Category Archives: People

New IRSA board

A new IRSA board has been elected.

President: Sally Shortall, University of Newcastle
Treasurer: Raymond Jussaume, Michigan State University
Members:
– Leif Jensen, Pennsylvania State University
– Keiko Tanaka, University of Kentucky
– Jan Flora, Iowa State University
– Carla Gras, National University of General San Martín
– Sergio Schneider, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul,
– Myriam Paredes
– Dr Sarina Kilham, Charles Sturt University
– Dr Rudi Messner, Queensland University of Technology
– Prof Hugh Campbell, University of Otago
– Joost Dessein, University of Gent  
– Ruth McAreavey, University of Newcastle
– Ilona Matysiak, Maria Grzegorzewska University Warsaw
– Fatmanil Doner, Istanbul Medenyet University
– Francesca Galli, University of Pisa
– Motoki Akitsu, Kyoto University
– Lutgarda Tolentino, University of Queensland
– Muhammad Saleh S. Ali
– Koichi Igegami, Kindai University

Board member bios will be posted to the website.

New President Identifies Priorities for IRSA

Ikegami PhotoProfessor Koichi Ikegami has been elected President of IRSA for 2016-2020. Professor Ikegami is based in the Faculty of Agriculture at Kindai University, Nara, Japan. His scholarly work embraces the areas of food, agriculture, fair trade and community sustainability. He has held many important and influential roles over the past few decades including President of the Asian Rural Sociology Association and President of the Japanese Association for Rural Studies. He has also been a regional representative on the Council of IRSA. He has outlined his vision for IRSA which can read here.

IRSA Officers

President Koichi Ikegami, ARSA
Term 2016-2020 ikegami@nara.kindai.ac.jp
Japan Professor of Environmental Policy
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Environmental Management
Kindai University
3327-204, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan
TEL: +81 (742) 43 9203

First Vice-President Sally Shortall, ESRS
Term 2016-2020 s.shortall@qub.ac.uk
Ireland School of Sociology, Social Policy
and Social Work
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
Telephone: + 44 28 90973228
Fax: + 4428 90273943
Second Vice-President Lutgarda L. Tolentino, ARSA
Term 2016-2020 lutgardatolentino@gmail.com
Philippines First Vice-President, Asian Rural Sociology Association,
Knowledge and Action Researcher,
WorldFish, c/o SEARCA,
University of the Philippines Los Banos,
College, Laguna, Philippines.
Secretary-Treasurer Ray Jussaume, Jr, RS
Term 2016-2020 jussaume@msu.edu
USA Michigan State University
317B Berkey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
TEL: 517-353-6790

IRSA Executive Committee

President Koichi Ikegami, ARSA
Term 2016-2020 ikegami@nara.kindai.ac.jp
Japan Professor of Environmental Policy
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Environmental Management
Kindai University
3327-204, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan
TEL: +81 (742) 43 9203

First Vice-President Sally Shortall, ESRS
Term 2016-2020 s.shortall@qub.ac.uk
Ireland School of Sociology, Social Policy
and Social Work
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
Telephone: + 44 28 90973228
Fax: + 4428 90273943
Second Vice-President Lutgarda L. Tolentino, ARSA
Term 2016-2020 lutgardatolentino@gmail.com
Philippines First Vice-President, Asian Rural Sociology Association,
Knowledge and Action Researcher,
WorldFish, c/o SEARCA,
University of the Philippines Los Banos,
College, Laguna, Philippines.
Secretary-Treasurer Ray Jussaume, Jr, RS
Term 2016-2020 jussaume@msu.edu
USA Michigan State University
317B Berkey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
TEL: 517-353-6790
Past World Congress Program Chair Mustafa Koc
Term 2016-2020 mkoc@ryerson.ca
Canada Department of Sociology
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St, Toronto
CANADA M5B 2K3
TEL: 1.416.979.5000 ext. 6210
Program Chair, Cairns Congress TBA
Term 2016-2020
 
Local Arrangements Chair,
Cairns Congress
TBA
Term 2016-2020
 

IRSA Council

Australasian Agri-food Research Network (AFRN)
Asian Rural Sociology Association (ARSA)
Latin American Rural Sociology Association (ALASRU)
European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS)
Rural Sociological Society (RSS)

President Koichi Ikegami, ARSA
Term 2016-2020 ikegami@nara.kindai.ac.jp
Japan Professor of Environmental Policy
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Environmental Management
Kindai University
3327-204, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan
TEL: +81 (742) 43 9203

