ILKAY UNAY-GAILHARD

2024

Book Chapters 

Ferreira, Tatiana; Ellena, Adriano Mauro; Jonsson, Frida; Barbosa, Belém; Uyan-Semerci, Pinar; Tuna, Emelj; Kvieskienė, Giedrė; Marta, Elena; Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Fernandes-Jesus, Maria (2024) Building bridges: Community-based projects for participation and social inclusion of rural NEETs. In: Simões, F., Erdogan, E. (eds.): NEETs in European rural areas: Individual features, support systems and policy measures, Springer Briefs in Sociology, 17-33: Springer. 

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45679-4

Press Articles

Unay Gailhard, Ilkay (2024) Who wants to be a farmer on an island? Young farmers share career stories from Crete, Cyprus, and the Azores. The Greening Islands Foundation, Online, 

https://greeningtheislands.org/road-to-green-is-paved-with-good-intentions-but-nobody-likes-change-expect-serious-resistance-along-the-way/

Unay Gailhard, Ilkay; Chaskin, Robert J.; Brennan, Mark A. (2024) How to raise career aspirations in farming via digital media: A closer look at social media savvy urban farmers. Urban Agriculture Magazine (41) : 68-71, 

https://ruaf.org/assets/2024/07/RUAF-24377-UA-Magazine-41_final.pdf

Interview by journalist Nick Klenske (2024). Introducing the TikTok farmer, European Commission, CORDIS, Online, 22.11.2024. 

https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/454756-introducing-the-tiktok-farmer

Interview by journalist Lena Bäunker (2024). Bremst die Landbevölkerung den Klimaschutz? Ich habe das Gespräch gesucht (Is the rural population hindering climate protection efforts? Initiation of discussion), Perspective-daily, Online, 22.07.2024. 

https://perspective-daily.de/article/3244-bremst-die-landbevoelkerung-den-klimaschutz-ich-habe-das-gespraech-gesucht/probiere

2023

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Lawson, Kati; Brennan, Mark A. (2023) An examination of digital empathy: When farmers speak for the climate through TikTok. Journal of Rural Studies 102. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016723001419?via%3Dihub

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Brennan, Mark A. (2023) Young farmers in “The New World of Work”: The contribution of new media to the work engagement and professional identities. Rural Sociology 88 (2): 426-460. 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12481

Working Papers 

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bojnec, Stefan, Pilarova, Tereza (2023) Environmental concerns of young female farmers: a short literature review in “Rural NEETs and Sustainability” COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network WG1 report.

Press Articles 

Interview by journalist Inga Dreyer (2023). Farmers need to be active actors in climate communication Wissenschaft im Dialog, Online, 26.11.2023. 

https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/farmers-need-to-be-active-actors-in-climate-communication-72039/

Interview by journalist Katie Bohn (2023). TikTok may help farmers cultivate empathy around climate change, The Pennsilvania State University Agricultural Science News, Online, 4.11.2023. 

https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/tiktok-may-help-farmers-cultivate-empathy-around-climate-change 

2022

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Simoes, Francisco (2022). Becoming a young farmer in the digital age: An island perspective. Rural Sociology 87 (1): 144-185. 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12400 

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Brennan, Mark A. (2022) How digital communications contribute to shaping the career paths of youth: A review study focused on farming as a career option. Agriculture and Human Values 39 (4): 1491–1508. 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-022-10335-0

Policy Briefs 

FAO (2022). “Food policy, rural development and gender equality in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Summary and recommendations of the International forum” (10, 12, 17 March 2021). Rome. 

https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/ec67eb50-1213-4923-94bb-b8b80edb1b1b/content

 Flynn, P., Mujčinović, A., Ferreira, T., Bojnec, S., Neagu, G., Unay-Gailhard, I., Rocca, A., Lendzhova, V., Bojadjieva, D. (2022) Challenges associated with formal education in rural areas, Policy Brief, COST Action CA18213 Rural NEET Youth Network. 

https://rnyobservatory.eu/web/publications/policy-briefs-ca18213-rural-neet-youth-2/challenges-associated-with-formal-education-in-rural-areas/

Press Articles 

Interview by journalist Anthony King (2022). Green shoots for a greying countryside, Horizon, The EU Research & Innovation Magazine, Online, 31.01.2022. 

https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/green-shoots-greying-countryside

2021

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bojnec, Stefan (2021) Gender and the environmental concerns of young farmers: Do young women farmers make a difference on family farms? Journal of Rural Studies 88: 71.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016721002916?via%3Dihub

Essakkat, Kaouter; Mattas, Konstandinos; Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Baourakis, George (2021) Youth’s potential of adopting the Mediterranean diet lifestyle in response to climate change: Empirical study in Crete, Greece. New Medit 20 (5): 85-95.

https://newmedit.ciheam.org/2021/10/15/youths-potential-of-adopting-the-mediterranean-diet-lifestyle-in-response-to-climate-change-empirical-study-in-crete-greece/

Simoes, Francisco; Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Mujčinović, Alen; Fernandes, Bernardo (2021) How to foster rural sustainability through farming workforce rejuvenation? Looking into involuntary newcomers' spatial (im)mobilities. Sustainability 13 (15). 

