Dr Michael Heaney
- Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods (Political & International Studies)
email:
Michael.Heaney@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
Room 814, Adam Smith Building
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-1043Biography
Michael T. Heaney is a Lecturer in Politics and Reserch Methods at the University of Glasgow. He is a political scientist who studies how social networks, social movements, interest groups, and political parties shape organizational processes and policy outcomes. With Fabio Rojas, he is author of Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11 (Cambridge University Press, 2015). With Melody Shemtov and Marco Roldán, he is creator, producer, and writer of a documentary film, The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets (Bullfrog Films, 2017). His articles appear in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Sociology, the Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Social Networks, American Politics Research, Science Advances, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. He has received research grants from sources such as the Russell Sage Foundation, the National Science Foundation (United States), and the National Institute for Civil Discourse (United States).
Michael received a Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Chicago. He has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and the University of Florida, a research fellow at the University of Glasgow, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, and a Congressional Fellow for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Supervision
Michael is most interested in working with students who are examining social networks, social movements, interest groups, and/or political parties. He is open with regard to region and country.
- XU, DAN
A shift in the mode of global governance? Indirect governance by informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) through intermediaries
Michael's past postgraduate supervision includes the following projects:
-- James M. Strickland. 2019. Univerisity of Michigan, Department of Political Science. “Multi-Client Lobbyists in the United States.” Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University. Winner of the 2020 William Anderson Award for the best dissertation in federalism, intergovernmental relations, state, or local politics.
-- Geoffrey M. Lorenz. 2017. University of Michigan, Department of Political Science. “Prioritized Interests: Why Congressional Committees Address Some Problems and Ignore Others.” Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia.
-- Bai Linh Hoang. 2016. University of Michigan, Department of Political Science. “Democratic Listening? Race and Representation in Local Politics”. Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas-Arlington. Winner of the 2017 William Anderson Award for the best dissertation in federalism, intergovernmental relations, state, or local politics.
-- Cali Mortenson Ellis. 2015. University of Michigan, Department of Political Science & Ford School of Public Policy. “Trust and Communication in Cross-Border Counterterrorism Networks.” Initial Placement: Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, University of Southern California Center for International Studies and Regular Member of the Faculty, Master of Public Administration Program, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
-- Derek Stafford. 2015. University of Michigan, Department of Political Science. “The Relationship Between Participation, Social Networks and Cooperation: How Social Networks Influence Voter Turnout through Mobilization and how both Networks and Turnout are Related to Cooperation.” Initial placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University.
-- Erin McGovern. 2015. University of Michigan, Department of Political Science. “Dictators Who Dominate: Betraying Allies to Gain a Preponderance of Power.” Initial placement: McKinsey & Company, Detroit, Michigan.
-- Marissa Grayson. 2015. University of Florida, Department of Political Science. "Leaving Implementation Behind: Understanding the Failtures of the Bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act of 2002." Initial placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Samford Universitym, Alabama.
-- Jiyeon Yang. 2013. University of Michigan, School of Information. “A Dual-Perspective Approach to Understanding Collegial Information Mediation in the Workplace.” Initial placement: Research Investigator, School of Information, University of Michigan.
-- Paulina Rippere. 2013. University of Florida, Department of Political Science. “Congressional Connections: The Influence of Institutional Structure on Legislative Networks.” Initial placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Jacksonville University, Florida.
-- Jordan Ragusa. 2011. University of Florida, Department of Political Science. “Resolving Differences: Bicameral Disagreement and Reconciliation in the Postreform Congresses.” Initial placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston, South Carolina.
Teaching
Michael is currently teaching the following courses:
Research Design -- Postgraduate Taught (PGT)
Social Movements -- Undergraduate (UG)
Social Network Analysis -- Postgraduate Research (PGR)
Social Network Analysis -- Undergraduate (UG)
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2018: Best Paper Award (American Political Science Association, Section on Political Organizations and Parties)
- 2018: Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award (European Consortium on Political Research, Standing Group on Interest Group Politics)
- 2017: Best Paper Award (American Political Science Association, Section on Political Organizations and Parties)
- 2017: Grand Jury Prize for The Activists (documentary film) (London Film Awards)
- 2017: Best Documentary for The Activists (Trinity International Film Festival)
- 2017: Outstanding Research Mentor Award (University of Michigan, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program)
- 2016: Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for Party in the Street (American Political Science Association, Section on Political Organizations and Parties)
- 2010: Best Paper Award (American Political Science Association, Section on Political Organizations and Parties)
- 2010: Outstanding Teaching in Political Science (American Political Science Association)
- 2010: Outstanding Research Mentor Award (University of Michigan, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program)
- 2007-2008: William A. Steiger Fellow (American Political Science Association, Congressional Fellowship Program)
- 2005: POP/Party Politics Award (American Political Science Association, Section on Political Organizations and Parties)
- 2003-2004: Seymour Martin Lipset Scholar (Policy Studies Organization)
- 2002: Morton Grodzins Price (University of Chicago, Department of Political Science)
Research fellowships
- 2018 - 2021: Research Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
- 2007 - 2008: William A. Steiger Congressional Fellow, American Political Science Association
- 2004 - 2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, Center for the Study of American Politics, Institution for Social and Political Studies
Editorial boards
- 2007 - present: American Politics Research
- 2015 - present: Interest Groups & Advocacy
- 2015 - present: Mobilization: An International Quarterly
Professional & learned societies
- 2017 - 2018: Past Chair of Political Networks Section, American Political Science Association
- 2016 - 2017: Chair of Political Networks Section, American Political Science Association
- 2015 - 2016: Vice Chair of Political Networks Section, American Political Science Association
- 2010 - 2015: Treasurer of Political Networks Section, American Political Science Association
- 2017 - 2019: Executive Council of the Political Organizations and Parties Section, American Political Science Association
Selected international presentations
- 2021: European Consortium for Political Research -- Joint Sessions (Online)
- 2021: ECPR Summer School on Interest Group Politics (Online)
- 2021: Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (Online)
- 2020: American Political Science Association (Online)
- 2020: Vrije Universiteit, Social Change and Conflict (SCC) Group (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- 2019: European Conference on Social Networks (Zurich, Switzerland (ETH-Zurich))
- 2019: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC, USA)
- 2019: Annual Political Networks Conference and Workshops (Durham, North Carolina, USA (Duke University))
- 2019: ECPR Summer School on Interest Group Politics (The Hague, Netherlands (Leiden University))
- 2019: European Consortium for Political Research -- Joint Sessions (Mons, Belgium (Université catholique de Louvain))
- 2015: Political Networks Conference (Madrid, Spain (Carlos III-Juan March Institute (IC3JM)))
- 2014: Interest Groups Conference (Aarhus, Denmark (Aarhus University))
- 2014: Annual Political Networks (Montreal, Canada (McGill University))
- 2012: Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (University of Alberta))
- 2010: European Science Foundation Conference on Political Networks (Dublin, Ireland (University College Dublin))
- 2009: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Toronto, Canada)
