• Bird migration and navigation (social science aspects)
• International environmental governance
• Ecosystem approaches in marine spatial planning
• Nature conservation, protected area management and community-nature relations in the Wadden Sea
• Strategic spatial planning on land and at sea.

• Since October 2023: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Ecological Economics, Carl von Ossietzky  University of Oldenburg
• Since September 2020: Independent Researcher and Consultant, http://cormacwalsh-consult.eu
• June 2021 - March 2023: Lecturer and researcher, Spatial Sciences Study Programme, Institute for Ecology and Social-Ecological Systems Research Institute, Leuphana University Lüneburg. 
• November 2013 - January 2020: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Geography, University of Hamburg.
• December 2011 - October 2013: Postdoctoral researcher, Urban Planning and Regional Development, HafenCity University Hamburg
• April 2010 - November 2011: Postdoctoral researcher, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, Maynooth University, Ireland. 
• September 2006 - March 2010: PhD Student and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning and Public Policy and Urban Institute Ireland, University College Dublin. 
• 2004 - 2005: Masters Degree: Global Transformations, Institute for Geography, Loughborough University, UK. 
• 2001- 2004: Bachelor Degree: Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland.

2023

1. 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.
2. Walsh. C . (2023) Position Paper on Marine Spatial Planning in the Northern and Western Region of Ireland, 
3. Walsh, C. Wall, D. & Evans, P. (2023) Draft Guidelines for Cetacean-Friendly Marine Spatial Planning for the ASCOBANS Area, ASCOBANS Secretariat, UNEP, Bonn. 
4. 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.
5. Ratter, B. & Walsh C. (2023, im Erscheinen) Küstenlandschaften in in Kühne, O. et al. (Hrsg.) Handbuch Landschaft, Wiesbaden: Springer VS (zweite Auflage).

2022

1. 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).
2. 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 
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. Birdlife International (2022b) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Germany: Alignment of Germany’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
8. Birdlife International (2022c) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Belgium: Alignment of Belgium’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
9. Birdlife International (2022d) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Sweden: Alignment of Sweden’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
10. Birdlife International (2022e) Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Latvia: Alignment of Latvia’s Maritime Spatial Plan with EU Environmental Objectives. Birdife International.
11. Walsh, C. (2022) An Evaluation of Ireland’s Marine Spatial Plan – The National Marine Planning Framework, Sustainable Water Network, download here.
12. 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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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. 
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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

1. Walsh C. (2014) Rethinking the Spatiality of Spatial Planning: Methodological Territorialism and Metageographies, European Planning Studies, 22, (2), 306-322.
2. Haselsberger, B., Herschel, T. & Walsh, C. (2014) Debating Borders, Regions, Seaford, England: Regional Studies Association.
3. 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.
4. Walsh, C. & Williams, B. (2013) Regional Governance and Metropolitan-Hinterland Relations: The Case of the Dublin City-Region, Administration, 61, (3), 133-153.
5. 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?).
6. Walsh C. (2012) Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance: Managing Urban Development in a Rapid Growth Context, Urban Research and Practice, 5, 1, 44-61.
7. Walsh, C. (2012) Policy and Planning Brief:  The Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020, Planning Theory and Practice, 13, (3). 493-496.
8. 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.
9. 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.