International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
Blog #2 – July 1, 2014 By Subi Azim and Kate Olson (Group 1 Social Structures and Migration) Day Two started nicely, after yesterday’s rain, we saw some sun! After arriving on the UAEM campus we started right into learning about Comparative Rural Policy from Ray Bollman and Tom Johnson. The role of policy and Read More …
Blog #1 – July 1, 2014 by Fabio De Menna After yesterday’s incredible football-watching experience in the world’s fourth largest square, the Zocalo, a very promising first edition of the second decade of the ICRPS summer Institute officially started this morning. Luckily, but sadly, the Italian national team is
Blog #00 – June 30, 2014 by Bill Reimer It looks like we are all here in Toluca – safe and sound. Several of the participants had arrived earlier so I can only report on my adventures en route. After an uneventful (thankfully) flight from Montréal I stood in line for customs, then baggage – Read More …
by Bill Reimer, 25/07/2014 We are pleased to announce our receipt of a 7-year grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project is entitled “The Rural Policy Learning Commons: building rural policy through international comparative analysis” (RPLC). This award will support partnership development activities among researchers, students, policy-makers, practitioners, and Read More …
by the editors 28/03/2014 Exploring Rurality was founded two years ago by ICRPS alumnae Kjersti Nordskog and Katja Cappelen as a place for professional discussion, exchange of ideas and community building within the ICRPS network. In November 2012 Exploring Rurality was lucky to have ICRPS alumni Eric Marr from Canada join the editor team. Now Read More …
by Tom Johnson 17/03/2014 The idea for the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies consortium was conceived during John Bryden’s sabbatical year at the Rural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri. ICRPS was born at a meeting we organized among US, Canadian and European rural social scientists in 2002. Since then ICRPS has developed and grown through Read More …
by Lidia Carvajal 09/03/2014 The ICRPS summer institute for 2014 will be held in Toluca, Mexico June 29-July 13, 2014 and hosted by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico. Toluca is located one hour from Mexico City. Beautiful natural settings surround this city, including one of the country´s highest volcano, “Nevado de Toluca”, and “La Marquesa”, a park in the Read More …
by John Bryden, 23/02/2014 Now that we have ten years of experience with ICRPS, there is room for diversity of views on the future of ICRPS. For my part, I think it remains a very robust model that has stood the test of time as a self-supporting entity which is a creature of its Faculty Read More …
by John Bryden 10/02/2014 It is not always easy to perceive who is an ICRPS ‘student’ and who is ‘faculty’. The fact is that faculty come to the summer school in great numbers and regard it as an important means of learning new things, as well as updating themselves on contemporary issues and debates. The Read More …
by Doug Ramsey 04/02/2014 While the Journal of Rural Policy Studies conceived by ICRPS founders did not come to fruition, myself with others (including ICRPS members not mentioned in John Bryden’s history of ICRPS) did found the Journal of Rural and Community Development (JRCD) in 2005. Given my recent post about technology I thought it Read More …