International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
by the editors 25/03/2014 Tom Johnson just made us aware of the following opportunity: The Arctic Climate Change Emerging Leaders (ACCEL) Fellowship is a new and unique summer opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, in North America and Europe. The program aims to train next generation of Arctic Ambassadors and Read More …
by the editors 20/04/2014 Agroecology as an organizing principle, Oxfam America The Politics of Poverty Blog (thanks for the tip J. Devlin) A summary of the OECD’s Work on Climate Change in 2013-2014. Any country can reach high shares of wind, solar power cost-effectively, says the International Energy Agency in The Power of Transformation: Wind, Sun and the 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 the editors 13/03/2014 The Journal of Rural and Community Development has released a new, special edition on Rural Geography – Rural Development. USDA Regional Climate Hubs: USDA’s regional hubs will deliver information to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to help them adapt to climate change and weather variability. Slow food youth gardens in South Africa promote 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 04/03/2014 As announced in early January, Exploring Rurality will be expanding the team of editors this year. We want to bring a new editor on board and are looking for any volunteers. As part of the editing team you will have a great opportunity to develop the blog further and to keep Read More …
by the editors 02/03/2014 Two job opportunities have come to our attention lately: In Europe: Professor in the discipline of Natural Resource Economics and Management at the University of Gent, The Netherlands In the US: Postdoc Opportunity – Watershed Ecosystem Services The University of New Hampshire seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to play a central 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 the editors 16/02/2014 Dr. Dave Kohl, Professor Emeritus in the Agricultural & Applied Economics Department at Virginia Tech University discusses the key economic indicators to observe in the agricultural industry in the recorded webinar entitled The Pulse of Global Economics Mapping Local Food Webs Toolkit from the Campaign to Protect Rural England Rural communities 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 …