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Inaugural Irish Rural Studies Symposium (IRSS)

The Inaugural Irish Rural Studies Symposium (IRSS) was hosted at Teagasc' Mellows Campus, Athenry, Co. Galway on September 1, 2009.

Forty papers covering a variety of areas ranging from innovation and diversification of the rural economy to topics considering rural society and culture were presented by researchers and post-graduate students from Irish and international universities and research institutes.

Anne Bryne, Nata Duvvury, Aine Macken Walsh, and Tanya Watson from the School's Gender, Globalisation and Empowerment Research Cluster chaired sessions and/or presented papers at the Symposium on society and culture, gender perspectives of rural identity and gender and rural governance.

School of Political Science and Sociology
Aras Moyola
National University of Ireland, Galway
Tel. +353 91 524411
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