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 …
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 …
Chairs: Cathy Smith (c.smith@rhul.ac.uk) and Kayla De Freitas, both of Royal Holloway University of London / Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society.
Abstract: In the context of climate change, landscape fires are increasingly visible in the media and of …
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
Abstract:
The provocative thesis of planetary urbanization has been countered in recent literature by calls for geographies of planetary ruralization (Krause, 2012; …
Convener: Andrew Grayson, Nottingham Trent University (andrew.g.grayson@ntu.ac.uk)
Abstract: This session is intended as an open forum to discuss and critically analyse planning approaches to rural areas, with a particular focus on sustainability and engaging with climate change. The planning system …
Conveners: Prof. Sarah Neal (University of Sheffield): s.neal@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Faye Shortland (University of Sheffield): f.l.shortland@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Anna Gawlewicz (University of Glasgow): Anna.Gawlewicz@glasgow.ac.uk
Dr Jesse Heley (Aberystwyth University): eyh@aber.ac.uk
Rhys Dafydd Jones (Aberystwyth University): rhj@aber.ac.uk
Abstract:
The last two decades have …
Convener: Dr Megan Palmer-Abbs
Session 1: The true cost of decarbonising rural spaces: challenges and opportunities of the 21st century
To keep adverse effects of climate change to manageable levels science has clearly identified that atmospheric levels of CO2 …
The RGS call for sessions is open and we would like to ask that any interested people submit a session proposal for RGRG sessions.
We ask that proposals are relevant to the RGS theme and equally RGRG issues topical for …
We are looking forward to welcoming rural researchers to Newcastle for our 50th anniversary. If you would like to attend, please REGISTER HERE by Friday 19th August 2022.
The conference will take place in Room 2.20, The Old Library, Newcastle …
Natasha Coleman (Swansea University) and Hannah Budge (Newcastle University).
“Farming is the land, it’s the history, identity, the business [itself], the present, the past, the hopes and dreams, the work…everything bleeds into everything else” (Bathurst Online Interview, 10th June 2021).…