James Kirwan
BSc (Hons) (Geography and Environmental Management); PhD (Rural Geography)
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +44 (0) 1242 714122
jkirwan@glos.ac.uk
Profile
James' main research interests are concerned with the socio-economic impacts of the agro-food system, particularly the relationship between the production and consumption of food and any resultant impacts on sustainable rural development. He is currently involved in an EU 7th Framework project that is examining the design, implementation and impacts of European rural development policy.
Recent Publications
PhD Thesis
On-line Resources
Kirwan, J. (2010) Markets. In: Robbins, P., Mansvelt, J. and Golson, G. (eds) Green Consumerism: An A-to-Z Guide. London, Sage. Online.
Maye, D. and Kirwan, J. (2009) Alternative food networks. Sociology of agriculture and food entry for Sociopedia.ISA, forthcoming.
Book contributions
Jones O., Kirwan, J., Morris, C., Buller, H., Dunn, R., Hopkins, A., Whittington, F., and Wood, J., (2010) On the Alternativeness of Alternative Food Networks: sustainability and the co-production of social and ecological wealth, in D. Fuller A. E. G. Jones and R. Lee (eds) Alternative Spaces of Economy, Society and Politics: Interrogating Alterity, Oxford: Ashgate, pp 95 – 109 (Chapter 6).
Slee, R. and Kirwan, J. (2009), Exploring hybridity in food supply chains, in Canavari, M., Cantore, N., Castellini, A., Pignatti, E., and Spadoni, R. (Eds), International Marketing and Trade of Quality Food Products, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands, pp. 131-150.
Dunn, R.M., Hopkins, A., Buller, H., Jones, O., Morris, C., Wood, J.D., Whittington, F.M. and Kirwan, J. (2007) Can biological diversity act as an input into sustainable rural development? A case-study using salt marsh-raised lamb. Pp. 158-166 in J.J. Hopkins, A.J. Duncan, D.I. McCracken, S. Peel and J.R.B. Tallowin (Eds.), High Value Grassland: Providing Biodiversity, a Clean Environment and Premium Products. British Grassland Society, Cirencester, UK.
Morris, C. and Kirwan, J. (2007) Locating diet within the alternative food economy: the case of vegetarianism. Pp. 133-145. In D. Maye, L. Holloway and M. Kneafsey (eds.), Alternative Food Geographies: Representation and Practice. Elsevier: Oxford.
Kirwan, J. and Foster, C. (2007) Public sector food procurement in the UK: examining the creation of an alternative system. Pp. 185-201. In D. Maye, L. Holloway and M. Kneafsey (eds.), Alternative Food Geographies: Representation and Practice. Elsevier: Oxford.
Kirwan, J. and Foster, C. (2006) Public sector food procurement through partnerships: the Cornwall Food Programme. Pp. 155-164. In D. Roep and H. Wiskerke (eds.), Nourishing Networks: Fourteen Lessons About Creating Sustainable Food Supply Chains. Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen University; and Reed Business Information, Agriboek, PO Box 4, 7000 BA Doetinchem, The Netherlands.
Refereed papers
Morris, C. and Kirwan, J. (2010) Food commodities, geographical knowledges and the reconnection of production and consumption: the case of naturally embedded food products. Geoforum, 41, pp. 131-143.
Ilbery, B., Courtney, P., Kirwan, J. and Maye, D. (2010 - forthcoming) Marketing concentration and geographical dispersion: a survey of organic farms in England and Wales. British Food Journal.
Ilbery, B., Ingram, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D. and Prince, N. (2009) Structural change and new entrants in UK agriculture: examining the role of county farms and the Fresh Start initiative in Cornwall. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 170, pp. 77-83.
Morris, C. and Kirwan, J. (2006) Vegetarians: uninvited, uncomfortable or special guests at the table of the alternative' food economy? Sociologia Ruralis 46 (3) pp. 192-213.
