Thérèse Conway

Dr. Thérèse Conway is an assistant professor in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies at the University of Galway. She is currently Director of the MA in Planning and Development, and previously Director of the MA in Rural Futures Planning and Innovation. Thérèse teaches specialist modules on spatial and tourism planning at both BA and MA levels and supervises MA and PhD students.

Dr Conway engages in research that specialises in spatial planning more generally, tourism destination planning, with emphasis on ecotourism, niche, and alternative tourism forms. Current projects include ATLANTIC_SUNSET, which explores sunset tourism in Europe.