In November 2025 a team from CCRI working with partners from the British Academy and local government ran a workshop focussed upon community engagement for net zero governance.
Defra-funded project exploring perceptions of past and future land use change among rural communities You are being invited to take part in a Defra-commissioned project, which is gathering an understanding of the socio-economic impacts of land use change in rural…
Life as a fisherman in England is a source of deep pride and enjoyment, but also stress, show the results of a major new survey led by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI).
Academics are increasingly expected to make their research meaningful to time-poor politicians, policymakers, practitioners and citizens.
The “Farmer Action for Tree Resilience” project, led by Forest Research (and including the CCCRI, University of Exeter, FWAG South West and the Organic Research Centre), is developing better ways to support farmers in managing the health and resilience of…
Funded by the BBSRC, this project explores how perennial biomass crops could be more effectively and sustainably integrated into farming systems in the UK as part of the transition to net zero. As demand for land intensifies — driven by…
TRI-SOME CHICKEN is an interdisciplinary research project exploring how resilience in the UK food system can be strengthened in the face of growing environmental, economic and social pressures.
The Countryside and Community Foundation has an open call for grant applications which closes on 28 February 2026.
CCRI’s Demelza Jones joined a panel at a session organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse.