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Professor Sally Shortall

Duke of Northumberland Professor of Rural Economy

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6882
  • Address: Room 3.16
    School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
    Agriculture Building
    Newcastle University
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background



 

Sally Shortall is interested in farm families, and how their values and decisions shape agricultural practice. She is particularly known for her work on the role of women in farm families. Her research on gender relations in agriculture has focused on dynamics of power, how it is accepted and almost unquestioned that women rarely inherit land, are not recognised by the industry, and have limited access to capital and training. This persists in a context of general improvements in gender equality. To date her research has focused on Europe, Canada, Australia, Tanzania and Nigeria. She has published extensively on these questions. Her most recent work focuses on the role women play in ensuring farms undertake green agriculture and sustainable practices. Her recent research shows that women drive green agriculture. This is because women are free of the cultural constraints and expectations of farming the way the land has always been farmed. Instead, women can look at the enterprise with fresh eyes, and see that green agriculture can return a greater profit. The European Union and the English Government are increasingly interested in how to promote women’s role in farm families and agricultural decision making to achieve net zero targets following her research.


She has been commissioned by international organisations to undertake work on gender and agriculture. The European Parliament commissioning her to write a review of women’s contribution to agriculture in Europe which she then presented to the European Parliament in 2010; commissioned to prepare briefing information for government departments of the Western Balkans on agriculture and women by the European Commission which were presented in Croatia in 2010 and 2011; invitations to give key notes by the Australian Government (2010) on women’s role in agriculture during the drought; the European Parliament (2018) on migrant women workers in agriculture.


Sally Shortall’s recent work includes leading research commissioned by the Scottish Government on women in farming and the agriculture sector (2016). Following the launch of the Report (2017), the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, set up a Task Force to consider how to implement the recommendations and Sally Shortall was appointed a member of the Task Force. Following the report of the Task Force (2019) the government committed £300K per annum in the Programme for Government to increase gender equality in agriculture (2019-2024). Both Newcastle University and the Scottish Government are using the research as a case study of the policy impact of research. In 2020, she was commissioned by the European Court of Auditors to write a report on gender mainstreaming the European Agricultural Guidance Fund. The four Member State case studies (including Sweden) showed that women lead on organic and green farming practices. In 2021 she led research for the English Government on women entrepreneurs in farm businesses and their role in green agriculture. This showed clearly that women drive this practice on the farm. Sally was commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau to write a report on women as sustainable food producers.


Sally Shortall was twice elected President of the European Society for Rural Sociology (2015-17; 2017-19). She was elected First Vice-President of the International Rural Sociology Association (2016-2020) and is currently President-Elect of the International Rural Sociology Association, taking up Presidency in Summer 2022.


Sally is a Board Member of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Northern Ireland, and currently chairs the Future of Farming Enquiry in Northumberland, looking at environmental issues, tenancies, and implications of withdrawal from the UK. Sally is very committed to knowledge exchange, and after spending a year in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland in 2010, she realised the limited interaction between academia, policy and practice. She subsequently established the Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) for Northern Ireland increasing the flow of academic knowledge into the devolved government in accessible non-jargon English: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/research-and-information-service-raise/knowledge-exchange/


She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2021.

Sally holds Visiting Professorships in Queen's University Belfast, University College Dublin, and has a 20% appointment in the Technology University of the Southeast of Ireland. She is an Irish citizen.




Research
Selected recent research grants:

  • Shortall, S. (2017). Changing the ground rules? Inclusive debates about women in Scottish agriculture. ESRC Impact Acceleration. 

  • Shortall, S., Frewer, L., Whittingham, M.J., Lietz, G. and A.M. Gatehouse. (2017). Developing a strategic research agenda to promote agri-technology in Tanzania. N8 Internal Research Pump Priming

  • Shortall, S. (2016) The energy-climate-food security nexus: developing a multi-stakeholder deliberative governance model in Northern Ireland. Economic and Social Research Council

  • Shortall, S. (2016) Women and agriculture in Scotland. Scottish Government.

  • Shortall, S. (2015) A conceptual review of rural proofing and the rural champion in Northern Ireland. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland.

  • Shortall, S. (2014) Improving Barnardo’s provision of services for rural families of primary school children. Barnardo’s Northern Ireland.

