Visiting and Adjunct Lecturers

Áine Macken-Walsh

Áine Macken-Walsh is a Research Officer at Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme (REDP). Her primary interests are in cultural sociology with a specific focus on agriculture. Áine’s research activity is centred on exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of questions such as farm-level disease management; joint farming ventures; and multi-actor participatory processes in agricultural extension. Áine is collaborating with Teagasc extension personnel, industry stakeholders, and international and national academic partners in this funded research programme.

Áine is Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway contributing post-graduate modules on gendered perspectives on agriculture and qualitative methods. She is currently co-supervising five PhD research projects funded by Teagasc’s Walsh Fellowship Scheme.