• Vogelmigration und - navigation (sozialwissenschaftliche Aspekte)
• Internationale Umweltgovernance
• Ökosystemansätze in der Meeresraumordnung
• Naturschutz, Schutzgebietsmanagement und gesselschaftliche-Natrverhältnisse am Wattenmeer
• Strategische Raumplanung auf dem Land und auf dem Meer. 

• Seit Oktober 2023: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Fachgebiet Ökologische Ökonomie, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
• Seit September 2020: Selbständige Forschung und Beratung: Dr. Cormac Walsh Research and Consulting, http://cormacwalsh-consult.eu
• Juni 2021 - März 2023: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Studiengang Raumwissenschaften, Institut für Ökologie und Social-.Ecological Systems Research Institute, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.
• November 2013 - Januar 2020: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Institut für Geographie, Universität Hamburg
• Dezember 2011- Oktober 2013: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Fachgebiet Stadtplanung und Regionalentwicklung, HafenCity Universität Hamburg
• April 2010 - November 2011: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, Maynooth University, Irland. 
• September 2006 - März 2010: Doktorand und Stipendiat, School of Geography, Planning and Public Policy und Urban Institute Ireland, University College Dublin. 
• 2004 - 2005: Masterstudium: Global Transformations, Institut für Geographie, Loughborough University, UK. 
• 2001- 2004: Bachelorstudium: Geographie, Maynooth University, Ireland. 

2025

• Walsh, C., Hüppop, O., Karwinkel, T., Liedvogel, M., Lindecke, O., Mclaren, J., Schmajohann, H.,& Siebenhühner, B. (2025) Marine artificial light at night: Implications and potential hazards for offshore songbird and bat movements in the Greater North Sea https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70008

2024

• Walsh, C., & Gailing, L. (2024). Umkämpfte Landschaften: Planning Imaginaries in peri-urbanen Räumen. In Umkämpfte Landschaften: Planning Imaginaries in peri-urbanen Räumen (pp. 297–312). Springer VS. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-43082-5_18
• Ratter, B. M. W., & Walsh, C. (2024). Küstenlandschaften. In Handbuch Landschaft (pp. 1035–1046). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42136-6_79
• Walsh, C., Hüppop, O., Karwinkel, T., Liedvogel, M., Lindecke, O., McLaren, J., Schmaljohann, H., & Siebenhüner, B. (2024). Light Pollution at Sea: Implications and Potential Hazards of Human Activity for Offshore Bird and Bat Movements in the Greater North Sea. doi.org/10.32942/x2p60w. (preprint).
• Walsh, C., Clouting, H., Kühl-Stenzel, A., & Schwemmer, H. (2024). Ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning in practice? On the limitations of a legalistic planning tradition. Town Planning Review, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2024.2

• Walsh, C., Creamer, C., MacIntyre, T., Keegan, B., & McCann, A. (2024). Advancing a Focused Cross-Border Approach to Public Service Messaging in Emergency Management. International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD). https://monaghan.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ICLRD-Cross-Border-Public-Safety-full-Report.pdf

2023

• Walsh, C., Lennon, M., Scott, M., & Tubridy, F. (2023). Spatial imaginaries in flood risk management: insights from a managed retreat initiative in upper Bavaria. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2022.2082927.
• Walsh. C . (2023) Position Paper on Marine Spatial Planning in the Northern and Western Region of Ireland,
• Walsh, C. Wall, D. & Evans, P. (2023) Draft Guidelines for Cetacean-Friendly Marine Spatial Planning for the ASCOBANS Area, ASCOBANS Secretariat, UNEP, Bonn.
• Walsh, C. & Gailing, L. (2023, im Erscheinen) Umkämpfte Landschaften: Planning Imaginaries in peri-urbanen Räumen, in Leibenath, M. Gailing, L. & Birnbaum, A. (eds.) Landscapes for Future? – Landschaften und sozial-ökologische Transformationen, Springer VS, Wiesbaden.
• Ratter, B. & Walsh C. (2023, im Erscheinen) Küstenlandschaften in in Kühne, O. et al. (Hrsg.) Handbuch Landschaft, Wiesbaden: Springer VS (zweite Auflage).