Secretary-Treasurer Ray Jussaume, Jr, RS
Term 2016-2020 jussaume@msu.edu
USA Michigan State University
317B Berkey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
TEL: 517-353-6790
Past World Congress Program Chair Mustafa Koc
Term 2016-2020 mkoc@ryerson.ca
Canada Department of Sociology
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St, Toronto
CANADA M5B 2K3
TEL: 1.416.979.5000 ext. 6210
Program Chair, Cairns Congress TBA
Term 2016-2020
 
Local Arrangements Chair,
Cairns Congress
TBA
Term 2016-2020
 

Australasian Agri-food Research Network (AFRN)

 

Hugh Campbell
Term 2016-2020 hugh.campbell@otago.ac.nz
New Zealand Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology, Gender and
Social Work
University of Otago
PO Box 56 Dunedin New Zealand
Phone: 64 3 479 8749
Vaughan Higgins
Term 2016-2020 vhiggins@csu.edu.au
Australia Associate Professor
Albury-Wodonga Campus
Charles Sturt University
Building 760, Rm 132
Phone 61 2 6051 9623
Carol Richards
Term 2016-2020 c6richards@qut.edu.au
Australia Senior Research Fellow
QUT Business School
Queensland University of Technology
Australia
Phone: = 61 7 3138 5313

Asian Rural Sociology Association (ARSA)

 

Lutgarda L. Tolentino President
Term 2008-2018 L.Tolentino@cgiar.org
Philippines Dr Lutgarda Tolentino
President, Asian Rural Sociological Association
Knowledge and Action Researcher
Policy, Economics and Social Science
WorldFish – Philippine Country Office
SEAMEO-SEARCA Building
Los Banos 4031
Laguna, PhilippinesL.Tolentino@cgiar.org
Phone: + 63 49 536 2290
Fax: +63 49 536 0202
Motoki Akitsu
Term 2014-2018
Japan Associate Professor Motoki Akitsu
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku
Kyoto, Japan
Email: akitsy@me.com
Tel: +81-75-753-6181
M. Saleh S. Ali
Term 2014-2018
Indonesia M. Saleh S. Ali, PhD Professor Agriculture Sociology
Department of Agricultural Socio-Economics,
Faculty of Agriculture
Hasanuddin University, Makassar, INDONESIA.
Email: saleh_s_ali@yahoo.com
Phone: +62 811109157

Latin American Rural Sociology Association (ALASRU)

 

Alberto Riella
Term 2014-2018 albertoriella@gmail.com
Uruguay Department of Sociology
Faculty of Social Science
University of Uruguay
TEL: +598 2410 3855
German Quaranta
Term 2014-2018 gquaranta@ceil-conicet.gov.ar
Argentina Centre for Labor Studies and Research
Buenos Aires
Argentina
TEL: +5411 5983 1420
Sergio Schneider
Term 2014-2018 schneide@ufrgs.br
Brazil Department of Sociology, Graduate Programs of Sociology and Rural Development
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil

European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS)

 

Bettina Bock
Term 2016-2020 b.b.bock@rug.nl
Netherlands WU Social Sciences
Rural Sociology
Wageningen University
Wageningen The Netherlands
PO Box 8130
Phone: 31 3174 83275
Pierluigi Milone
Term 2016-2020
Italy
Sally Shortall
Term 2016-2020 s.shortall@qub.ac.uk
Ireland School of Sociology, Social Policy
and Social Work
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
Telephone: + 44 28 90973228
Fax: + 4428 90273943

Rural Sociological Society (RSS)

 

David L Brown
Term 2016-2020 dlb17@cornell.edu
USA Department of Development Sociology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University
251B Warren Hall
Ithaca New York USA
TEL: 607 255 3164
John Green
Term 2016-2020 jjgreen@olemiss.edu
USA Director, Center for Population Studies
Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Mississippi
Mississippi USA
PO Box 1848
University MS 38677-1848
TEL: 662 915 7295
Kai Schafft
Term 2016-2020 kas45@psu.edu
USA Associate Professor of Education and
Rural Sociology
Pennsylvania State University
310B Rackley Building
University Park PA 16802
Pennsylvania USA
TEL: 814 863 2031

IRSA Past Presidents

Australia

Geoffrey Lawrence

Term 2012-2016

Australia

Norway

Reidar Almas

Term 2008-2012

Norway

USA

Alessandro Bonanno

Term 2004-2008

USA

Australia

Frank Vanclay

Term 2000-2004

AUSTRALIA

USA

Joseph Molnar

Term 1996-2000

USA

Germany

Andreas Bodenstedt

Term 1993-1996

Germany

USA

Ken Wilkinson

Term 1992-1993

(deceased in office)

Italy

Giampaolo Catelli

Term 1988-1992

Italy

USA

Harry Schwarzweller

Term 1984-1988

USA

Australia

Bruce R. Crouch

Term 1980-1984

Australia

USA

Glenn Fuguitt

Term 1976-1980

USA