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Format of the day:
9.50 – 10am Registration
10.00 am Welcome from the Chair
10.05 am PGR/ECR Presentations
11.15 am Covid 19 and research: digital shorts and discussion session
12am Break for lunch
1pm-2.30pm AGM
2.30pm – 4pm Virtual social
Running order and presentations for the PGR/ECR mini symposium are:
- The latest driving force of rural gentrification? How Digital Marketing is Influencing Processes of Rural Gentrification in England – Niamh McHugh, University of Leicester.
- Toward an integrative framework for the governance of sustainable agricultural innovation – Auvikki de Boon, University of Reading.
- ‘Agro-ecology and organic agriculture as a counterforce to (super-) productivist farming in Brazil: innovative strategies in a time of crisis‘ – Dr Felipe da Silva Machado (University of Plymouth)
- Politics and the Rural: (New) Spaces for Contentious Politics beyond the Urban – Viktoria Noka (University of Glasgow)
If you are interested in applying to be on the committee please send a short abstract (no more than 150 words) to meganpalmerabbs@btinternet.com supporting your application and if possible a nominee and seconder.