  • Shortall, S. (2012) Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study, Census Data and Disability Research. Office of the First Minister, and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland.

  • Shortall, S. (2012) Gender Mainstreaming the Rural Development Programme. Economic and Social Research Council. ESRC RES/J010316/1

  • Shortall, S. (2008) Economic and Social Research Council Placement Fellow with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland ESRC RES-173-27-0096

  • Shortall, S. (2008) Older People for Older People (Northern Periphery Programme, INTERREG).

  • Shortall, S and European Colleagues (2005) European Food Systems in a Changing World. (European Science Foundation/ COST)

  • Shortall, S (2004) Public attitudes to the countryside in Northern Ireland. Economic and Social Research Council/ Ulster Farmers’ Union

  • Shortall, S. and S. Porter (2004) Occupational Health and Safety on Farms in the Armagh and Dungannon Region. Armagh and Dungannon Health Action Zone, and the Health and Safety Executive

  • Shortall, S. (2003) Workshop on the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. Economic and Social Research Council.

  • Shortall, S. (2000) Gender Proofing CAP Reforms (Peace and Reconciliation Programme) January 2000-July 2001

  • Shortall, S (1998) Social Exclusion in Rural Areas. £57,000 (European Union LEADER Programme). 1998-2002

  • Shortall, S. (1998) Social Exclusion in Rural Areas, (European Union LEADER Programme). This research was part of a programme of research undertaken by the former Queen’s Centre for Rural Studies.

Teaching

Teaching Awards:

  • Shortall, S. (2011): Funding for Innovative Teaching for the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work. Queen's University Belfast Annual Fund.

  • Shortall, S. (2005): Learning to write: Communicating post-graduate research to academic, policy and practitioner audiences. Teaching Quality Enhancement Award


Areas of Teaching Competence:

  • Rural Sociology

  • Sociology of Work

  • Industrial Sociology

  • Community Development/ Community Studies

  • Sociology of Organisations

  • Introduction to Sociology

  • Gender Studies

    PhD Supervision to completion:

    • Robertson, Arlene. Migrant labour in food processing industries in Northern Ireland. 2012- 2015. DARD funded.

    • Braunholtz-Speight, Tim. Community, power and land reform in Scotland. Registered with the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland. Defended December 2015, minor revisions. Funded by the University of the Highlands and Islands.  

    • Mason, Karla. Civilised Spaces, Healthy Bodies, Hygienic Souls: Pursuing Purification at the Animal-Human Interface. Completed 2013. DEL funded, with support from the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work.

    • McVay, Lori. Leadership and rural women: barriers and enablers. Completed 2011. American student, self-funded.

    • Ni Dhonaill, Caoimhe. Ageing in rural societies: a comparison of Northern Ireland and Zambia. Completed 2012. Funded by the Changing Ageing Partnership.

    • Roginsky, Sandrine. The Third Sector and Social Change: Comparing Women's Organisations in Northern Ireland and Ile-de-France. Completed 2006. French student. Funded by the Royal Irish

      External examining

      • BA and MA Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 2016-2019
      • BA Sociology and MA Criminology, Bangor University, Wales. 2010-2013
      • BA and MA Sociology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2010-2013
      • BSC Rural Development, National University of Ireland 2004-2007
      • Senior External Examiner, University of the Highlands and Islands, Rural Studies Degree, Scotland (1999-2002)

      • External expert evaluating the syllabus of the Rural Studies Degree for the University of the Highlands and Islands, May/ June 1999

      External examiner for PhD Candidates

      • University of Chester, 2018; Monash University, Australia, 2017; University of New South Wales, Australia, 2016; University College Dublin, Ireland, 2014; Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 2014; University of South Australia, 2013; Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 2013; Newcastle University, England, 2012; University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, 2011; University of Durham, England 2008; University of New England, Australia, 2008; Charles Sturt University, Wagga, Australia, 2007; Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 2006; University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, England 2005;  Glasgow University, 2004; University of Manchester, England 2004; National University of Ireland 2004; Manchester University, 2000; University of New South Wales, Australia, 1993.


