Latest news and updates from CCRI.
Colleagues at Durham University need your help with research which is trying to better understand how different stakeholders in the Cotswold landscape, from residents and farmers, to visitors and local government use and value the landscape and how they feel it should be best managed for the future.
John Powell and Chris Short have just returned from the beautiful medieval city of Utrecht in the Netherlands after attending the 16th Biennial Global conference ‘Practicing the commons: Self-governance, cooperation, and institutional change’ of The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). Read more about what went on at the conference, which was one of the largest ever held by the IASC.
A CCRI team is travelling to the historic city of Krakow, Poland, this weekend for the XXVIIth ESRS Conference, which take place from 24th to 27th July.
Paul Courtney worked with South West Forum and Clarity to undertake an evaluation of the Somerset Village Agents project, for which the final reports are available to download from the Community Council for Somerset website.
Julie Ingram has had a paper published in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. The paper can be accessed online.
Our current placement student Eloise Fresnay will soon be leaving CCRI. While she has been here, Eloise has been conducting a research project about the role of social interaction and collective work in WWOOF-ing networks. This Thursday, Eloise will present her findings as part of the CCRI Seminar series.
The IASC's 16th Biennial Global conference ‘Practicing the commons: Self-governance, cooperation, and institutional change’ is taking place this week in Utrecht, Netherlands. As President of the IASC, John Powell gave the welcoming address at the opening ceremony on 10th July.
Matt Reed and Dan Keech have had a jointly authored paper published today (12th July) in Landscape Research. The paper is entitled 'Gardening cyberspace—social media and hybrid spaces in the creation of food citizenship in the Bristol city-region, UK'.
Damian Maye was a guest editor for a special issue of Sociologia Ruralis, which was published this week (11th July 2017). Damian co-edited the special issue with Jessica Duncan from Wageningen University, Netherlands.