Marie Merlo
Research OfficerResearch Interests
Climate change adaptation
Agricultural sustainability
Protein production
Current Projects
AgriAdapt
Education
2025: PhD – Agricultural Economics. University College Cork (Ireland)
2021: Master of Science – Economics, Economic Policy Analysis. Marseille (France)
2018: Bachelor of Science – Economics. Nice (France)
Professional Membership
Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland (AESI)
Agricultural Economics Society (AES)
European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
Merlo, M., Hennessy, T., Buckley, C., O’Mahony, J. (2024) “A comparison of animal and plant-based proteins from an economic, environmental, and nutritional perspective in the Republic of Ireland”. Agricultural Systems. Vol. 221, 104-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104143.
Merlo, M., Buckley, C., Hennessy, T., O’Mahony, J. (2025) “Assessing crop production and rotation economically, environmentally and nutritionally in the Republic of Ireland”. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. Vol. 63(1), 101-117. DOI: 10.15212/ijafr-2023-0116.
Merlo, M., Buckley, C., Hennessy, T., O’Mahony, J. (2025) “Associating climate change mitigation with protein security: The case of Ireland”. Environmental Science and Policy. Vol. 176, 104311. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104311.
Merlo, M., Buckley, C., Hennessy, T., O’Mahony, J. (2025) “Grass as a potential protein source for human consumption”. Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. Vol. 24, 102348. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102348.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-0954