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Community-led local development

Gary Bosworth / February 9, 2014February 20, 2014 / Interpreting Rurality, Uncategorized

As part of the ERC workshop on rural growth, being staged at Aston University on 27th February, Gary Bosworth is giving a paper on Community-Led Local Development: LEADER and rural growth. This will explore the potential for the principles of the European LEADER ideology to be implemented more widely along with the risks that the most needy rural areas could be marginalised if territories are enlarged and more urban areas are deemed to offer the greatest potential for economic returns. The presentation will be added here after the event.

Community-led sustainability inititiatives

Gary Bosworth / February 7, 2014February 20, 2014 / Interpreting Rurality, Uncategorized

Congratulations to Susan Marango who has been invited to present her ongoing research into community initiatives that promote sustainable environments at the Conference on Conservation Science 2014, to be held in Cambridge. We will post further details of her research here in due course.

Polish rural researcher visiting Lincoln

Gary Bosworth / February 7, 2014February 20, 2014 / Interpreting Rurality, Uncategorized

We are currently hosting Dr Karolina Babuchowska from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. Karolina is a lecuturer in economics and is currently working on research into the role of the Common Agricultural Policy as a driver of modernisation in the dairy industry.We are also exploring future projects on the female entrepreneurs in rural areas, with a particular interest in the role of EU migration flows.

David Brown and Nina Glasgow visiting

Gary Bosworth / January 22, 2014February 20, 2014 / Interpreting Rurality, Society

Professor David Brown and Dr Nina Glasgow from Cornell University will be giving a seminar at the University of Lincoln on 12th February about their work on ageing communities in the US. David is an economic sociologist and demographer while Nina is a also a gerontologist so I am sure that we can learn a lot about the issues and research opportunities that exist here in the UK. Their profiles can be viewed here:

http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/people/david-brown

http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/people/nina-glasgow

Tea and coffee will be served outside the Book and Latte from 5.30pm with the event to start at 6pm in the Moot Court on the first floor of the Business School. The event is open to all University members and associates but I would appreciate an email to confirm your place.

Gary

Faith in the peak

Gary Bosworth / December 10, 2013February 20, 2014 / Interpreting Rurality, Society

A new initiative has been set up by a collaboration of the different denominations of churches in the Peak district to promote the churches’ roles in supporting rural communities. In many very small settlements, the church is the last remaining community building and it offers the potential for a range of innovative uses. If the church or chapel is better used, this can also help fundraising to maintain the fabric of these historic buildings as well as to promote community cohesion. The University of Lincoln will be working with the project leader, Revd Simon Lumby over the course of the next year to assist the project which, if successful in Derbyshire, will be rolled out across the UK.

More details can be found on their website: http://www.faithinthepeak.org.uk/