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Research Activities & Themes

The Innovation and Rural Development Unit at Teagasc’s Athenry Rural Economy Research Centre conducts pivotal research focused on rural development and agricultural economics. With a team of experts including geographers, sociologists, economists, and PhD students, the unit explores critical themes such as farm diversification, rural labor markets, and innovations in technology transfer. Current projects assess the economic impacts of technological change, rural housing affordability, and community development strategies, aiming to enhance the viability and sustainability of rural areas in Ireland.

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Research Activities & Themes

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  1. Research Activities & Themes Kevin Heanue Innovation & Rural Development Unit RERC Athenry

  2. Rural Economy Research Centre Surveys Department Corporate Affairs Unit Agricultural Economics Department Rural Viability Department Innovation and Rural Development Unit FAPRI-Ireland Unit Farm Level Modelling Unit Spatial Analysis Unit Environment Unit RERC Structure

  3. Innovation & Rural Development Unit - RERC • 3 permanent Research Officers • Geographer, Sociologist, Economist • 4 PhD students • Geographer – David Meredith • Farm diversification • Rural labour markets • Rural population studies • Sociologist – Aine Macken Walsh • Qualitative analysis of farmer behaviour • Barriers to change • Farm partnerships • Rural men and suicide

  4. Background • Industrial economics - innovation • Rural development • Chairman Connemara West Plc • Teagasc Nominee – FORUM Connemara (LEADER) Evaluation Committee

  5. Approaches & methods • Heterodox - eclectic use of theoretical and conceptual perspectives and also variety of methodologies • Neo-Schumpeterian economics; capabilities perspective; economic sociology; regional science • Case studies; statistical and econometric analysis

  6. Past research • Innovation & technological change • LMT sectors • Processes, networks, policy • Rural development • Housing • Affordability, second homes, settlement strategies • Industrial economics • Trust; institutional learning; organisational proximity; networking; industrial agglomeration; embeddedness; industrial policy.

  7. Current Projects in Teagasc • Economics of Innovation • Evaluation of Teagasc’s Business & Technology Programme • Technology transfer (CISC Walsh Fellow) • LMT Innovation • Audit of Policy in Rural Areas • Housing in Rural Ireland • Rural Innovation • Technology Adoption & Transfer • 3 year project; mix of quantitative and qualitative methods

  8. Future Research Themes • Innovation systems • Identifying and understanding the actors, institutions organisations and networks at sector level and regional level. • Technology adoption, diffusion & transfer • Motivations, attitudes in addition to attributes. Benchmarking adoption. Technology transfer mechanisms. • Local development strategies • Role of rural/community development organisations • Identification of development paths

  9. Thanks

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