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Hazel Peavoy

Ms Hazel Peavoy

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2005-1238

Accepting PhD Students

20232025

Research activity per year

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Biography

Hazel is an experienced strategic leader and researcher with a proven track record in managing and driving innovation through complex projects within the European digital and AgTech sectors. Currently serving as Programme Manager for ENTIRE, the European Digital Innovation Hub, she leads multidisciplinary teams to foster digital transformation across SMEs and public sectors. Her expertise spans strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence, with an emphasis on Horizon Europe and national funding projects.

She has been the project lead for Walton on: Smart Agri Hubs (Regional Cluster Lead for Ireland and the UK); Regional Cluster Lead for AgROBOFood; Principle Investigator on AgriDISCRETE (a Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, Ireland); Site Manager for the SFI Research Centre, VistaMilk; Walton Agri activities manager of Precision Agricultural Centre of Excellence (PACE), a SETU-Walton led Digital Innovation Hub and Project Manager on CITIES2030.

Education/Academic qualification

MBA, Institute of Technology Carlow

Award Date: 28 Jun 2013

Bachelors Degree, Batchelor of Business and Arts Management, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

01 Sep 2008 → 30 May 2011

Award Date: 30 May 2011

PhD, Assessing the influence of strategic choice on innovation ecosystems’ policy and performance, Newcastle University

Jun 2023 → Jun 2029

External positions

Member of Steering Group for Smart Southern Region Development, Southern Regional Assembly

13 Jan 2026 → …

Programme Committee Member for Synergy Days , Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark, Danish AgriFish Agency

01 Jan 2026 → 30 Dec 2026

Chairperson of Thematic Working Group on AgriFood, European Commission

01 Mar 2025 → …

Member of EDIH Communications Strategy Working Group, Enterprise Ireland

01 Feb 2025 → …

Member of the Agri Working Group , Alliance for AI, IoT and Edge Continuum Innovation

01 May 2024 → …

Programming Committee Member for Synergy Days, Wageningen University & Research

01 Jan 2024 → 20 Dec 2024

Board Member of Smart Agri Hubs , Wageningen University & Research

01 Jun 2023 → …

Organising Committee member for Synergy Days , Wageningen University & Research

01 Mar 2023 → …

Advisory Board Member , Portlaoise Innovation Centre DAC The CUBE

01 Sep 2021 → …

The Gender Alliance for Innovation in Agriculture (GAIA), Schuttelaar & Partners, Consultancy for Food and Life Sciences

12 Apr 2019 → …

AgTech Advisory, Technology Ireland

12 Feb 2017 → …

Keywords

  • S Agriculture (General)
  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • AS Academies and learned societies (General)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  5. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  6. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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  • Synegy Days 2026

    Peavoy, H. (Member of programme committee) & Barnes, S. (Organiser)

    20 Oct 2026 → 23 Oct 2026

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

  • Synergy Days 2025

    Peavoy, H. (Member of programme committee), Bodden, L. (Participant), Barnes, S. (Participant), Wolfert, S. (Member of programme committee), Vangeyte, J. (Member of programme committee), van de Kolk , L. (Member of programme committee), Mass, S. (Member of programme committee) & Guichaoua, A. (Member of programme committee)

    21 Oct 2025 → 22 Oct 2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

  • Synergy Days 2024

    Peavoy, H. (Member of programme committee), Wolfert, S. (Member of programme committee), van de Kolk , L. (Member of programme committee), Vangeyte, J. (Member of programme committee), Mass, S. (Member of programme committee) & Guichaoua, A. (Member of programme committee)

    14 Oct 2024 → 15 Oct 2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

  • Synergy Days 2026

    Peavoy, H. (Member of programme committee), Bodden, L. (Organiser), Barnes, S. (Participant), Wolfert, S. (Member of programme committee), Vangeyte, J. (Member of programme committee), van de Kolk , L. (Member of programme committee), Ryan, W. (Member of programme committee), Kelly, R. (Member of programme committee), O Donoghue, K. (Member of programme committee), Mass, S. (Member of programme committee) & Guichaoua, A. (Member of programme committee)

    20 Oct 2026 → 22 Oct 2026

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

  • Tyndall National Institute

    Peavoy, H. (Visiting researcher), O'Sullivan , B. (Visiting researcher) & Rea, S. (Visiting researcher)

    27 Jan 2026

    Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution

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