Recent Changes in the Civil Service, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Politics Association, 2004)
- 'The realignment of orangeism' seminar paper, by Invitation (ESRC, 2004)
- Orangeism and Unionism in Northern Ireland, by Invitation (University of the West of England, Bristol, 2004)
- 'Party Politics and Rural Issues in Northern Ireland', by Invitation (ESRC, 2004)
- The Devolution versus Integration Debate in Northern Ireland seminar paper, by Invitation (ESRC, 2004)
- Sinn Fein and the Good Friday Agreement seminar paper, by Invitation (ESRC, 2003)
Editorships
- Irish Historical Studies (Editorial Board)
- Liverpool University Press (Editorial Board Member, 2013 - present)
- Parliamentary Affairs (Co-Editor, 2012 - present)
- Politics Review (Editorial Board Member, 2006 - present)
- Parliamentary Affairs (Associate Editor, 2005 - 2011)
Examination Roles
- University College Cork (National University of Ireland), MA (PGT, 2011)
- University College Dublin (National University of Ireland), PhD (2011)
- University of Calgary, Canada, MA (PGT, 2010)
- Queen's University Belfast, UK, PhD (2010)
- University of Ulster, PhD (2008)
- University of Ulster, PhD (2007)
- The Queen's University of Belfast, PhD (2007)
- The Queen's University of Belfast, PhD (2006)
- University of Huddersfield, PhD (2006)
- Liverpool John Moores University, BA (UG, 2005)
- The Queen's University of Belfast, BA (UG, 2005)
- University of Strathclyde, BA (UG, 2004)
- University of Hull, MA (PGT, 2004)
- University of Ulster, PhD (2003)
- University of Birmingham, PhD (2002)
- University of Lancaster, PhD (2002)
- The Open University, PhD (2002)
- Edge Hill, BA (UG, 2001)
- National University of Ireland, PhD (2001)
- University College Cork (National University of Ireland), PhD (2001)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Director of Postgraduate Research, Politics
Organisations I have been associated with
- Arbuthnot Committee, chaired by Sir John Arbuthnot (2004)
- Various inc Stonyhurst, Charterhouse, Withington Girls, St Mary's Blackburn, Ridge Danyers Cheadle, (1999 - present)
- Politics Association (1997 - present)
- BBC TV and Radio, ITN, commercial radio (1997 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- Political Studies Association of the UK (Vice President, 2011 - present)
- Political Studies Association of the UK (President, Political Studies Association, 2008 - 2011)
- Political Studies Association of the UK (Chairperson, 2005 - 2008)
- American Political Science Association (Member, 2005 - 2011)
- Academy of Social Sciences (Member, 2004 - 2010)
- Political Studies Association of Ireland (Member, 1997 - present)