Cork University Business School
University College Cork

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Prof. Thia Hennessy (female) is Professor of Agri-Food Business in UCC and Dean of Cork University Business School. Her research interests include the sustainable development of the agri-food sector with a particular interest in the impact of environmental policy on the economic performance of farms. She has an extensive portfolio of research publications and international projects. She has worked on a number of EU funded projects, has acted as an expert evaluator for the Framework 7 programme and has addressed the European Parliament as an invited expert. Prior to joining UCC in September 2016, Thia was employed by Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland, where she managed the agricultural and environmental economic research department. She was also responsible for the Teagasc National Farm Survey which produces the official national statistics on farming in Ireland and is a member of the European Commission’s Farm Accountancy Data Network. Education Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics.  University of Reading, UK (2005) Sabbatical leave at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia (2002 -2003)  Master of Business Studies in Agri-Food Business. Smurfit Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland (1997) B.A. Economics and Finance. National University of Ireland, Maynooth. (1996) Appointments Director of Animal Health Ireland (2008 to 2012) Board Member of the National Competitiveness Council (2004 to 2009) Expert Evaluator for the EU Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (2010 & 2011) Member of the National Consultative Committee on Agricultural Policy (2006 to date) Awards Outstanding Young Researcher by the British Agricultural Economics Society  (2012) Teagasc Staff Excellence in Research (2013) International Research Networks FAPRI-Ireland partnership Farm Accountancy Data Network of the EU Genedec: EU funded 7th Framework project Factor Markets: EU funded 7th Framework project FLINT: EU funded 7th Framework project Refereeing and Reviewing Activities Associate Editor of the International Journal of Agricultural Management (2013 to date) Referee for Journal of Agricultural Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Land Use Policy and the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research  Recent Publications Brennan, M., Ryan, M., Hennessy, T., Cullen, P and Dillon, E. (2017) Going beyond FADN: The use of additional data to gain insights into extension service use across European Union Member States. Studies in Agricultural Economics. Vol 118(3) 145-153   Ryan, M., Hennessy, T., Buckley, C., Dillon, E, Donnellan, T., Hanrahan, K., and Moran, B. (2016). Developing farm-level sustainability indicators for Ireland using the Teagasc National Farm Survey. Irish Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. Vol. 55(2) 112-125   Hennessy, T., Laepple, D. and Moran, B. (2016). The Digital Divide in Farming: A Problem of Access or Engagement. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Vol 38. No. 3, pp 474-491   Dillon, E, Hennessy, T., Buckley, C., Donnellan, T., Hanrahan, K., and Moran, B. (2016).  The sustainable intensification of the dairy sector. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. Vol 14(1). 31-44   O Brien, D., Hennessy, T., Moran, B. and Shalloo, L. (2015). Relating the carbon footprint of milk from Irish dairy farms to economic performance. Journal of Dairy Science. 98(10): 7394-7407   Lapple, D., and Hennessy, T. (2015). Assessing the impact of financial incentives in extension programmes: evidence from Ireland. Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 66, No. 3, pp781-795