Research Interests

Aileen welcomes PhD enquiries on rural population or planning themes.  These might include:

• Migration trends
• Place attachment
• Rural housing and services
• Rural economy and society
• Environmental governance
  

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Current Research Opportunities

• Building for the sustainability of rural communities

Public outreach & key achievements

• Aileen was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2015. She is also the current editor of Population, Space and Place   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1544-8452

Alumni: Where are they now

Dr Jonathan Bell (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

Dr Stephanie Palmer (Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council)

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• Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science 
• School of Natural and Built Environment
• Institute Spatial Environmental Planning