    • Current teaching commitments:

    • Co-developed a new module, SOC3098 Community and Conflict in the Countryside. Taught across HASS and SAGE. Included field trip, movie and debate. 2018-

    • Contribute to the team taught MSc in Food and Rural Development: ACE8050 Rural Development: Theory and Practice. 2018

    • First supervisor of two funded PhD students 2018-

    • Committee member for two PhD students 2018-

    • Internally examined two CRE PhD candidates 2018.

    • Supervisor for one MSc student 2018-


 

Publications
  • Budge H, Shortall S. ‘Covid-19, gender, agriculture, and future research. In: in Castellanos, P., Sachs, C. and Tickamyer, A, ed. Gender, Food and COVID-19: Global Stories of Harm and Hope. New York: Routledge, 2022. In Preparation.
  • Adesugba M, Oughton E, Shortall S. Farm household livelihood strategies . In: Sachs, CE; Jensen, L; Castellanos, P; Sexsmith, K, ed. Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture. London: Routledge, 2021, pp.315-325.
  • Adesugba M, Oughton E, Shortall S, Othman M. All roads lead to market days: Institutional arrangements for women participation in cooperatives and markets in Nigeria and Tanzania. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management 2022. Submitted.
  • Shortall S. Gender Mainstreaming the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. Luxembourg: European Court of Auditors, 2022.
  • Shortall S, Adesugba M. Gendered farming organizations: the value of North/ South comparisons . In: Sachs, CE; Jensen, L; Castellanos, P; and Sexsmith, K, ed. Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture. London: Routledge, 2021, pp.287-297.
  • Shortall S. Increasing diversity in European agriculture: including women. Rural Connections: The European Rural Development Magazine 2021, 19-20.
  • Budge H, Shortall S. Sustainable rural communities and patriarchal structures: The case of Shetland’s Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa. In: Attorp A; Heron S; McAreavey R, ed. Rural Governance in the UK: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Society. London: Routledge, 2022, pp.180-197.
  • Shortall S. The role of women as sustainable food producers in rural communities. In: Heidegger P; Lharaig N; Wiese K; Stock A; Heffernan R, ed. Why the European Green Deal Needs Ecofeminism – moving from gender-blind to gender-transformative environmental policies. Brussels: European Environmental Bureau, 2021, pp.114-119.
  • Shortall S, Budge H, Adesugba M. Women entrepreneurs in farm businesses and their role in sustainable agriculture. England: Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2022.
  • Shortall S, Hansda R. Gender and Caregiving. In: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2020, pp.1-2.
  • Phillipson J, Gorton M, Turner R, Shucksmith M, Aitken-McDermott K, Areal F, Cowie P, Hubbard C, Maioli S, McAreavey R, Souza-Monteiro D, Newbery R, Panzone L, Rowe F, Shortall S. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications for Rural Economies. Sustainability 2020, 12(10), 3973.
  • Shortall S, McKee A, Sutherland L-A. The Performance of Occupational Closure: The Case of Agriculture and Gender. Sociologia Ruralis 2020, 60(1), 40-57.
  • Shortall S, Brown DL. Guest editorial for special issue on rural inequalities: Thinking about rural inequalities as a cross-national research project. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 68, 213-218.
  • Shortall S, Regan E, Dewhirst D. Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series: An effective partnership to increase the public value of academic research findings. In: Lindgreen A; Kitchener MH; Brewer JD; Moore M; Meynhardt T; Koenig-Lewis N, ed. Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice of Creating Public Value. London: Routledge, 2019, pp.316-323.
  • Sherry E, Shortall S. Methodological fallacies and perceptions of rural disparity: how rural proofing addresses real versus abstract needs. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 68, 336-343.
  • Shortall S. Planning the farmyard: gendered implications. In: Scott, M, Gallent, N. and Gkartzios, M, ed. The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2019, pp.327-335.
