The Group currently has members drawn from academia, policy makers and others interested in the development of rural geography here Activities include:

Regular and varied sessions held at the Society’s annual conference and at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference

A large and active group of early-career researchers and postgraduates who come together for the New and Emerging Rural Researchers’ sessions at the Annual Conference.

Regular joint meetings held in the UK and abroad with counterpart bodies in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, the U.S.A. and Canada

The production of two newsletters a year which contain full details of our activities and other events of interest to people with an involvement in rural geography

Annual prizes for the best Masters and Undergraduate dissertations in a subject area related to Rural Geography

Close links with other groups interested in rural issues