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People moving to the countryside: resurgent again in COVID-19 times… but are they staying?

Published on February 8, 2022 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

Session organisers: Keith Halfacree (Swansea University) and Andrew Maclaren (University of Aberdeen)

Permanent residential migration, an established Geography mainstay, has long been
a topic of considerable interest for diverse scholars of rural studies. Whilst some
have examined migration away from …

New and Emerging Rural Researchers: Rural Research at a time of transition.

Published on February 8, 2022 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

Session convenors: Hannah Budge (Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, h.budge2@newcastle.ac.uk) and Natasha Coleman (Swansea University, 899535@swansea.ac.uk)

Session format: 2 sessions, to include paper presentations and facilitated group discussion. In-person live and online pre-recorded presentations are welcome.

This session is …

Escape to the Country: realities, challenges and opportunities for rural tourism and leisure ‘beyond recovery’

Published on February 8, 2022 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

Session conveners: Dr Eifiona Thomas Lane (Prifysgol Bangor University), Professor Lois Mansfield (University of Cumbria) and Rebecca Jones (Prifysgol Bangor University).

Session format: One in-person session. Key notes and case study presentations drawing from a wide range of practitioner, professional …

Adapt our farms for Climate Change: Mission Impossible?

Published on December 15, 2021 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

In this blog post, Théo Lenormand, PhD Student at the Countryside and Community Research Institute, discusses how long-term holistic thinking can be the key to farm adaptations in the face of climate change.

Climate change is happening, and …

Seeking Storied Landscapes: combining virtual & in-situ research with shooting estate communities during a pandemic

Published on October 25, 2021October 27, 2021 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

Natasha Coleman
Twitter: ncc_96
Swansea University PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr Keith Halfacree, funded by ESRC Wales DTP.

Across the rural UK, the so-called ‘sporting estate’ remains a historical continuum yet their present status is increasingly diverse and continuing …

Where do we go to eat (now)? Rethinking food systems in disruptive times

Published on February 8, 2021September 7, 2021 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

Over the last year food has featured in the news in an unprecedented way. The Covid-19 pandemic and the private and policy responses to its impacts have laid bare the vulnerabilities and the injustices of food systems. In the UK, …

The water pollution blame game: governance and power relations in managing diffuse water pollution from agriculture

Published on February 8, 2021May 22, 2021 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

As intensive livestock farming has proliferated, externalities such as water pollution have become increasingly concerning, largely due to the associated biodiversity loss and human health risks. Government action to reduce the contributions of agriculture to water pollution is mobilised through …

Reconfiguring farmed animal health and welfare: exploring and transcending borders between spaces, times, species and knowledges

Published on February 8, 2021May 22, 2021 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

This session will explore emerging discourses and practices associated with persistent health and welfare issues affecting farmed animals. The session is interested in examining the constitution and effects of sets of material and conceptual borders within which farmed animal health …

Session title: Peripheral Regions and the Big Challenges for the 21st Century

Published on February 8, 2021May 22, 2021 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

Conveners: Dr Megan Palmer-Abbs (NRI) & Dr Camilla Risvoll (NRI)

Peripheral Regions are often the earliest and hardest hit by Climate Change events.  Much research has been orchestrated which seeks to identify and mitigate both the predicted impacts, and real …

RGS Call for new sessions for 2021 RGS with IBG Conference

Published on December 24, 2020 by RGRG_Admin Category: Uncategorized

The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2021 will take place at the Royal Geographical Society in London.  The format for sessions is either in person or online sessions, there will be no hybrid sessions this year.  The conference will take place …

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