Next period the course Understanding Rural Development starts again!

On March 12th 2012 the Rural Sociology Course Understanding Rural Development starts. There is still room for new students to attend this course. The course aims to provide a theoretical, empirical and methodological understanding of rural and regional development processes in Europe, with emphasis on agro-food, rural and regional dynamics in metropolitan landscapes. It builds [...]

Request for a master student interested in product development and marketing for an organic farm and macro-distillery in Wales

Glynhynod is an organic farm where artisan cheeses are produced, situated in west-Wales and managed by a Dutch family. The firm is highly innovative, applying sustainability guidelines to all their activities and producing food of high quality; several cheeses have received prices on national and international level. The family is now developing the first organic [...]

DERREG film Westerkwartier

Over the last 3 years, we have been carrying out research in the Westerkwartier concerning global influences on rural regional development. This research was carried out as part of the European project DERREG. The Westerkwartier was involved in two work packages of the project: 1. Investigating arrangements through which public support for joint learning and [...]

‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ Conference – new deadline for submission of abstracts

As mentioned in previous posts, an international conference entitled ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ will be held from 1 to 4 April 2012 in Wageningen. A whole range of different topics and research findings will be presented and discussed in 20 different working groups. The deadline for submitting abstracts was originally 20 December 2011 but [...]

Scriptieprijs Slow Food uitgereikt aan Elisa de Lijster

Tijdens een debatavond onder de noemer ‘Slow or cheap: that is the question‘ over de aanstaande hervorming van het Europees gemeenschappelijk landbouwbeleid georganiseerd door de Youth Food Movement (zie korte toelichting hieronder) is:  de Jan Wolf scriptieprijs uitgereikt aan de 2 scripties die volgens de jury het meest bijdragen aan het verder ontwikkelen van het SlowFood gedachtengoed. [...]

Conference ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ – call for abstracts (reminder)

From 1 – 4 April 2012 a conference entitled ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society: International Conference on Multifunctional Agriculture and Urban-Rural Relations‘ will take place in Wageningen. Some time ago a call for abstracts was launched. This is to inform or remind you that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 20 December 2011. Abstracts can [...]

Win een weekend weg met je scriptie!

Gaat jouw studieonderwerp over Multifunctionele landbouw?  Doe mee met de Studieprijs Multifunctionele Landbouw! Meld je project online aan en win met je opdracht, project, stage of scriptie een geheel verzorgd weekend weg of een bourgondische tafelen met je vrienden! Belangrijkste voorwaarden zijn: – dat je onderwerp gaat over multifunctionele landbouw; – dat je studeert of (recent) studeerde [...]

Excursion Biodiversity in Brabant

By Elisa de Lijster After I completed my MSc-thesis for International Development Studies (see earlier post in Dutch) I’m now working at the Centre for Agriculture and Environment (Centrum for Landbouw en Milieu or CLM) on my second MSc thesis project about the current turmoil in Dutch Nature Policy. I will explore and hopefully find new and creative [...]

Conference call – Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society (new deadlines)

In June I published a post about the upcoming conference ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society: International Conference on Multifunctional Agriculture and Urban-Rural Relations’, which included a call for Working Group proposals. The deadline for submitting Working Group proposals was 1 September 2011. This post is to announce that the deadline for submitting Working Group proposals has been [...]

Moonlight farmers and Lump suckers; The ICRPS Summer School in Norway

This Summer School about policies for rural development took place from June 25th to July 9th 2011 on 2 locations in Norway, in Oslo and in Sogndal. The course involved a variety of lectures, discussions and group word on issues such as natural resources, community development, rural services, renewable energy, food & agriculture, policy and [...]