  • Sherry E, Shortall S. The Needy Rural – Does Living in a Rural Area Mean that You Are in Need?. In: Halseth, G; Markey, S; Ryser,L, ed. Service Provision and Rural Sustainability: Infrastructure and Innovation (Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning). Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • Shortall S, Brown LD. Thinking About Rural Inequalities as a Cross-National Research Project. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 68, 213-218.
  • Shortall S, McKee A, Sutherland LA. Why do farm accidents persist? Normalising danger on the farm within the farm family. Sociology of Health and Illness 2019, 41(3), 470-483.
  • Garrod G, Phillipson J, Rowe F, Shortall S, Shucksmith M, Liddon A. After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in England. Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, 2018.
  • Bowen R, Dwyer J, Dafydd Jones R, Liddon A, Marsden T, Midmore P, Shortall S, Woods M, Wynne-Jones S. After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Wales. Newcastle University/Aberystwyth University, 2018.
  • Shortall S. How can women achieve their full potential in the agricultural sector?. Rural Economy and Land Use 2018, (Note No. 3).
  • Doebler S, McAreavey R, Shortall S. Is racism the new sectarianism? Negativity towards immigrants and ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland from 2004 to 2015. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2018, 41(14), 2426-2444.
  • Shortall S, Sherry E. Rural proofing in Northern Ireland: An overview and recommendations on guidance, implementation and governance. Belfast, UK: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Belfast, 2018.
  • Shortall S, Bock B. Gender and Rural Globalization: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. Oxford, UK: CAB International, 2017.
  • Creamer C, Garod G, Jack C, Liddon A, McAreavey R, Meredith D, Sherry E, Shortall S, Shuttleworth I, Wallace M. After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Northern Ireland. Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, 2017.
  • Atterton J, Copus A, Glass J, Liddon A, de Lima P, McCracken D, Moxey A, Philip L, Shortall S, Shucksmith M. After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Scotland. Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University/SRUC, 2017.
  • Shortall S, Sherry E. Briefing Paper One: Preliminary recommendations to assist with the development of a guidance framework and monitoring framework for rural proofing related to the Rural Needs Act. 2017.
  • Shortall S. Changing Gender Roles in Irish Farm Households: Continuity and Change. Irish Geography 2017, 50(2), 175-191.
  • Shortall S, Bock B. Conclusions - future directions. In: Shortall S; Bock B, ed. Gender and Rural Globalisation: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. Oxford: CAB International, 2017.
  • Shortall S. Gender and Agriculture. In: Shortall, S. and Bock, B, ed. Gender and Rural Globalisation: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. Oxford, UK: CAB International, 2017.
  • Bock B, Shortall S. Gender and rural globalisation: an introduction ot international perspectives on gender and rural development. In: Shortall, S. and Bock, B, ed. Gender and Rural Globalisation: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. Oxford: CAB International, 2017.
  • Shortall S, McAreavey R. Gender, Migration and Development: Can advocacy groups be more of a hindrance than a help?. Social Sciences 2017, 6(2), 49.
  • Doebler S, Ryan A, Shortall S, Maguire A. Informal care-giving and mental ill-health - differential relationships by workload, gender, age and area-remoteness in a UK region. Health & Social Care in the Community 2017, 25(3), 987-999.
  • Shortall S. Rural and gender identity. In: Shortall, S. and Bock, B, ed. Gender and Rural Globalization: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. Oxford: CAB International, 2017.
  • Shortall S, Sutherland LA, McKee A, Hopkins J. Women in farming and the agriculture sector. Edinburgh, UK: Scottish Government, 2017.
  • Shortall S. Changing configurations of gender and rural society: future directions for research. In: The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Studies. London and New York: Routledge/Falmer, 2016, pp.349-356.
  • Shortall S. Gender and identity formation. In: Brown D; Shucksmith M, ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Studies. London and New York: Routledge/Falmer, 2016, pp.400-411.
