2019

Congratulations to Brian Leonard (PhD candidate in Geography) on passing his viva yesterday, 05 February 2019.  His examiners were Prof Matt Lobley, University of Exeter and Dr Therese Conway, NUI Galway.  Brian's thesis is entitled: Irish farm succession and inheritance: an examination of farmers’ economic decision-making strategies as socially-constructed risk assessment. Brian completed his PhD through publications, one of which may be accessed here Policy drivers of farm succession and inheritance (published in Land Use Policy). Kudos too, to his supervisors Dr Maura Farrell and Dr Marie Mahon, Professor Cathal O Donoghue and Dr Anne Kinsella (Teagasc).