Dr. Sally Shortall was appointed Director of the Gibson Institute in Queen’s University Belfast in 2004. Before that she was a reader in sociology at Queen’s University Belfast. Her main research interests are rural development policy, social change
...MoreDr. Sally Shortall was appointed Director of the Gibson Institute in Queen’s University Belfast in 2004. Before that she was a reader in sociology at Queen’s University Belfast. Her main research interests are rural development policy, social changes in farming practice and the role of women on farms and in rural development. She has been invited to speak on these issues internationally, including invitations from the European Commission, the FAO, and North American organisations. She has published widely on these topics over the past ten years, including a special issue of Sociologia Ruralis (2004) on rural social exclusion and a book published by Macmillan Press titled Women and Farming: Property and Power (1999).
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Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Abdelbagi Ahmed
