Professor Chris Curtin

School of Political Science and Sociology
Room 307, Aras Moyola
NUI, Galway

Professor Curtin is involved in the CFRC in two major research studies undertaken for Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative.

Prof. Curtin is author/editor of 9 books, over 80 articles/book chapters and more than 20 national and international reports, mainly on the theme on governance, rural development and natural resources management Chris has carried out research on rural development for the past 35 years with colleagues in Ireland, in Europe and in the United States. He is active as an independent expert for the European Union, the United States Department of Agriculture, and many third sector institutions.

In addition to his work at the National University of Ireland, Galway, he has taught at universities in the UK, in mainland Europe, the United States and Mexico. He has participated in the Third, Forth and Fifth EU Research Programmes Framework. He has been active in the European Union’s Erasmus, Socrates and Tempus higher education programmes.

He designed and has responsibility for the Diploma in Community Development Practice, which has been used by many Irish and European Leader companies as a core element of their capacity building programmes. He has extensive experience in evaluating rural development programmes. Chris has supervised 22 PhD/M.litt students to completion and is currently supervising 7 PhD students.