When we do surveys, we often collect a large amount of information from respondents that they may feel is personal to them and is not relevant to the topic of the survey. This post explains the utility and importance of doing so, even though it can be tiresome to complete by the respondants.
Janet Dwyer and Katarina Kubinakova travel to Brussels this week to attend the ENRD Workshop ‘Vibrant Rural Areas: Rural Jobs', where Janet will give a keynote presentation.
Chris Short is currently in Bern, attending a workshop focussing on historical forms of sustainability. He will be presenting work from the FUTGRAZE project, which is in conjunction with NIBIO and the Foundation for Common Land.
Research assistant Amr Khafagy has just had an article published on 'OpenDemocracy' discussing the latest IMF loan to Egypt and the socioeconomic consequences of the recent economic reforms
Damian Maye is co-author of a new paper which stems from the Horizon 2020 project 'ROBUST'.
This week the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development published a report investigating the EU farming employment sector. The CCRI was part of the consortium, which was led by OIR.
The European Commission have published a report that was led by the CCRI. The report evaluated the impact of the CAP on generational renewal, local development and jobs in rural areas.
Robert Berry and Hannah Chiswell discuss their experience of Geographical Information Systems on International GIS day
CCRI's resident blogger, John Powell has recently returned from a trip to New England. During his time stateside he visited many rural areas and has written this piece discussing some of the issues these rural communities are facing.