Future Meetings

The 2026 AESI Early Career Researcher Day will take place January 22, 2026 at Teagasc Ashtown.

A book of abstracts and agenda will be avilable shortly.

Following the same format as last year, this year’s edition will include two types of sessions: Standard paper session: 10 min presentation + 5 min Q&A
Discussion paper session: 15 min presentation + 3 min discussant + 5 min Q&A

Please note: discussion papers will require a full paper submission by January 8th

Submissions from postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, or persons within three years completing their PhD regarding the following topics are welcome: economic and social research in the fields of agriculture, food, the environment and rural development. The Bob O’Connor Prize will also be awarded to the best student papers.

A panel session on networking and building research collaboration, featuring Maura Farrell of University of Galway, Maeve Henchion of Teagasc, and Stacey Kelly of UCD.

The call for abstracts is now closed! Please submit abstracts using this submission form to this online form or email them to secretary.aesi@gmail.com