Rural Populations and Population Ageing
Migration and Economic Regeneration
Sustainable Development
National Parks
Rural Planning
Theory and Practice of Spatial Planning Policy
Professional Practice Project
Research Methods
MSc and PhD supervision
Aileen is a Geography graduate. She worked at Aberdeen University for 15 years before joining Queen's in 2006.
She has published widely in international academic journals and presented many papers at national and international conferences. Her research has largely focused on internal migration patterns and processes and their consequences for rural communities.
Aileen is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Geographical Society of Ireland, European Society of Rural Sociology, and the QUCAN research network.