Social Sciences Committee Member, Royal Irish Academy, 2014-2020. Membership is drawn from universities, research institutions, government agencies, industry and other relevant bodies, all Ireland. Lead architect of Rural Conversations (https://www.ria.ie/rural-conversations), a series of regional stakeholder roundtable events run in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD), 2018-2019. Co-authored report (https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/130fda-rural-conversations/).