CCRI researchers in GLAMUR workshop at EXPO – Milan
Drs Damian Maye and James Kirwan are taking part in a workshop at the Milan EXPO event, “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”. This is the major annual world event on food & agriculture.
Damian Maye to give opening speech at FOODMETRES conference
CCRI’s Dr Damian is a member of the Advisory Committee for the EU project FOODMETRES (‘Food Planning and Innovation for Sustainable Metropolitan Regions’), which aims to assess the environmental and socio-economic impacts of food chains with regard to the spatial,…
A tale of two cities
With a small grant from the Bavarian Research Alliance, Dr Keech is currently working with Otto Friedrich University (OFU) in Bamberg on a piece of comparative research examining socio-cultural and governance issues linked to food, sustainability and identity in the…
Bath and North East Somerset Local Food Partnership
Dr Dan Keech is giving a presentation at a meeting of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Food Partnership on 10 September.
Urban Commons – the view from beneath
The way people experience, use, and access urban space depends in large part on their socio-economic situation. High personal income and a good job can bring access to all the cultural and artistic pleasures a city has to offer, a…
Designing the Urban Commons
A few weeks ago, John Powell from CCRI was in London, and had the opportunity to quickly visit the ‘Designing the Urban Commons’ exhibition at the LSA Atrium Gallery.
Peat – long duration commons resource, landscape element, fuel, and essential ingredient for malt Whisky
Nick and John have been mulling over – supported by a dram or two – the issues associated with producing heavily smoked whiskies based on peat – a limited commons resource taking thousands of years to create. Nick, has for…
SUPERBFOOD – Requesting Opinions
Matt Reed has been working with others from CCRI as part of the SUPURBFOOD project. The project has now reached a point where they are seeking opinions from others, and Matt has kindly written this blog post to provide an…
My life as a cog in the CCRI
Jonnie Felton’s time as the CCRI’s placement student is nearly at an end. In this short blog, he pulls together a few thoughts to sum up what’s been a momentous ten months.