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Dr david Scallan

B.A (Hons) NUI Galway (2005)
Ph.D. NUI Galway (2012)

Room: 103, Department of Geography
Email: davidscallan1gmail.com
Phone: 00 353 91 492665

Biography:

David graduated from NUI Galway with an honours degree in Geography and Psychological Studies in 2005. He is a native of County Sligo and spent much of his childhood in close proximity to the countryside. From this, David has developed a strong interest in rural studies, the environment and its associated natural systems. It was through completing his undergraduate dissertation in geography however, that he developed his devoted appreciation for geographical research. His dissertation, which focused on the feeding, ecology and economic status of the ring-necked pheasant, opened many doors for postgraduate research within the discipline of geography.

Research Interests:

David has a wide range of interests that lie principally within the discipline of rural geography at the intersection between rural development policy and the politics of rurality. His main research interests are concerned with rural restructuring, rural development policy and the management of habitats and wildlife. He is particularly interested in alternative land-use activities, such as hunting, and their associated impacts on the economy, society and landscape in rural Ireland.

Ph.D Abstract:

Ph.D. title: The Place of Hunting in Rural Ireland?

Recreational hunting activities occupy an uneasy position in contemporary rural space. Framed by global developments and changes in the sociocultural, political and economic fabric of rural societies, we are also witnessing, however, a growth and interest in non-agricultural activities in the countryside, particularly those associated with recreation and leisure, including that of hunting. Contextualised within this broader discourse, this research seeks to explore how hunting is positioned by those within and outside by drawing on critiques of how nature is socially constructed; work in animal geography, which highlights the changing character of human-animal relationships, and rural studies which illustrate not only how representations of rurality are seen as socio-cultural constructions, but can also be specific to particular social groups and individuals.

To unpack this complex and nuanced relationship and explore the place of recreational hunting in rural Ireland, this research utilises a national questionnaire-based survey of hunters and hunting organisers, an examination of rural policy documents, in-depth interviews with rural policy decision-makers, and focus group discussions with farmers. This approach not only registers the relationship between hunting and the rural economy and between hunting and the ecological management of rural space, it also highlights hunting and its portrayal as exclusionary, selective and divisive within Irish rural policy.

Overall, this research provides a comprehensive study on the place of hunting in rural Ireland. It offers new understandings into how hunting activities potentially challenge contemporary rural policy objectives and provides complex insights into nature-society-rurality connections, within a broad discourse of rural change and restructuring.

Publications:

Reports

Scallan, D. (2012) Red Grouse Habitat Management Plan for Cregg Hill, Connemara, Co. Galway. Galway: Clifden Gun Club and Galway Game Hunting Association.

Scallan, D. (2010) Gun Clubs and Pine Martens (Martes Martes) in County Roscommon: Perceptions, Effects and Ideas about Management. Roscommon: Roscommon Regional Game Council.

Scallan, D., Canning, B. and Ligang, D. (2010) Habitat Mapping for Red Grouse on Ballydangan Bog, County Roscommon. Kilkenny: Heritage Council.

Scallan, D. (2010) Survey of Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) in Lealetter, County Galway. Galway: Cruachan Wind Energy Ltd.

Scallan, D. (2009) Red Grouse Conservation Plan for Ballydangan Bog, County Roscommon for 2010-2015. Roscommon: Roscommon Regional Game Council.

Scallan, D. (2009) An Economic Assessment of Stag Hunting in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin: Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Scallan, D. (2009) An Examination into Heather (Calluna Vulgaris) Regeneration on Carrownagappul Bog, County Galway. Kilkenny: Heritage Council.

Scallan, D. and Ligang, D. (2009) An Assessment of Heather Quality for Red Grouse on Boleybrack Mountain, County Leitrim. Kilkenny: Heritage Council.

Scallan, D. (2009) A Socioeconomic Assessment of Hunting in the Republic of Ireland: Interim Report. European Commission.

Scallan, D. (2008) Economic Impact of Game Shooting in the Republic of Ireland. Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Firearms licensing: the wider dimensions. Mullingar, 8-9 May 2008, pp. 59-70. Dublin: Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Scallan, D. (2008) The Economic and Habitat Conservation Impacts of Game Shooting in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin: National Association of Regional Game Councils.

Scallan, D. (2008) Red Grouse Management Plan for Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, County Galway. Kilkenny: Heritage Council.

Scallan, D. (2008) Hunting and Habitat Conservation in the Republic of Ireland. Submission to Ireland’s 2nd National Biodiversity Plan, Dublin: Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Book Contributions

Scallan, D. (Forthcoming) Ireland - Daily Life: Religion, Family & Society, In World and Its People, Marshall Cavendish, New York.

