Her research focuses on how liberal democracies can become more inclusive and just. Her current book project, Nationalizing Rights, is a comparative study of minority rights and women’s rights in Europe, Canada and South Africa. Her first book, Women’s Rights in Democratizing States (Cambridge University Press, 2010), explains how democratic institutions obstruct advances in women’s rights. Dr. Walsh’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Italy, the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, and the University of Virginia.