Kirwan, J. (2006) The interpersonal world of direct marketing: examining conventions of quality at UK farmers' markets. Journal of Rural Studies 22 (3) pp. 301-312.
Kirwan, J. (2004). Alternative strategies in the UK agro-food system: interrogating the alterity of farmers' markets. Sociologia Ruralis 44 (4) pp. 395-415.
Contract reports
Kirwan, J., Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Carey, J. and Clark, M. (2010) 'Local Food': Establishing a sampling frame for case study selection. Progress report 2 of the Evaluation of 'Local Food' for the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. July.
Kirwan, J., Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Carey, J. and Clark, M. (2010) Developing quantitative indicators for the evaluation of 'Local Food';. Progress report 1 of the Evaluation of 'Local Food' for the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. May.
Maye, D. and Kirwan, J. (2010) New modes of LEADER governance in Ireland. Work package 8 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). January.
Lobley, M., Butler, A., Courtney, P., Ilbery, B., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Potter, C. and Winter, M. (2009) Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets. Final report for Defra, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter and the Countryside and Community Research Institute, Cheltenham.
Kirwan, J. (2009) Review of EU Rural Development Plans - Finland (Mainland and Ĺland), Denmark, Sweden, Slovenia. TWG 3 - Public goods and public intervention - for the European Network Rural Development Contact Point. June/July.
Courtney, P. and Kirwan, J. (2009) Local economic impacts of local and national organic farming markets: an LM3 analysis. A report produced as part of the Defra commissioned research entitled: 'Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets'. Defra project code: SFFSD 0605. March.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Pereira, S. and Thomson, K. (2009) Rural Development Programme Policy Design: Overview Report. Work package 2 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). February.
Ilbery, B., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Courtney, P., Kambites, C. and Reed, M. (2009) Socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets: whole chain analysis. A report produced as part of the Defra commissioned research entitled: ‘Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets’. Defra project code: SFFSD 0605. January.
Kirwan, J. (2008) Rural Development Policy Delivery and Governance in Wales. Work package 3 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). December.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J. and Thomson, K. (2008) RDP Policy Design Report for the United Kingdom. Work package 2 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). October.
Kirwan, J., Ingram, J. and Clark, M. (2008) Evaluation of the Fresh Start Initiative: Cornwall. Final Report to Cornwall Enterprise. September.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J. Thomson, K., Clark, M. Kambites, C. Lewis, N. and Molnarova, A. (2008) Review of Rural Development Instruments. DG Agri project 2006-G4-10. Final Report. (With colleagues at INEA, IfLS, IEEP, VUZE, AgraCeas Consulting Ltd). July.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Thomson, K. and Pereira, S. (2008) Priorities in rural development policies. Country profiles on rural characteristics. Work package 1 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). May.
Kirwan, J. and Ingram, J. (2008) Report on the Fresh Start Initiative, Cornwall Workshop: Epiphany House, Truro, 30th April. Submitted to Cornwall Enterprise.
Gaskell, P., Ingram, J., Kirwan, J., Short, C. and Dwyer, J. (2007) Environmental impacts of CAP reform: assessment of implications of farm level change for environmental outcomes. Report to Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory (ACEO).
Dwyer, J., Clark, M., Kambites, C., Kirwan, J., Lewis, N., Molnarova, A. and Thomson, K. (2007) Review of Rural Development Instruments. DG Agri project 2006-G4-10. Third Interim Deliverable. 30 November. (with colleagues at INEA, IfLS, IEEP, VUZE, AgraCeas Consulting Ltd).
Dwyer, J., Clark, M., Kambites, C., Kirwan, J., Lewis, N., Molnarova, A. and Thomson, K. (2007) Review of Rural Development Instruments. DG Agri project 2006-G4-10. Revised Second Interim Deliverable. 7 November. (with colleagues at INEA, IfLS, IEEP, VUZE, AgraCeas Consulting Ltd).