Scallan, D. (Forthcoming) Ireland - Daily Life: Health, Welfare & Education, In World and Its People, Marshall Cavendish, New York.

Presentations:

Scallan, D. (2013) ’Conservation and Recreational Hunting’ Guest Lecture to
MSc in Wildlife Management and Conservation, UCD School of Agriculture and Food, Dublin (16th April 2013).

Scallan, D. (2011) ’The Sustainability of Hunting in Ireland: A Rural Development Case Study’, International Conference on Hunting (HUNT Project). Ciudad Real, Spain (27th-29th March, 2012).

Scallan, D. (2010) ’Gun Clubs and Red Grouse Management: Insights from the Boleybrack Mountain Restoration Project’, Ireland’s Red Grouse – Time for Action, Irish Grey Partridge Conservation Trust Conference, Tullamore. (16th October, 2010).

Scallan, D. (2010) ’Developing a Strategy for Red Grouse ( Lagopus lagopus scoticus) Management in Ireland’ Mayo Regional Game Council, Castlebar (11th February, 2010).

Scallan, D. (2009) ’Hunting: A Socioeconomic Tool for Revitalising Rural Ireland?’ XXIII European Society for Rural Sociology congress, Vaasa, Finland (17th-21st August 2009).

Scallan, D. and Maher, G. (2009) ’Governing European Ruralities: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Policy’ International History Students Association (ISHA) Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, (13th-19th April, 2009).

Scallan, D. (2009) ’Conceptualising the role of Nature-Based Recreation in a Post-productivist Ireland’ Department of Geography and Tourism, Departmental Seminar Series, University of Iceland (7th April, 2009).

Scallan, D. (2009) ’Des Opportunités Économiques Négligées: Quel rôle la Chasse peut-elle jouer en Irlande?’ Chasse, Territoires et Développement Durable: Outils D’analyse Enjeux Perspectives, Clermont-Ferrand, France (March 25th, 26th and 27th 2009).

Scallan, D. (2009) ’La Chasse et la Conservation de l’habitat en Irlande?’ Chasse, Territoires et Développement Durable: Outils D’analyse Enjeux Perspectives, Clermont-Ferrand, France (March 25th, 26th and 27th 2009).

Scallan, D. and Laingen, C. (2008) ’Consequences of Land Use Change on Pheasant Hunting: Experiences form the Republic of Ireland and South Dakota, USA’ Department of Geography, Departmental Seminar Series, NUI, Galway (11th December, 2008).

Scallan, D. (2008) ’Neglected Rural Opportunity: What Place for Hunting in Rural Ireland?’ European Society for Rural Sociology, Urban-Rural Cooperation for the Future, Nagykaniza, Hungary (27th August, 2008).

Scallan, D. (2008) ’The Economic and Habitat Conservation Impacts of Game Shooting in the Republic of Ireland’ Firearms licensing - the wider dimensions’, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin (8th May, 2008).

Scallan, D. (2008) ’Sustainable Hunting and Rural Development in Ireland’ Association of American Geographers, Boston, USA (19th April, 2008).

Scallan, D. (2008) ’The Biology of Irish Game Birds’ Galway Regional Game Council, Athenry (23rd March 2008).

Scallan, D. (2007) ’Countryside Sports in the Republic of Ireland: Implications for Habitat Conservation and the Rural Economy’ Department of Geography, Departmental Seminar Series, NUI, Galway (25th October, 2007).

Scallan, D. (2006) ’The Economic, Social and Conservation Significance of Hunting in the Republic of Ireland’, (poster presentation) Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Dublin.

Teaching Involvement:

David has given lectures in undergraduate courses TI312 - The Geographies of Rural Development, TI219 - Environment and Landforms and TI 106 Foundations in Physical Geography. He has also led laboratories for the TI 235 Biogeography course and practical classes for TI 103 Foundations in Human Geography and TI 106 Foundations in Physical Geography.

External activities:

Member of the IUCN (CEESP/SSC) Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi)

Country Coordinator for Ireland (2010) for the Transactional Environmental Support System (TESS) Project (EU FP7)

Chairman of Geographical Society, NUI Galway (2006-2008)

Member of the European Society for Rural Sociology

Member of the Association of American Geographers

Member of the Geographical Society of Ireland

Discipline of Geography
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
Tel.: +353 (0)91 49 2643
This page was last updated Monday, April 22, 2013