International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
by the editors 19/12/2013 Dear readers, Thank you for following our rural storytelling this year. A special thank to all those who have contributed to the blog with insights, research perspectives or personal stories from the rural fields this past year. Your contributions are much appriciated! Exploring Rurality will be back early 2014. Untill then Read More …
by the editors, 18/12/2013 Here is a sampling of what we have Recently Read, just in time for the holidays! The proceedings of the Rural Canada: Ready to Grow conference, hosted by the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, are available online Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy: Taking Care of Our Roots from the European Commission presents an interactive, easy Read More …
by Neus Monllor, 13/12/2013 In 2011 I defended a PhD Thesis about how young people are entering agriculture. Thanks to the ICRPS program I could finish a comparative exploratory study between two different areas, one in southern Ontario (Canada) and the other one in Catalonia (Spain). One of the main results of the research was Read More …
by the editors 18/09/2013 Will rural be the factor that saves civilization? In this lecture Ivan Emke argues that Rural created civilization througth rural innovations. In a light, right-to-the-point way he
by Wayne Kelly In June I had the fortune to travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland for work and pleasure. The last time I was in Europe was in 2008 and I was excited to see how traveling had changed with respect to getting online. Back in 2008, I didn’t have an iPhone or Read More …
by Kjersti Nordskog, 27/06/2013, on ICRPS day 7 A new day of the ICRPS Summer Institute, Italy, started bright and early as the bus left Bertinoro at 07:15 am. Students, faculty – and this alumna who still hadn’t left, boarded the bus and headed to Bologna and the Department of Agriculture. Presenters were already waiting Read More …
by John Devlin, 11/05/2013 The Conference will begin early Saturday Morning with sessions all day Saturday, an evening social and a field trip on Sunday. The fee for both days is € 160 including meals, transport from and to Forli, and the filed trip BUT not including accommodations. It is recommended that you stay on Read More …
by the editors 06/05/2013 Hello ICRPS Alumni, In the Exploring Rurality Editing Team, we are always looking for contributions for the blog, and right now we are welcoming submissions on topics related to rural policy for posting on this blog. The texts should be quite short, informally written, and can be on any topic of Read More …
Dear ICRPS 2013 participants, In order to ensure the proper registration of all participants, the deadline has been postponed to April, 30th 2013. The application process is organized in two steps: Step 1: Interested students or professionals can apply to their respective partner University or Institute in the ICRPS Consortium through a Letter of Intent Read More …
by the editors 10/03/2013 The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food — Thanks John Devlin! A new book has recently been released on Social Transformation in Rural Canada. Rural British Columbia Project: Discussion Paper Series Exploring the built environment and physical activity in rural Ontario health units A new FAO Report has been released entitled: “Biofuels and Read More …