Dwyer, J., Clark, M., Kambites, C., Kirwan, J., Lewis, N., Molnarova, A. and Thomson, K. (2007) Review of Rural Development Instruments. DG Agri project 2006-G4-10. Inception Report. 16 March. (with colleagues at INEA, IfLS, IEEP, VUZE, AgraCeas Consulting Ltd).
Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Kambites, C., Courtney, P. Reed, M. and Kirwan, J. (2007) Organic farming markets, a review of academic and policy literature as part of the Defra-funded project 'Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets' (SFFSD 0605). September.
Kirwan, J. and Ingram, J. (2007) Evaluation of the Fresh Start Initiative - Cornwall. Third Interim Report to Cornwall Enterprise.
Powell, J., Courtney, P., Kirwan, J., Ilbery, B., Owen, S., Moseley, M. and Clark, M. (2007) Provision of advice for State of Countryside Report 2007. Commission for Rural Communities.
Morris, C. and Kirwan, J. (2007) Consumer Focus Group Report, as part of the RELU funded project 'Eating Biodiversity: an investigation of the links between quality food production and biodiversity protection'.
Kirwan, J., Ingram, J., Clark, M. and Taylor, J. (2006) Evaluation of the Fresh Start Initiative - Cornwall. Second Interim Report to Cornwall Enterprise.
Kirwan, J. and Vorley, B. (2006) UK Case Study - Policy Recommendations. Deliverable D20 of the European Commission funded project SUS-CHAIN (QLRT-2001-01349) Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development.
Kirwan, J. and Vorley, B. (2006) UK Case Study - Practical Protocols. Deliverable D21 of the European Commission funded project SUS-CHAIN (QLRT-2001-01349) Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development.
MacDonald, N., Dwyer, J., Groves, S., Dinsdale, K., Kirwan, J. and Ingram, J. (2006) The influence of produce protocols on water use and land management. Environment Agency Report (EA Project A20).
Foster, C., Kirwan, J. and Slee, R. W. (2005) The Cornwall Food Programme: Sustainable Food Procurement in the NHS. Final version: SUS-CHAIN project case study of the European Commission funded project SUS-CHAIN (QLRT-2001-01349) Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development.
Kirwan, J. and Foster, C. (2005) Feasibility Study into the Market Opportunities for Local Produce in Pembrokeshire. A Report to PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development).
Slee, R. W., Grieve, J. Kirwan, J. and Grieve, S. (2005) Evaluation of the Cumbria Rural Futures Project. Voluntary Action Cumbria.
Kirwan, J. (2005) Workshop report on Sustainable Local Food Procurement by Cornwall NHS: the Cornwall Food Programme. Truro, Cornwall. November. Part of the European Commission funded project SUS-CHAIN (QLRT-2001-01349) Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development.
Online resources
Maye, D. and Kirwan, J. (2009 - forthcoming) Alternative food networks. Sociology of agriculture and food entry for Sociopedia.ISA.
International presentations
Maye, D. and Kirwan, J. (2010) Delivering Leader in the 2007-13 Irish Rural Development Programme: lessons learned and where next. Paper presented at a one day workshop at the Tipperary Institute, Thurles, Ireland, 29th June.
Strahl, W., Dax, T., Kirwan J., Maye, D. and Oedl-Wieser, T. (2010) Mainstreaming the 2007-13 Leader programme: a comparative analysis of Austria and Ireland. Paper presented at the Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference; Pécs, Hungary 24-26 May 2010, Session E: Reassessing EU Regional Policy.
(2009) Interrogating the ecological embeddedness of alternative food networks in the UK. Paper presented at the XXIIIrd Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology; Vaasa, Finland 17-21 August 2009, Working group 48: ‘Embeddedness of Rural Enterprises – Developing Integrative Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Rural Innovation and Development’. (with Carol Morris).
(2007) Interrogating reconnection: Exploring the relationship between production and consumption within naturally embedded food supply chains in the UK. Paper presented at the XXIInd Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology; Wageningen, 20-24 August, Mobilities, Vulnerabilities and Sustainabilities: New questions and challenges for rural Europe: Working group 21: 'Local Food, Identity and Rural Sustainable Development'. With Morris, C.
