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Lisa Parce

Research Officer - Rural Economy and Development Programme, Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys

Research Interests

Agricultural education, experiential learning, human-animal interactions, multi-species resilience, pollinator stewardship, agricultural innovations and technologies

Current Projects

Butterfly (2025-2029). Roles: PI, WP2 partner, agriculture student workshop facilitator for Ireland. Butterfly aims to enhance society’s capacity to appraise, foresee, and respond to the threats posed by cascading impacts of pollinator decline.

NUTRITIVE (2024-2028). Roles: WP4 partner. NUTRITIVE aims to address existing manure management challenges by developing a decision-making tool capable of defining the most efficient and sustainable manure management strategy for a given livestock farm.

STEP UP (2024-2027). Roles: WP3 partner. STEP UP aims to identify data deficits and upgrade traditional ELPS based on insights gained from ILPS, contributing to a more informed and sustainable livestock farming approach.

Past projects

QuantiFarm (Horizon Europe, 2022-2026). Served as project manager, test case leader, KT facilitator, researcher. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, QuantiFarm assessed the farm-level pros and cons of adopting Digital Agricultural Technology Solutions (DATSs), to support further deployment of these technologies as key enablers for enhancing the sustainability, performance, and competitiveness of the agricultural sector.

DairyMix (Joint Call, multi-country project, 2022-2025). Served a small part by interviewing farmers to support WP2. DairyMix examined Dairy Production Systems using a multi-criteria assessment, to develop decision support, modelling and management tools for sustainable circular mixed farming systems.

Education

  • Professional Diploma in Researcher Development, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science
  • PhD, Maynooth University, Adult and Community Education
  • Environmental Education Teaching Certificate, Arizona Association for Environmental Education
  • MSc, University of Arizona, Agricultural Education
  • College Teaching Certificate, University of Arizona, Office of Instruction and Assessment
  • BSc, Central Washington University, Marketing Education
  • BSc, University of Colorado, International Business

Professional Membership

  • Human-Animal Interaction (HAI), APA division 17, Section 13
  • Agricultural Economics Society (AES)
  • European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
  • Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education (CRALE)

Parce, L. and Donnellan, T. (2025). D1.4: Behavioural intervention recommendations – final. QuantiFarm report, 31 July 2025. QuantiFarm project consortium. Horizon Europe.

Parce, L.M. (2023). Beyond the And/or divide | Exploring the impact of experiential learning during horse-human interactions. PhD Thesis. Maynooth University.

Parce, L.M. (2014). The ripple effect: The economic impact of Arizona Supervised Agricultural Experiences. MSc Thesis. University of Arizona.

Presentations

“What smart technologies are Irish dairy farmers using and why?” [Presentation], 4th International Precision Dairy Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, Dec 5, 2025.

“Reflective Thematic Analysis and socio-economic research: A novel approach to policy design through understanding farmers’ digital agri-tech adoption journeys”. [Poster presentation], European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) 50th Congress, 27/08/2025.

“Empowering European agriculture: Policy recommendations to enhance stakeholder engagement for sustainable technology adoption”. [Presentation], Agricultural Economics Society Conference, 16/04/2025

“Digital Agricultural Technology Solutions (DATSs): A Robotic Milking Example from Ireland [Poster presentation], EU CAP Network, 20/02/2025.

“Experiential learning and horse-human interactions research: Data collection and analysis” [Video and interactive online presentation], Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education (CRALE) research conference. Maynooth University. 02/02/2021.

“The horse-human affect | Knowing, unknowing, and re-knowing during liminality”, [Video], Second (Un)Common Worlds Conference: Life With and Without Animals. The University of Derby. 11/01/2020.