Sally Shortall
1990 PhD, Sociology, National University of Ireland
1988 M. Social Science, University College Cork, Ireland
1985 B. Social Science, University College Cork, Ireland
Reader in Sociology
Telephone: +44 (0) 28 90973228
E-mail: s.shortall@qub.ac.uk
My main research interests are rural development theory, policy, and practice; social changes in farming practice; and the role of women on farms and in rural development. An international comparative perspective underpins my research. Recent research has examined the effects on farm families, and rural dwellers more generally, of the EU Common Agricultural Policy Reforms. I am interested in the concepts of social capital and social exclusion in rural areas, and particularly whether area-based development programmes foster social inclusion and civic democracy. My current funded work includes research on health and safety on farms, gender proofing of the CAP reforms, and public attitudes to the countryside. I am also currently undertaking a comparison of US/ EU approaches to rural development. I regularly organise sessions at the World Congress of Rural Sociology and the European Rural Sociology Congress. I have worked with the European Commission, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), and Australian and North American organisations on my research. In addition to academic research, I have a well-established background in policy development and very solid links with user groups.
Teaching interests
Rural sociology, industrial sociology, sociology of organizations, community and society.
Recent Publications
McDonagh, J., Varley, T. and S. Shortall 2007 (eds.) A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland Aldershot : Ashgate
Bock, B. and S. Shortall 2006 (eds.), Rural gender relations: issues and case studies, London : CAB International
Pini, B. and S. Shortall (2006) Gender equality in agriculture: Examining state intervention in Australia and Northern Ireland Social Policy and Society Vol. 5 No. 2
Shortall, S. (2005) Politics, Gender and the Farmyard Canadian Woman Studies Vol. 24 No. 4
Shortall, S. (2004) Exclusion Zones: Inadequate Resources & Civic Rights in Rural Areas Sociologia Ruralis Vol. 44 No 1 pp. 40-42
Shortall, S. (2004) Social or economic goals, civic inclusion or exclusion? An analysis of rural development theory and practice. Sociologia Ruralis Vol. 44 No. 1 pp. 110-124
Shortall, S. (2004) The Broad and Narrow: Case Studies and International Perspectives on Rural Women’s Research Rural Society Vol. 14 No. 2
Shortall, S. (2004) Time to re-think rural development? EuroChoices Vol. 3 No. 2
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