(2007) Exploring hybridity in food supply chains. Paper presented at the 105th EAAE Seminar on International Marketing and International Trade of Quality Food Products, Bologna, March. With Slee, B.
External presentations in the UK and other activities
Maye, D. and Kirwan, J. (2010) New modes of LEADER governance in Ireland. Paper presented at the Anglo-Irish-French Rural Geography Symposium: Colchester, Essex, 12-15 July 2010.
(2010) Ecological embeddedness: developing the concept within the context of alternative food networks in the UK. Seminar presentation to Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen, 24th March.
(2010) Farm for the Future. Introduced and lead debate on responses to this BBC film for Transition Cleeve as part of their awareness raising week. Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire, 3rd March.
(2009) Ecological embeddedness: developing the concept within the context of alternative food networks in the UK. Seminar presentation to the University of Nottingham School of Geography, 7th December. (with Carol Morris).
(2009) Local food and the emerging food security agenda: where now? Paper presented at the CCRI Policy Conference 2009, Cheltenham, 21st October, Rural Policy and Local Assets. (with Damian Maye).
(2009) Co-producing food and environment(s): evidence from research into naturally embedded food in the UK. Paper presented at the Anglo-Spanish Rural Geography Conference, Canterbury, Kent, 29th June – 3rd July 2009, Changing European Rural and Agricultural Landscapes. (with Carol Morris).
(2009) The future of local food and farming. Panellist on 'Transition Newent' -organised debate, chaired by local MP Mark Harper. Newent, Gloucestershire, April.
(2009) Local food for local people: what's that all about? Presentation to Café Scientifique, Prestbury, Gloucestershire, 13th January.
(2008) Assessing the impact of rural development policy. Workshop moderator at the Rural Futures: Dreams, Dilemmas, Dangers Conference, University of Plymouth, UK, 1st April-4th April. With Schiller, S. and Knickle, K.
(2008) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Fresh Start Initiative in Cornwall. Paper presented at the Rural Futures: Dreams, Dilemmas, Dangers Conference, University of Plymouth, UK, 1st April-4th April. With Ingram, J.
(2007) Tasty Science. Paper presented at the RELU session of the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 29th August-31st August. With Jones, O. Buller, H. Morris, C. Dunn, R. Hopkins, A. Whittingham, F. and Wood, J.
(2007) Can Markets Deliver Green Farming? - an evaluation of produce protocols and supply chain relationships. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Agricultural Economics Society (AES) Conference, University of Reading, England, 2 - 4 April. With Dwyer, J. and Ingram, J.
(2006) Forward to the new past? The incorporation of traditional knowledges into innovative, high-quality food production systems. Paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 29 August - 1 September. With Jones, O., Buller, H. and Morris, C.
(2006) The case of the missing ecologies: really embedding alternative/local food networks within nature in the pursuit of sustainability. Paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 29 August - 1 September. With Jones, O., Buller, H. and Morris, C.
(2006) Fields of dreams: understanding the theoretical bases of the behavioral and technical shifts towards the new European model of farming. Paper presented at the RGSIBG Annual International Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 29th August-1st September. With Slee, R.W.
(2006) Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development. Paper presented to the Monmouthshire Food Forum, The Hill Education and Conference Centre, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 12 June.
(2006) Feasibility study into the market opportunities for local produce in Pembrokeshire. Presentation of report findings to a PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development) consultation event for food supply chain actors, Nant-y-ffin Motel, Llandisilio, Pembrokeshire, 23 May.
(2006) Sustainable food procurement in the NHS: the Cornwall Food Programme. Paper presented at the third Suschain Workshop: Getting a Rural Development Win from Regionalising Food Supply Chains, National Trust Headquarters, Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon, 22 May.
(2006) Local products: the local purchasing challenge. Keynote speaker at the PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development) organized conference: Local People, Local Places: Our Future, Slebech,Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 5 May.
