New study to build resilience of UK’s trees to disease epidemics
CCRI researchers are embarking on a major new four-year project to help the UK prepare for the next inevitable tree disease crisis before it arrives.
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New project to prepare UK agriculture for potato and beet disease sweeping across Europe
The E-Prep II project, focuses on the imminent threats to the UK posed by two species of bacteria that cause diseases in potatoes, sugar beet, carrots and grapes, notably syndrome basses richesses (SBR).
CCRI Winter School 2027 now inviting paper submissions
The CCRI Winter School takes place on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 January 2027 and is inviting submissions on the theme of Social and Environmental Justice.
CCRI helps connect young people in rural Wales with careers in construction
Research from the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) is giving young people in Ceredigion, western Wales, with practical experience of careers in the construction industry.
Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ gives the UK countryside grounds for cautious optimism, says CCRI Director
As Andy Burnham takes up the position of Prime Minister of the UK, CCRI’s Director argues that ‘Manchesterism’ offers rural communities reasons to be cautiously optimistic.
New rural housing guidance for communities underpinned by CCRI research
A new Toolkit to help parish councils and rural communities put affordable housing on the public agenda under English devolution has just been published, with the help of research from the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI).
Jane Mills shares regenerative farming evidence at European Parliament
On 9 June 2026, Jane Mills of CCRI joined an event at the European Parliament in Brussels to share evidence on what policymakers can do to help more farmers adopt regenerative and conservation agriculture. The event, co-hosted by the Institute…
Survey: what helps professionals cope in conflict zones?
A new CCRI study invites professionals with experience of working in conflict-affected high-risk environments to take part in a short survey.
Rural geography should be integral to HE teaching and research agendas, say workshop participants
On 6th May 2026, the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) hosted a Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) workshop to reflect on the current state and future of rural geography in teaching and research. Supported by the Royal Geographical Society…