International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
Field trip to Priorat: “Which Landscape? Which Future?” By Laurie Mangeli Can someone say field trip? That feeling of boarding a bus to somewhere new never gets old. Priorat, a region located in southern Catalonia, is a rural area which back in the 19th century was made up of individual farms with a patchwork of Read More …
Field Trip to Priorat By Heather Gillich and Luca Annesi The beauty of the Priorat is a welcome view from our transport today. As we leave the, now familiar, campus of the UAB to embrace the wonder that awaits in this rural area, we reflect on our expectations for the day. During the ICRPS process, Read More …
Comparative Research Methods and Government Structures By John Devlin Tuesday started with an extended session on research methods for comparative analysis. The session was structured in small groups with a wide range of faculty. Students chose which faculty they would like to speak to and could move from one to another over the morning. We Read More …
Rural? What’s rural? By John Devlin Monday morning after a good breakfast we all made our way en mass to Room 20, Facultat d’Economia i Empresa led by Clara Cera. John Bryden (NIBIO) and Judith Stallmann (MU) started with a round of introductions by participants indicating their topics of research interest followed by some discussion Read More …
Tapas anyone? By John Devlin The 14th edition of the ICRPS Summer Institute was off to a great start on Sunday evening with Tapas at Restaurant CAU on the campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. New and old friends spent a couple of hours remembering past ICRPS and anticipating what will come over the Read More …
By: Scott Brown, Lisa Groshong, Maliq Kendricks and Julie Welch Connemara – West IrelandOn Friday, June 26th, 2015, we took a venture to the village of Letterfrack in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. As we drove to our destination, we were more than intrigued by the amazing scenery bestowed upon us by Mother Nature. Views of Read More …
By Tayna González Martin, Alessandro Politano, Tristeen Bownes, and Anne Prestvik Today we transferred from University College Dublin to the National University in Galway and learned how traffic jams can distort even the best planned schedule! John Bryden and Karen Refsgaard: Grounded innovation Innovation is not just the invention and adoption of new technologies, but Read More …
By Rebecca McEvoy and Kathlee Freeman Early in the afternoon on June 24th we made our first field visit of ICRPS 2015 to the Boortmalt plant in Athy, County Kildare. Boortmalt is the malting barley division of the Axereal group, Europe’s largest grain cooperative. This plant is the largest producer of malting barley in Ireland Read More …
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 …
Employment opportunities have recently come available for four junior experts to be appointed immediately. The positions will support the implementation of the European initiative ENPARD (European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development) Phase II, CIHEAM – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier. For more information on the initiative see this website: http://enpard.iamm.fr/en/ For information on the positions see these Read More …