Countryside and Community Research Institute
“An internationally excellent Research Institute” (REF, 2021).
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Latest news
Matt Reed and Pippa Simmonds record Podcast
CCRI Director Matt Reed and PhD student Pippa Simmonds have recently recorded a Podcast for the ‘People Place and Nature Podcast’ entitled ‘Farming, Sustainability, and the Food Cycle’.
About CCRI
CCRI – one of the largest specialist rural research
centres in the UK.
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Current research projects
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Evaluation of the annual Defra grant to Action for Communities in Rural England (ACRE)
The evaluation adopts a comprehensive mixed-methods approach to assess the annual grant support provided to ACRE by Defra, leveraging a Theory of Change (ToC) framework.
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UK Commercial Fishing Social Survey Pilot
This project is an extension of previous Fisher Social Survey work undertaken by the team, leveraging the insights and methodologies established in the previous stages. The focus of this phase is to conduct two pilot survey rounds to gather data on the fishing industry and its stakeholders.
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Rural Wales Local Policy and Innovation Partnership
This three-year programme will focus on the challenges of building a regenerative economy, supporting the net zero transition, enhancing health, wellbeing and access to services, and empowering communities and culture, including Welsh language revitalisation.