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Ms. Hilary Tovey

Fellow Emeritus (Sociology)
3 COLLEGE GREEN

 htovey@tcd.ie

 3531896 2701


Biography

Senior lecturer in sociology, Fellow TCD

Research Tags

  Contemporary social theory   Environment & Society   FOOD   Food, agriculture and rural change   Modernity and postmodernity   Rural Development in the EU   Rural sociology, sociology of the environment   Social Movements   Social Theory   Sociological Theory   Sociology of Food Consumption, Production, Organics & Other Alternative Foods

Research Projects

 A Cognitive Approach to Rural Sustainable Development (CORASON)
 Biological diversity and cultural diversity: exploring conflict around Ireland's contribution to Natura 2000
 Environmental attitudes, values and behaviours in Ireland
 The construction of global 'safe food': regulating the beef industry
 Organic food and the construction of consumer trust

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Representations

Details Date
President ESRS 1999-2003
Member, International Editorial Board, Irish Journal of Sociology 2003-
Council member, International Rural Sociological Association 2000-2008
Member, Editorial Board, Sociologia Ruralis 2004-
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Elsevier/Jai Press Research in Rural Sociology and Development series 2003-present
Member, National Platform for Biodiversity Research 2003-
National representative on management Committee, COST Action 12 1998-2002
Chair, Sociological Association of Ireland 1976-80
Committee member, Sociological Association of Ireland 2004-5

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
French Medium Medium Basic
German Basic Basic Medium
Irish Medium Medium Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Sociological Association of Ireland 1974-
European Sociological Association
European Society for Rural Sociology
International Rural Sociological Association 1996
International Sociological Association 1992
Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey (eds), Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society, first, Farnham, Surrey, England, Ashgate, 2009, vii - 294pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Theorising "Community" in, editor(s)Catherine Forde, Elizabeth Kiely, Rosie Meade , Youth and Community Work in Ireland - Critical Perspectives, Dublin, Blackhall, 2009, pp81 - 104, [Hilary Tovey], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Ecologizing rural Ireland? Conflicts and contradictions regarding knowledge for sustainable development in, editor(s)Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey , Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society, Surrey, England, Ashgate, 2009, pp131 - 150, [Hilary Tovey], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Innovation in rural development and rural sustainable development in, editor(s)Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey , Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society, Surrey, England, Ashgate, 2009, pp243 - 266, [Hilary Tovey, Karl Bruckmeier, Robert Mooney], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Conclusion: beyond the policy process - conditions for rural sustainable development in European countries in, editor(s)Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey , Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society, Surrey, England, Ashgate, 2009, pp267 - 288, [Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Introduction: Natural Resource Management for Rural Sustainable Development in, editor(s)Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey , Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society, Surrey, England, Ashgate, 2009, pp1 - 19, [Karl Bruckmeier, Hilary Tovey], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Managing rural nature: regulation, translations and governance in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in, editor(s)John McDonagh, Tony Varley, Sally Shortall , A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland, Farnham, Surrey, Ashgate, 2009, pp107 - 120, [Hilary Tovey], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Hlary Tovey, 'Local food' as a Contested Concept: networks, knowledges and power in food-based strategies for rural development, International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 16, (2), 2009, pc. 20 pages , Notes: [Electronic on-line journal Special Issue on 'Sources and expressions of power in global food coordination and rural sites: domination, counter-domination and alternatives' edited by Gianluca Brunori], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Hilary Tovey, Commentary: Sustainability - A Platform for Debate, Sustainability, 1, (1), 2009, p14 - 18, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Sociologia Ruralis (Special Issue on Rural Sustainable Development in the Era of Knowledge Society), 48, 3(July), (2008), 185 - 329p, HilaryTovey , [Guest Editor], Journal, PUBLISHED
  

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Hilary Tovey, Rural restructuring: current discourses in rural sociology, Rural Property Network, Workshop 2, Pryzsiek, Poland, 8 September , 2005, Rural Property Network, 1-16pp, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Hilary Tovey, 'Civic privatism' or 'personal environmentalism'? Implications for democracy of the greening of citizenship, International Sociological Association Research Committee 24 Conference on Environment, Knowledge and Democracy, Marseille, France, July 2005, pp1-18 , Notes: [Plenary paper], Conference Paper, PRESENTED

  

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

rural social change, environmental governance, nature, animals, biodiversity; sociology of food and agriculture; social movements