2022

• Liburd, J.J. & Walsh, C. (2022) Beyond Sustainable Development at the Wadden Sea: Towards A Regenerative Paradigm, Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation Annual Report 2022, 4-9 (lead article).
• Walsh, C., Sielker, F., Smith, G. & Crawford, J. (eds.) (2022) Planning for Sea Spaces I: Processes, Practices and Future Perspectives, Planning Practice and Research https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2046362
• Crawford, J., Walsh, C., Sielker, F., & Smith, G. (eds.) (2022) Planning for Sea Spaces II: Towards an Agenda for Research, Planning Practice and Research, DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2022.2071190.
• Tubridy, F., Walsh, Lennon, M. & Scott, M. (2022) Contextualising coastal management and adaptation: Examining situated practices and path dependencies in Ireland and Germany, Ocean and Coastal Management, 220, 106095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106095.
• Döring, M. Walsh, C. & Ratter, B. (2022) Emplaced climate imaginaries: The regional construction of climate futures on the German Wadden Sea Coast, Geoforum, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.02.010
• Birdlife International (2022a) Are EU Member State’s Maritime Spatial Plans Fit for Nature and Climate?: Technical Report – Approach and Main Findings, Birdlife International, prepared by Walsh, C. & Loch, M.
• Birdlife International (2022b) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Germany: Alignment of Germany’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
• Birdlife International (2022c) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Belgium: Alignment of Belgium’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
• Birdlife International (2022d) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Sweden: Alignment of Sweden’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
• Birdlife International (2022e) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Latvia: Alignment of Latvia’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
• Walsh, C. (2022) An Evaluation of Ireland’s Marine Spatial Plan – The National Marine Planning Framework, Sustainable Water Network, download here.
• Walsh, C. Müsch, M., Petersen, M. Siemen, H., Gilles, A. (2022) Analysis of funding opportunities for future project activities of the Trilateral Partnership in support of the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage, download here.

2021

• Döring, M., Walsh, C. & Egberts, L. (2021) Beyond nature and culture: relational perspectives on the Wadden Sea landscape, Maritime Studies (introduction to special issue), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-021-00246-x
• Walsh, C. (2021) Protected area management in a post-natural world: negotiated governance at the Danish Wadden Sea, Maritime Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-021-00225-2.
• Walsh, C. (2021). Transcending Land-Sea Dichotomies through Strategic Spatial Planning. Regional Studies, 55(5), 818-830. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1766671.
• Walsh, C. (2021) Best Practice in Maritime Spatial Planning: Towards Mutually Beneficial Outcomes for Fishers, Renewable Energy Production and Marine Conservation, commissioned by Grace O’ Sullivan MEP / Greens / EFA in the European Parliament, download here.
• Walsh, C., Kangler, G. Schaffert, M. (eds.) (2021) Landschaftsbilder und Landschaftsverständnisse in Politik und Praxis, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658309589
• Walsh, C. (2021) Zwischen ‘Ruhe’ und ‘Unberührtheit’: Landschaftsbilder am Wattenmeer im internationalen Vergleich in Walsh, C., Kangler, G. Schaffert, M. (eds.) Landschaftsbilder und Landschaftsverständnisse in Politik und Praxis, Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Walsh, C. Mahon, M. & O’ Keeffe, B. (2021) Policy report on the relational qualities of spatial justice, IMAJINE Discussion Paper, D 8.2. Download here.
• Walsh, C. Mahon, M. & O’ Keeffe, B. (2021) Synthesis Report on Social Equality, Service Delivery and Regional Autonomy, IMAJINE Discussion Paper D 8.1. Download here.

2020

• Galdies, C., Bellerby, R., Canuc, C., … Walsh, C. & Guerra, R. (2020) European policies and legislation targeting ocean acidification in European Waters – current state, Marine Policy, 118, art. 103947, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103947.
• Walsh, C. (2020) Conference Report: Spatial Strategies at the Land-Sea Interface: Rethinking Maritime Spatial Planning – University of Hamburg, 11-13th September 2019, Town Planning Review 91, (3), 343-348, https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.19.
• Walsh, C. (2020) Landscape Imaginaries and the Protection of Dynamic Nature at the Wadden Sea, Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History, 7 (1), 1-20, http://doi.org/10.16993/rl.55.

2019

• Walsh, C. (2019) Brexit Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries and Relational Territorialities on the Island of Ireland, Irish Geography 52(2), 137-152, http://dx.doi.org/10.2014/igj.v52i2.1398.
• Walsh, C. & Rafferty, G. (2019) (eds.) Creating Spaces for Cooperation: Crossing Borders and Boundaries before and after Brexit, Irish Geography (Guest edited special issue and introduction to special issue) 52(2), 127-135, http://dx.doi.org/10.2014/igj.v52i2.1397.
• Walsh, C. (2019) Integration of Expertise or Collaborative Practice? Coastal Management and Climate Adaptation at the Wadden Sea, Ocean and Coastal Management, 167, 78-86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.10.004.
• Walsh, C. & Kannen, A. (2019) Spatial Planning at Sea: Shifting Planning Practices at the North Sea Coast of Germany, Raumforschung und Raumordnung: Spatial Research and Planning, 77, (2) 147-164, https://doi.org/10.2478/rara-2019-0020.
• Ratter, B. M. W. & Walsh C. (2019) Küstenlandschaften, in Kühne, O. et al. (Hrsg.) Handbuch Landschaft, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 699-710, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25746-0_56.

