Commons at the continental edge

Former IASC president, John Powell is currently in Lima, Peru at the XVII Biennial IASC Conference, entitled ‘In Defense of the Commons: Challenges, Innovation, and Action’. As is the case, John will be blogging during the event, and here is his first installment - where he reflects on his first visit to the capital of Peru.

CCRI trio travel to Trondheim

The XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress"Rural Futures in a Complex World" is taking place this week in Trondheim, Norway. A trio of researchers from CCRI will be in attendance and presenting research findings.

Flying down to Lima

On July 1st, the 17th Biennial IASC conference will take place in Lima, Peru. The conference theme is 'In Defense of the Commons: Challenges, Innovation, and Action', and will feature three researchers from CCRI. One of these, John Powell, former president gives some details about their forthcoming trip to South America.

Sea Anglers’ opinions wanted

Many people make their living from the sea, while many more visit the coast and the sea for pleasure, an esential part of which is angling. Defra has commissioned CCRI, to carry out research finding out more about sea anglers, their ideas and backgrounds, and part of this work is an online survey.

Connecting commons – practice and governance in England and Norway

Chris Short and John Powell from CCRI visited the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks last week for a study tour and workshop to explore similarities and differences in upland commons governance and practice between the two countries as part of the 'FUTGRAZE' project. John has written a short blog about the trip.