International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
ICRPS 2015 launched at University College Dublin on Sunday 21 June with an informal welcoming dinner at the Morehampton Brasserie in Donnybrook south Dublin convened by James Breen the ICRPS 2015 coordinator from University College Dublin (UCD). After filling a Dublin bus for the trip from campus to the restaurant we had a great meal. Read More …
By the editors 19/11/2014 This is what we have recently read that we think can be of interst for you. Please remember that we much appreciate input on worth reading articles from our rural prosperity community! Poorer regions struggling to catch up in advanced economies, says OECD Regional Outlook 2014 Why Post Offices Need to Offer Read More …
Great news from Brandon University! Check out this new initiative with great significance for ICRPS and all the partner institutions. by Bill Reimer 18/10/2014 The Rural Policy Learning Commons (RPLC) was officially launched on Wednesday (August 27th). The Canadian Secretary of State for Science and Technology highlighted our project as he announced the funding of 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 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 the editors, 6/10/2013 These are some of the articles we have come across lately. We hope you enjoy! The 9th OECD Rural Developement Policy Confererence will be held in Bologna, Italy 23-25th of October. The topic is Rural-Urban Partnerships: An Integrated Approach to Economic Developement Norway invests $23.7 million in crop diversity to ensure Read More …
by the editors 11/02/2013 This was added to the ICRPS Linked-In group recently. We repost it here, for those who missed it. CALL FOR PAPERS Manuscripts by March 15th, 2013 Agrarian Frontiers: A Rural Studies Review University of Missouri-Columbia • 100 Gentry Hall • Columbia, Missouri • 65211 Agrarian Frontiers is an interdisciplinary journal intended Read More …
by Doug Ramsey, 08/01/2013 One of my hopes with ICRPS was the development of research collaborations. For the past few years I have been developing research projects with Vicky Soldevila (ICRPS alum year 1 and 2) and Lourdes Viladomiu (ICRPS faculty member). The research area is the hog sectors of Manitoba, Canada and Catalonia, Spain.
by Eric Marr, 5/11/2012 “Density is not the main barrier to providing public transport that offers a real alternative to the car; rather, it is a rationalization for inaction.” Paul Mees (2011), Transport for Suburbia If one resides in a rural area and does not have access to a personal vehicle how do they get Read More …
by the editors 16/10/2012 A geography professor at the University of Guelph says to the BBC that we are currently eating more food than we are producing. In Africa, the well known migration pattern from the rural to the urban seems to be slowing down, according to researchers. Superweeds, superpests: The Legacy of Pesticides Recently Read is a Read More …