2018

• Walsh, C. (2018) Metageographies of Coastal Management: Negotiating Spaces of Nature and Culture at the Wadden Sea, Area, 50, (2), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.1240
• Walsh C. & Döring M. (2018) Cultural Geographies of Coastal Change, Area, 50, (2), 146-149 (introduction to guest-edited special section), https://doi.org/10.1111/area.1243
• Gerkensmeier, B., Ratter, B. M. W., Vollmer, M. & Walsh C. (2017) Managing coastal risks at the Wadden Sea: a societal perspective, Disaster Prevention and Management (early view) https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2017-0074

2015 - 2017

• Gerkensmeier, B., Ratter, B. M. W., Vollmer, M. & Walsh C. (2017) Managing coastal risks at the Wadden Sea: a societal perspective, Disaster Prevention and Management (early view) https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2017-0074
• Köpsel, V., Walsh, C. & Leyshon, C. (2016) Landscape narratives in practice: implications for climate change adaptation, Geographical Journal, 183, (2), doi:10.1111/geoj.12203
• Walsh, C., Creamer, C. & Driscoll, J. (2016) Applying the Functional Territories Concept: Planning Beyond Boundaries, ICLRD Briefing Paper Series, Paper 13, International Centre for Local and Regional Development, http://www.iclrd.org.
• Walsh, C., (2015) Creating a Space for Cooperation: Soft Spaces, Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation on the Island of Ireland. In: Allmendinger, P., Haughton, G., Knieling J., Othengrafen, F. (Eds.), Soft Spaces in Europe: Re-negotiating Governance, Boundaries and Borders, London: Routledge, 192-212.
• Walsh, C., Jacuniak-Suda, M., Knieling, J., (2015) Soft Spaces across the Fehmarnbelt: Territorial Re-shaping and Transnational Region-building. In: Allmendinger, P., Haughton, G., Knieling J., Othengrafen, F. (Eds.), Soft Spaces in Europe: Re-negotiating Governance, Boundaries and Borders, London: Routledge, 151-173.
• Jacuniak-Suda, M., Walsh, C.,  Knieling, J., (2015) Soft Spaces in the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg. In: Allmendinger, P., Haughton, G., Knieling J., Othengrafen, F. (Eds.), Soft Spaces in Europe: Re-negotiating Governance, Boundaries & Borders. Routledge, London, 45-76.

2010-2014

• Walsh C. (2014) Rethinking the Spatiality of Spatial Planning: Methodological Territorialism and Metageographies, European Planning Studies, 22, (2), 306-322.
• Haselsberger, B., Herschel, T. & Walsh, C. (2014) Debating Borders, Regions, Seaford, England: Regional Studies Association.
• Walsh, C., & Knieling. J., (2014). Planungswissenschaftliche Ansätze für ein Nachhaltiges Landmanagement, Diskussionspapier des Wissenschaftlichen Begleitvorhabens (Modul B): Innovative Systemlösungen für ein nachhaltiges Landmanagement, BMBF Förderschwerpunkt Nachhaltiges Landmanagement, http://d-nb.info/1063755409.
• Walsh, C. & Williams, B. (2013) Regional Governance and Metropolitan-Hinterland Relations: The Case of the Dublin City-Region, Administration, 61, (3), 133-153.
• Allin, S. & Walsh, C. (2013) Avrupa Kent-Bölgelerinde Stratejik Mekânsal Planlama: Paralel Süreçler mi Farklılaşan Yörüngeler mi?  Planlama, 23 (3), 111-124 (translation: Dr. Savaş Zafer Şahin). (English title: Strategic Spatial Planning in European City-Regions: Parallel Processes or Divergent Trajectories?).
• Walsh C. (2012) Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance: Managing Urban Development in a Rapid Growth Context, Urban Research and Practice, 5, 1, 44-61.
• Walsh, C. (2012) Policy and Planning Brief:  The Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020, Planning Theory and Practice, 13, (3). 493-496.
• Walsh, C. (2012) River Basin Management and Spatial Planning: Prospects for Integration and Cross-Border Cooperation, Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning on the Island of Ireland, 2, 87-92.
• Walsh, C. & Allin S. (2012) Strategic Spatial Planning: Responding to Diverse Territorial Development Challenges: Towards an Inductive-Comparative Approach, International Planning Studies, 17, (4), 377-395.