  • Shortall S, Alston M. To rural proof or not to rural proof: a comparative analysis. Politics & Policy 2016, 44(2), 35-55.
  • Shortall S. Are EU attempts to gender mainstream realistic? The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as an example. New York, NY, USA: Columbia University, 2015. CritCom. A Forum for Research and Commentary on Europe.
  • Shortall S. Gender mainstreaming and the Common Agricultural Policy. Gender Place and Culture 2015, 22(5), 717-730.
  • Glenna L, Shortall S, Brandl B. Neoliberalism, the University, Public Goods, and Agricultural Innovation. Sociologia Ruralis 2015, 55(4), 438-459.
  • Shortall S, Bock B. Rural women in Europe: the impact of place and culture on gender mainstreaming the European Rural Development Programme. Gender, Place and Culture 2015, 22(5), 662-669.
  • Shortall S. Farming, identity and well-being: managing changing gender roles within Western European farm families. Anthropological Notebooks 2014, 20(3), 67-81.
  • Shortall S. Gender mainstreaming or strategic essentialism? How to achieve rural gender equality. In: Pini, B., Brandth, B and Little, L, ed. Feminisms and Ruralities. Lexington Books, 2014.
  • Shortall S. Using Scientific Knowledge in Policy Making: The Importance of Organisational Culture. In: Fleck, C. and Hess, A, ed. Knowledge for Whom? Public Sociology in the Making. Routledge, 2014, pp.145-162.
  • Shortall S, Kelly R. Reviewing the EU Rural Development Programme. 2013. Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series Briefing Report.
  • Shortall S. Sociology, knowledge and evidence in rural policy making. Sociologia Ruralis 2013, 53(3), 265-271.
  • Shortall S. Using evidence in policy: The importance of mediating beliefs and practices. Sociologia Ruralis 2013, 53(3), 349-368.
  • Shucksmith M, Brown D, Shortall S, Warner M, Vergunst J. Rural Transformations and Rural Policies in the UK and the US. London and New York: Routlede/Falmer, 2012.
  • Shortall S. Bringing evidence into policy-making. Agenda NI - Magazine for Northern Ireland's Decision Makers 2012, 7, 140.
  • Shortall S, Warner M. Rural Transformations: Conceptual and Policy Issues. In: Shucksmith, M., Brown, D., Shortall, S. and Warner, M, ed. Rural Transformations and Rural Polices in the UK and US. London: Routledge, 2012.
  • Radford K, Shortall S. Social enterprising communities: the dynamics and readiness for service innovation. In: Farmer, J., Hill, C. and Muñoz, S.A, ed. Socially Enterprising Communities: Service Co-Production in Rural Areas. UK/USA: Edgar Publishing, 2012.
  • Shortall S. The Role of Subjectivity and Knowledge Power Struggles in the Formation of Public Policy. Sociology 2012, 4(6), 1088-1103.
  • Shortall S. What counts as evidence? The complexities of providing evidence to inform public policy. 2012. Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series Briefing Report.
  • Shortall S. Women and Rural Development: Gender mainstreaming. 2012. The Rural Network Northern Ireland Factsheet 10.
  • Shortall S. Women working on the farm: how to promote their contribution to the development of agriculture and rural areas in Europe. European Parliament Brussels, 2010. IP/B/AGRI/IC/2010_090.
  • Shortall S. An Evidence Base to Inform Rural Policy: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland, 2010.
  • Shortall S, Warner ME. Social Inclusion or Market Competitiveness? A Comparison of Rural Development Policies in the European Union and the United States. Social Policy and Administration 2010, 44(5), 575-597.
  • McDonagh J, Varley T, Shortall S. A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009.
  • Roginsky S, Shortall S. Civil society as a contested field of meanings. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 2009, 29(9/10), 473-487.
  • Shortall S. Does rural proofing make sense?. Scotland: Centre for Remote and Rural Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, 2009.
  • Shortall S, Byrne A. Gender and sustainability in rural Ireland. In: Mcdonagh, J., Varley, T., Shortall, S, ed. A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009, pp.287 - 302.
  • Shortall S. Policy making for rural proofing. Public Servant. 2009.
  • Porter S, Shortall S. Stakeholders and perspectivism in qualitative policy evaluation: A realist reflection. Public Administration 2009, 87(2), 259-273.
