Clare Rice | School of Social and Political Science

Dr Clare Rice

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (QUALREP Engagement and Impact)

clare.rice@ed.ac.uk

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Chrystal Macmillan Building

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UK and Comparative Politics Elections, public opinion and parties European Union Studies Gender Politics Research Group Identities & Inequalities Territorial Politics Research Group

Clare's research interests include methods of power-sharing in deeply divided places, human rights and equality, legislative studies, gender studies, constitutional design, and elections within the UK. She also researches and writes on Public Accounts Committees and financial scrutiny in legislatures.

In particular, she is an internationally renowned expert on politics in and of Northern Ireland, and has worked extensively on Brexit, constitutional future(s) in the UK, and British-Irish relations.

Her teaching areas to date have included UK and EU constitutional law, UK politics, conflict transformation, territorial politics, gender politics and institutions.

Background

Clare completed her PhD at Queen's University Belfast, on the topic of consociationalism and equality within the European Union. She was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Antwerp during this time, and was awarded the Political Studies Association's Elizabeth Wiskemann Prize for best thesis in the (In)equality and Social Justice category.

Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh, she held positions at Newcastle University and the University of Liverpool.

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Politics and International Relations

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Rice C, Kenny M. Constitutional quandaries through a gendered lens: Identities, institutions and futures in Northern Ireland and Scotland . In Gillespie P, Keating M, McEwen N, editors, Political Change Across Britain and Ireland: Identities, Institutions and Futures. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2025. p. 75 - 102	View
Armstrong MA, Rice CAG, Warwick B. The visual communication of Brexit in Northern Ireland: Decoding public imagery on identity, politics and Europe. Territory, Politics, Governance. 2024 Oct 22;12(9):1390-1408. Epub 2022 Sept 14. doi: 10.1080/21622671.2022.2115544	View
Rice C, Tonge J, Braniff M, Hennessey T, McAuley JW, Whiting SA. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: Beyond Unionism and Nationalism. Oxford University Press, 2024. 288 p. doi: 10.1093/9780191982699.001.0001	View
Rice C. Northern Ireland and the 2024 General Election Results. 2024.	View
Rice C. Analysis: The NI Leaders’ Debate put focus on who was there rather than what was being said. 2024.	View
Rice C. Northern Ireland’s Key Constituency Battles in the 2024 General Election. 2024.	View
Rice C. Dialogue is key to solving the UK-Ireland asylum issue. 2024.	View
Rice C. The same, but different? A return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland. 2024.	View
Rice C. The Windsor Framework: Paving the way towards or away from the abyss? 2023.	View
Murray C, Craig S, Deb A, Frantziou E, Horne A, Rice C et al. European Union Developments in Equality and Human Rights: The Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland. 2022. 140 p.	View
Rice C. Why is a return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland so difficult? 2022.	View
Rice C. [Review of] ‘A Troubled Constitutional Future: Northern Ireland after Brexit’. Regional and Federal Studies. 2022 Jun 23;32(5):689-691. doi: 10.1080/13597566.2022.2085691	View
de Mars S, Murray C, Rice C. Evidence to the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland on the Protocol's Impact on Northern Ireland. 2022.	View
Rice C. Now the hard work begins: The aftermath of the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Election. 2022.	View
Rice C. More of the same? The Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2022. Political Insight. 2022 Mar 21;13(1):37-39. doi: 10.1177%2F20419058221091638	View
Rice C. Political turmoil again in Northern Ireland, but not as we know it: Understanding the dynamics of the 2022 election. 2022.	View
Rice C. Why has Northern Ireland’s First Minister resigned? 2022.	View
Rice C. All eyes on South Down for the DUP but the Lagan Valley dilemma remains. 2022.	View
Rice C. The Politics of the Northern Ireland Protocol. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Northern Ireland Protocol: The UK's Updated Approach. 2021.	View
Rice C. DUP Difficulties, Governance in Northern Ireland, and the 2022(?) Election. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Sub-Committee: ‘Introductory Inquiry into the Operation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland’. 2021.	View
Murray C, Rice C. Beyond trade: Implementing the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol’s human rights and equalities provisions. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. 2021 Jun 30;72(1):1-28. doi: 10.53386/nilq.v72i1.886	View
Rice C. As things go from bad to worse, the DUP can’t avoid the ripples of the ‘Beattie Bounce’. 2021.	View
Rice C. It's all in the planning: A review of the 'Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland' report. 2021.	View
Rice C. Foster’s resignation: The DUP might not take new policy directions, but the way in which politics is done in Northern Ireland is likely to change. 2021.	View
Rice C. Riots in Northern Ireland: An Explanation. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Human Rights And Equality Provisions Under The Northern Ireland Protocol. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee's 'Citizenship and Passport Processes in Northern Ireland' Inquiry. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee's 'Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol' Inquiry. 2021.	View
Rice C. Explainer: Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. 2021.	View
Rice C. “Free us”: The DUP’s Northern Ireland Protocol strategy. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to Northern Ireland Assembly's Ad-Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights. 2021.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence submitted to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: ‘Cross-border co-operation on policing, security and criminal justice after Brexit’ Inquiry. 2020.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Into the unknown: Implementing the protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland. 2020 Sept 24;15:17-32.	View
Rice C. The Internal Market Bill and Northern Ireland. 2020.	View
Rice C. Northern Ireland and Brexit. 2020.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to the EU International Agreements Sub-Committee Inquiry on Treaty Scrutiny. 2020.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ‘Progress of the negotiations on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU’ Inquiry. 2020.	View
Rice C. A road to nowhere? The UK’s approach to implementing the NI Protocol. 2020.	View
Rice C, Murray C. Evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ‘Unfettered Access: Northern Ireland and Customs Arrangements after Brexit’ Inquiry. 2020.	View
Rice C. Evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee New Decade, New Approach Agreement Inquiry. 2020.	View
Rice C. Governance in Northern Ireland: Learning from the ‘Cash for Ash’ Scandal. 2020.	View
Rice C. Northern Ireland’s ‘New Approach’ in a Decade of Uncertainty. 2020.	View
Rice C. Consociationalism and Equality within the European Union: Community Identity and Gender in Northern Ireland and Belgium. 2020.	View
Rice C. General Election 2019: The Brexit Election in Northern Ireland? 2019.	View
Rice C. Women, Northern Ireland and the 2019 General Election. 2019.	View
Rice CAG. Theory vs reality: Partisanship and Northern Ireland's Public Accounts Committee 2011–2016. The Journal of Legislative Studies. 2019 Apr 14;25(2):210-228. doi: 10.1080/13572334.2019.1603198	View
Rice C. Connect, Collaborate, Create: Promoting 'SMART' Government. 2019.	View
Rice C. The Potential Impact of Institutional Collapse on Northern Ireland's Public Accounts Committee. 2018.	View
Rice C. Public Accounts Committees: Learning from Other Legislatures. 2018. Paper presented at Political Studies Association Meeting, Cardiff, United Kingdom.	View
Rice C. Still no ideas: What Theresa May said and didn't say about the Irish border. 2018.	View
Rice C. Depoliticising the Irish Language. 2017.	View
Rice C. Petition of Concern: Reform or Get Rid? 2017.	View
Rice C. Why is questioning politicians such a big deal? 2016.	View

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