Áine Macken-Walsh
Senior Research Officer, Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme (REDP
Áine Macken-Walsh is a Senior Research Officer at Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme (REDP). She is a sociologist, using narrative, participatory and action research methodologies intersected with co-design processes. She works in transdisciplinary contexts, addressing societal challenges relating to diverse issues such as human cooperation, gender, animal health, climate change, consumer: producer chains and the bioeconomy. Áine founded and leads Teagasc’s Agri-Innovation and Learning (AgILe) Living Laboratory, supporting and evaluating multi-actor co-design of agri-food system policy and extension interventions.