Lorcan McLaren
PhD Researcher
University College Dublin
I am a PhD researcher and Iseult Honohan scholar in computational social science at the UCD School of Politics and International Relations. I am also a member of the Connected_Politics Lab, where I am advised by James P. Cross.
My research examines political communication using text-as-data approaches, with a focus on the climate crisis.
Previously, I completed a BA in Computer Science, Linguistics and French at Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Politics and Data Science at University College Dublin. I also worked in industry for two years as a data analyst.
Research
Working Papers
Publications
A heuristic method for automatic gaze detection in constrained multi-modal dialogue corpora
with Maria Koutsombogera and Carl Vogel.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2020.
with Maria Koutsombogera and Carl Vogel.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2020.
Gaze, dominance and dialogue role in the MULTISIMO corpus
with Maria Koutsombogera and Carl Vogel.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2020.
with Maria Koutsombogera and Carl Vogel.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2020.
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Teaching
Teaching Assistant
- Research Methods in Political Science, Undergraduate (Spring 2024)
- Introduction to EU Politics, Undergraduate (Autumn 2023)
Contact
For inquiries, collaboration opportunities, or to discuss my work, feel free to reach out via email.