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8517

2020

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bojnec, Stefan (2020) Public support effect on natural disaster management: A case study of ice storms in forests in Slovenia. Land Use Policy 95.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264837718312791?via%3Dihub

Bavorova, Miroslava; Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Ponkina, Elena; Pilarova, Tereza (2020) How sources of agriculture information shape the adoption of reduced tillage practices? Journal of Rural Studies 79: 88-101.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0743016719312392?via%3Dihub

Press Articles 

Interview by daily newspaper Di (2020). Regresso à terra para jovens sem emprego (Back to the land for young people without jobs) Diário Insular, Açores, 13.02.2020. http://www.diarioinsular.pt/version/1.1/r16/?cmd=noticia&id=129960 

2019 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bojnec, Stefan (2019) The impact of green economy measures on rural employment: Green jobs in farms. Journal of Cleaner Production 208: 541-551.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652618331779?via%3Dihub 

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bavorova, Miroslava; Bednařiková, Zuzana; Ponkina, Elena (2019) “I Don’t Want to Work in Agriculture!” The Transition from Agricultural Education to the Labor Market in Rural Russia. Rural Sociology 84 (2): 315-349. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12245

2018

Working Papers 

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Balmann, Alfons; Appel, Franziska (2018) Dimensions of SURE-Farm farm typology for farm resilience assessments, EU Horizon 2020 SURE-Farm project public deliverables D1.3.

https://www.surefarmproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/D1.3-Farm-Typology-RP1.pdf

2017

Press Articles

Bavorova, Miroslava; Unay Gailhard, Ilkay; Lehberger, Mira (2017) Kunden kennen: Wer kauft beim Direktvermarkter und warum? Hof direkt: Zeitschrift für Direktvermarkter 27 (6): 56-57.

2016

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bojnec, Stefan (2016) Sustainable participation behaviour in agri-environmental measures. Journal of Cleaner Production 138 (2): 47-58. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095965261501224X?via%3Dihub

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay (2016) Job access after leaving education: a comparative analysis of young women and men in rural Germany. Journal of Youth Studies 19 (10): 1355-1381. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13676261.2016.1166189

Bavorova, Miroslava; Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Lehberger, Mira (2016) Who buys from farmers' markets and farm shops: A case of Germany. International Journal of Consumer Studies 40 (1): 107-114. 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijcs.12220

Monograph 

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay (2016) Structural change in rural Europe: Land-use and labour behaviour. Halle (Saale): Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU).  

https://doi.org/10.25673/1818

2015

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bavorova, Miroslava; Pirscher, Frauke (2015) Adoption of Agri-Environmental Measures by Organic Farmers: The Role of Interpersonal Communication. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 21 (2): 127-148. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1389224X.2014.913985

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Bojnec, Stefan (2015) Farm size and participation in agri-environmental measures: Farm-level evidence from Slovenia. Land Use Policy 46 (5): 273-282. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264837715000745?via%3Dihub

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Baqueiro, Omar (2015) Adaptation of a Microsimulation Model at the Municipality Level: Demographic and Employment Evolution in the Altmark Region of Germany. Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International 91 (12): 1088-1103. 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0037549715615680

2014

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Kataria, Karin (2014) Economic crisis and labour force transition to inactivity: a comparative study in German rural and urban areas. Studies in Agricultural Economics 116 (1).  

https://doi.org/10.7896/j.1320

Unay Gailhard, Ilkay; Bavorova, Miroslava (2014) Innovation at Rural Entreprises: Results from a Survey of German Organic and Conventional Farmers. Technology and Innovation 16 (1): 3-17.

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ti/2014/00000016/00000001/art00002;jsessionid=e1jr4p8jbklh2.x-ic-live-01

Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay (2014) Adoption of internal web technologies by OECD turkish government officials. International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) 5 (4): 1-16. 

https://www.airccse.org/journal/mpict/papers/5414ijmpict01.pdf

Unay Gailhard, Ilkay (2014) GD Ürün Üretiminin Gelişmekte Olan Ülke Ekonomilerine Etkileri (Economic Effects of Genetically Engineered Crops on Developing Countries). Bilim ve Ütopya 20 (243): 18-23.