  • McDonagh J, Varley T, Shortall S. Sustainability and getting the right balance in rural Ireland. In: McDonagh, J., Varley, T., Shortall, S, ed. A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009, pp.381 - 384.
  • Varley T, McDonagh J, Shortall S. The politics of rural sustainability. In: McDonagh, J., Varley, T., and Shortall, S, ed. A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009, pp.1 - 24.
  • Shortall S, Porter S, Nugent R. Research Report on Health and Safety on Farms. Health and safety executive, 2008.
  • Shortall S. Are rural development programmes socially inclusive? Social inclusion, civic engagement, participation, and social capital: Exploring the differences. Journal of Rural Studies 2008, 87(2), 450-457.
  • Shortall S, Warner ME. Growth Coalitions and Rural Development Police in the EU and the US. EuroChoices 2008, 7(3), 34-37.
  • Shortall S. Research Brief: The good life? Farming, Health and Safety. Belfast: Health and Safety Executive, 2008.
  • Warner M, Shortall S. Understanding EU and US Rural Policy Differences. Rural New York Minute 2008, (20).
  • Bock B, Shortall S. Rural Gender Relations: Issues and Case Studies. Oxford: CAB International, 2006. In Preparation.
  • Shortall S. Conclusions: future directions for rural gender research. In: Bock, B. and Shortall, S, ed. Rural gender relations: issues and case studies. London: CAB, 2006, pp.405 - 413.
  • Shortall S. Economic Status and Gender Roles. In: Bock, B. and Shortall, S, ed. Rural gender relations: issues and case studies. London: CAB, 2006, pp.340 - 355.
  • Shortall S. Gender and Farming: an Overview. In: Bock, B., Shortall, S, ed. Rural gender relations: issues and case studies. London: CAB, 2006, pp.21 - 30.
  • Shortall S. Gender and Rural Politics: an Overview. In: Bock, B. and Shortall, S, ed. Rural gender relations: issues and case studies. London: CAB, 2006, pp.243 - 251.
  • Pini B, Shortall S. Gender equality in agriculture: Examining state intervention in Australia and Northern Ireland. Social Policy & Society 2006, 5(3), 199-206.
  • Shortall S. Research update: A 'green and pleasant' land? Public Attitudes to the Countryside in Northern Ireland. ARK Life and Times Research Update Series 2006, (47).
  • Shortall S. Political Climate and Gender Relations: Northern Ireland Politics and Farm Women. In: Little, J. and Morris, C, ed. Critical Studies in rural Gender Issues. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005.
  • Shortall S. Politics, gender and the farmyard. Canadian Woman Studies 2005, 24(1), 42-49.
  • Shortall S. Examining Rural Development Practice from a Gender Perspective. In: Konecny, M, ed. EU Accession and Agriculture: Making CAP work for people and the environment. Brussels: Friends of the Earth, 2004, pp.77 - 80.
  • Shortall S. Exclusion Zones: Inadequate Resources & Civic Rights in Rural Areas. Sociologia Ruralis 2004, 44(1), 40-42.
  • Shortall S. Gender aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy. In: Konecny, M, ed. EU Accession and Agriculture: Making CAP work for people and the environment. Brussels: Earth Europe, 2004, pp.37 - 40.
  • Shortall S. Social or Economic Goals, Civil Inclusion or Exclusion? An analysis of rural development theory and practice. Sociologia Ruralis 2004, 44(1), 109-123.
  • Shortall S. Special issue of Sociologia Ruralis on Social Exclusion. Sociologia Ruralis 2004, 44(1).
  • Shortall S. The ‘family farm’- but who owns the land?. The Irish independent 2004.
  • Shortall S. The Broad and Narrow: Case Studies and International Perspectives on Rural Women. Rural Society 2004, 14(2), 254-270.
  • Shortall S. Time to re-think rural development?. EuroChoices 2004, 3(2), 33-40.
  • Shortall S. Women in Rural Areas: A Policy Discussion Document. Cookstown: The Rural Community Network, 2003.
  • Shortall S. Agriculture. In: The Encyclopedia of Ireland. USA: Yale University Press, 2003.
  • Shortall S. Common Agricultural Policy. In: The Encyclopedia of Ireland. USA: Yale University Press, 2003.
  • Shortall S. LEADER. In: The Encyclopedia of Ireland. USA: Yale University Press, 2003.
  • Shortall S. Participatory Action Research. In: Miller, R. and Brewer, J, ed. A-Z of Social Research. London: SAGE, 2003.
  • Shortall S. Rural Development. In: The Encyclopedia of Ireland. USA: Yale University Press, 2003.
