CCRI involvement in NICRE research projects

Professors Damian Maye and Julie Ingram will be involved in one of seven new research projects examining how rural enterprises are adapting to the major challenges facing the economy.

Professors Damian Maye and Julie Ingram will be involved in one of seven new research projects examining how rural enterprises are adapting to the major challenges facing the economy.

Earlier this month, the CCRI hosted its annual 'Winter School', an opportunity for post-graduate students to gather and present their work to fellow students and academics from within the CCRI.

Over recent weeks a number of the CCRI team have been discussing the Government response to Henry Dimbleby's National Food Strategy which was published in 2021.

Last week, two key farming conferences took place in Oxford with researchers Charlotte Chivers and Aimee Morse in attendance
About the research ICF and CCRI, University of Gloucestershire have been commissioned by Defra to undertake this project: “Farming in Protected Landscapes”. The project seeks to capture experiences of those participating in the FiPL programme, as well as understanding why…

In mid-December, Professor Janet Dwyer was been presented with her OBE medal by the Princess Royal at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

In the days leading up to the festive break, CCRI colleagues shared with each other the various 'outdoors' activities they had been doing as many had not been able to travel to the office due to weather conditions.

This project considered where and how land managers and the bodies administering the new schemes will get heritage data and advice, testing different formats of data and advice provision within Land Management Plans.

This research project aims to understand the implications of current social sustainability challenges for the green transition and how the green transition can enable more socially sustainable Norwegian farms and rural communities.