TEAGASC - Agriculture and Food Development Authority

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Áine Regan works as a Research Officer (Behavioural & Social Science) with Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland. In her research work, she uses social science methodologies, behaviour change models, and science and risk governance frameworks to help develop evidence-based and societally acceptable strategies for supporting innovation in food and agriculture. She employs quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to understand the attitudes, values, motivations and behaviours of actors in the agri-food sector (e.g. consumers, farmers, policy-makers and scientists) so that they are accounted for in the development of policies, products, and practices. Áine has a degree in Psychology and a Masters in Health Psychology (National University of Ireland, Galway) and a PhD specialising in the perception and communication of food-related risks (University College Dublin). Áine previously worked in University College Dublin and the University of Ottawa before joining Teagasc in 2015.