The International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) program brings together an international, multi-disciplinary group of faculty, students, and professionals to study together the many facets of rural policy, from policy formulation to policy impacts. The ICRPS Consortium, comprising core faculty from 9 universities in Canada, Europe, and the USA, has developed an advanced program to Read More ...
The International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) program brings together an international, multi disciplinary group of faculty, students and professionals to study together the many facets of rural policy, from policy formulation to policy impacts.
The ICRPS Consortium, comprising core faculty from eleven universities in Canada, Europe and the USA, has developed an advanced program to enhance policy formulation and analysis in the rural context. The ICRPS program is the first of its kind that enables students to examine and compare the role of rural policy in different cultural, political and administrative contexts in Europe and North America, as well as in the South.
Designed for graduate students and mid-career professionals, the ICRPS program introduces the skills to analyze and compare policies at the international, national, state, regional and local levels. It also provides the opportunity to study the nature and implications of new forms of governance in rural contexts. The key elements of the ICRPS program are: two-week international summer institute, comparative rural policy research project, and online distance learning courses.
July 14-26, 2016
The 2016 Summer Institute will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, hosted by Sustainable Futures North and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
June 22-July 6, 2015
The 2015 Summer Institute was held in Dublin and Galway, Ireland, hosted by University College Dublin; Teagasc – the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority; and the National University of Ireland, Galway.