PhD Candidate: Théo Lenormand (Countryside and Community Research Institute)
This analysis is based on my master’s degree thesis from 2019 which was funded by the Carasso Foundation as part of a project aimed at understanding the impact of the Common …
Convenors: Aimee Morse (University of Gloucestershire) and Martin Phillips (University of Leicester)
The Rural Geography Research Group celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, and since its inception, its members have conducted a diverse and changing range of rural research …
The following sessions will be sponsored by the RGRG this year. Please follow the links below to find out more about each session, including how to submit an abstract.
Convenors:
Lingjia Zhao, Loughborough University (L.Zhao4@lboro.ac.uk)
Fidel Budy, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (fidelbudy@gmail.com)
The annually held Rural Geography Research Group session serves as a vibrant platform for the exploration of cutting-edge concepts within rural geography, showcasing the …
Convenors:
Dr. Manoranjan Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune. Email- manoranjan.ghosh@ssla.edu.in
Prof. Somnath Ghosal, Centre for Rural Development and Innovative Sustainable Technology, Indian Institute of Technology …
Convenors:
Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, m.woods@aber.ac.uk
Damian Maye, University of Gloucestershire, dmaye@glos.ac.uk
Chi-Mao Wang, National Taiwan University, chimaowang@ntu.edu.tw
In a recent paper in Dialogues in Human Geography, Wang et al (2023) propose a new framework for ‘planetary rural geographies’. The …
Prof. Sarah Neal (University of Sheffield)
Dr Anna Gawlewicz (University of Glasgow)
Dr Jesse Heley (Aberystwyth University)
Rhys Dafydd Jones (Aberystwyth University)
Rural spaces have always been defined by mobility even as they have been presented as fixed and static. …
Convenors:
Dr Richard Byrne, Dr Fiona Williams, Dr Kreseda Smith
Harper Adams University
For many, rural environments are an escape from the chaos and frenzy of urban lifestyles. As such they are often idealised and romanticised to the point where …
The RGS Annual Conference 2024 call for sessions is open, and we would like to invite anyone interested in organising an RGRG-sponsored session to submit a proposal.
We ask that proposals are relevant to the conference theme of Mapping, …
The following sessions will be sponsored by the RGRG this year. Please follow the links below to find out more about each session.
The true cost of decarbonising rural spaces: challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
Session conveners: Théo Lenormand (tlenormand@glos.ac.uk) and Emanuele Amo (ema18@aber.ac.uk)
Keywords: Rural geography, Crisis, Change, Social science, Countryside
This annually held Rural Geography Research Group session looks to explore new and emerging ideas across rural geography by discussing the work of …