  • Shortall S. Save the West Movement. In: The Encyclopedia of Ireland. USA: Yale University Press, 2003.
  • Shortall S. The Hawthorne Effect. In: Miller, R. and Brewer, J, ed. A-Z of Social Research. London: SAGE, 2003.
  • Shortall S. The role women play in sustainable agriculture and rural development in Northern Ireland. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, 2002.
  • Shortall S. Comparing case studies of farm women across national boundaries. In: Alston, M, ed. Setting the Agenda for Rural Women: Research Directions. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Centre for Rural Research, Charles Sturt University, 2002.
  • Shortall S. European policy and gender relations: A case study of Northern Ireland. In: The New Challenge of Women’s Role in Rural Europe. Nicosia, Cyprus: Agricultural Research Institute, 2002, pp.263 - 279.
  • Shortall S, Kelly R. Farmers Wives: Women who are off-farm breadwinners and the implications for on-farm gender relations. Journal of Sociology 2002, 38(4), 327-343.
  • Shortall S. Gendered Agricultural and Rural Restructuring: A case study of Northern Ireland. Sociologia Ruralis 2002, 42(2), 160-175.
  • Shortall S, Kelly R. Gender Proofing CAP ReformsThe Rural Community Network NI. Cookstown: The Rural Community Network NI, 2001.
  • Shortall S. In and Out of the Milking Parlour: A Cross-National Comparison of Gender, the Dairy Industry and the State. Women’s Studies International Forum 2001, 23(2).
  • Shortall S, Shucksmith M. Rural Development in Practice: Issues arising in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Community Development Journal 2001, 36(2), 122-134.
  • Shortall S. Women in the Field: Women, Farming and Organizations. Gender Work and Organization 2001, 8(2).
  • Shortall S. Equality Proofing CAP Reform: Pilot Report and Recommendations. Belfast: Gibson Institute for Land, Food and Environment, 2000.
  • Shortall S. Gender and Power - Women and Farming. London: Macmillan, 1999.
  • O'Connor P, Shortall S. Does the border make the difference? Variations in women’s paid employment, North and South. In: Breen, R., Heath, A. and Whelan, C.T, ed. Irish Society North and South. Oxford University Press, 1999, pp.285 - 318.
  • Shortall S. State mediation of gender relations in farming Gender, Farming and Change: Examples from Northern Ireland, Canada and Norway. In: Kasimis, C, ed. Local Responses to Global Integration. Hampshire: Ashgate, 1999.
  • Davis J, Shortall S. Towards a brave liberal world? Living with European policies. In: Davis, J, ed. Rural Change in Ireland Belfast. Institute of Irish Studies, 1999, pp.182 - 216.
  • Shortall S, Shucksmith M. Integrated Rural Development: Issues arising from the Scottish Experience. European Planning Studies 1998, 6(1), 73-88.
  • Shortall S, Brandth B, Verstad B. Special Issue of Sociologia Ruralis on Women and Farming. Sociologia Ruralis 1998, 38(3).
  • Shortall S. Women and farming. Sociologia Ruralis 1998, 38(3), 263-265.
  • Shortall S, Bryden J. Consequences for the Rural Economy and Society. In: Ehrensaft, P, ed. Rural Restructuring - Future Prospects. Canada: Brandon University Press, 1997.
  • Shortall S. Gender, Power and Farming: Northern Ireland, Canada and Norway Compared. In: Leonard, M. and Byrne, A, ed. Gender in Irish Society: A Sociological Profile. Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publications, 1997.
  • Shortall S. Women, Farming and Access to the Land. Irish Journal of Sociology 1997, 7(2), 111-118.
  • Shortall S. Employment programmes for women in rural areas in Northern Ireland. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 1996, 44(4), 491-496.
  • Osborne R, Gallagher A, Cormack R, Shortall S. The Implications of the Policy Appraisal and Fair Treatment Guidelines in Northern Ireland. In: McLaughlin, E. and Quirk, P, ed. Policy Aspects of Employment Equality in Northern Ireland. Belfast: The Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights, 1996.
  • Shortall S. Training to be Farmers or Wives? Agricultural Training for women in Northern Ireland. Sociologia Ruralis 1996, 36(3), 233-261.
  • Shortall S. What are the New Approaches to Rural Development. Economic and Social Review 1996, 27(3), 233-261.
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