IASC president John Powell is currently in China and attending the first ever commons themed conference. Focusing on water governance, John has been visiting a number of locations observing related issues and has had an opportunity to produce a short blog post detailing his experiences so far.
Dr Joo-In Seong, our visiting researcher from South Korea, is making a presentation as part of the CCRI Seminar Series on Thursday 26th October on 'Rural changes in Korea’s modernisation and new rurality for the future', which is based on his sabbatical research. The seminar is free to attend.
Julie Ingram was in Portugal last week representing the EU funded VALERIE and AgridemoF2F projects at the Agri Innovation summit 2017 (AIS 2017).
John Powell has been participating in the first ever workshop on commons to be held in China, which was attended by over 80 participants at Tsinghua University in Beijing on 14th and 15th October 2017.
The first installment from the new placement student Katie, who started at CCRI the beginning of September. Read more to find out what she has been up to in the last month, the work she is doing with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and the places she has been exploring.
The CCRI is running a Twitter completion - 'Name the cardboard cow'! - in connection with a free ESRC Festival event 'From Moo to You' that they are running at Asda in Gloucester on Monday 6th November. #moo2u
John Powell will be attending the first workshop on commons to be held in China. As President of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), he will be giving a keynote presentation at the opening ceremony on the governance of surface and groundwaters from a commons perspective.
Matt Reed is to present a free research webinar on 19th October on the added value of certification for farmers in delivering more sustainable farming, based on the findings from a research project that revealed that LEAF Marque certification can offer significant financial, environmental and social benefits for farm businesses who are members of the system.
Dan Keech is presenting work on 'the cultures of urban gardening in Bavaria' at an international conference in Riga, Latvia, which is taking place on 13th and 14th October.