Janet Dwyer
MA (Natural Sciences), PHD (Agricultural Economics)
Professor of Rural Policy and Co-Director of CCRI
Tel +44 (0) 1242 714128
jdwyer@glos.ac.uk
Profile
Janet joined the CCRI in 2002. She directs and undertakes research related to agriculture, the environment and rural development. Her research expertise centres on European and UK rural development policy and practice, with particular interest in integrated approaches, environmental sustainability and institutional adaptation. Janet is well-known in policymaking circles in the UK and EU, has skills in facilitation and consensus-building, and is a regular speaker at international conferences. Recent projects include a farmer-centred pilot for delivering ecosystem services; a major, EU-27 study of Rural Development Impacts, which developed recommendations for future policy; and ongoing expert support to the European Network for Rural Development.
Recent Publications
Book contributions
Dwyer, J. (2007) Chapter 3 Agriculture, pp.69-89 in OECD (2007), Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Political Economy Aspects. OECD, Paris.
Dwyer, J. and Guyomard, H. (2006) International trade, agricultural policy reform and the multifunctionality of EU agriculture: a framework for analysis. pp.187-202 in Kaditi, E. and Swinnen, J. (eds.) Trade agreements, multifunctionality and EU agriculture. Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels.
Alexopolous, Y., Baldock, D., Damianos, D. and Dwyer, J. (2006) Multifunctionality and the implications for EU policies. pp.299-317 in Kaditi, E. and Swinnen, J. (eds.) Trade agreements, multifunctionality and EU agriculture. Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels.
Refereed papers
Mills, J., Gibbon, D., Ingram, J., Reed, M., Short, C. and Dwyer, J. (2011) Organising collective action for effective environmental management and social learning in wales. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 17(1) pp. 69 – 83
Dwyer, J. (2010). UK Land use futures: policy influence and challenges up to 2060. Land Use Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.12.002.
Bradley, D., Dwyer, J. and Hill, B. (2010) The Evaluation of Rural Development Policy in the EU (pages 15–20) Eurochoices Article. First published online: 1 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-692X.2010.00148.
Mills, J., Dwyer, J. C., Boatman, N. D., Pietravalle, S., Parry, H. R., Crocker, J., Irving, P. V. & Turley, D. B. (2009) Linking statistical models to spatial representations of change in populations of Skylark Alauda arvensis: a case study. Ibis.
Dwyer, J., Bradley, D. & Hill, B. (2008) Towards an Enhanced Evaluation of European Rural Development Policy: Reflections on UK Experience. Economie Rural.
Dwyer, J. and Findeis, J. (2008) Human and Social Capital in Rural Development; EU and US Perspectives, EuroChoices, Special Issue on EU and US Rural Development Policies, 7,7.
Dwyer, J., Ward, N., Lowe, P. and Baldock, D. (2007) European Rural Development Under The Common Agricultural Policy's 'Second Pillar': Institutional conservatism and innovation. Regional Studies, Vol. 41.7, pp. 115.
Contract reports
Dwyer, J. and Short, C. (2011, in draft) An ecosystem services pilot in the South West – building a framework for delivery. Report to Exmoor National Park Authority and Natural England.
Dwyer, J., Pereira, S., Berriet-Solliec, M. and Lataste, F. (2011) TWG4 Step 2 Case study – the delivery system of rural development policy in France. ENRD, Brussels.
Mills, J., Lewis, N. and Dwyer, J. (2010) Unpacking the Benefits of LEAF Membership: a qualitative study to understand the added value that LEAF brings to its farmer members. LEAF, Stoneleigh.
Dwyer, J and Kirwan, J (2010) TWG4 Step 1 Case study – The delivery system of rural development policy in Ireland. ENRD, Brussels.
Dwyer, J, Condliffe, I, Short, C and Pereira, S. (2010) Sustaining marginal areas: the case of the English uplands. RuDI Case Study WP8 report. CCRI, Cheltenham. At www.rudi-europe.net
Gaskell, P., Dwyer, J., Jones, J., Jones, N., Boatman, N., Condliffe, I., Conyers, S., Ingram, J., Kirwan, J., Manley, W., Mills, J., and Ramwell, C. (2010) Economic and environmental impacts of changes in support measures for the English Uplands: An in-depth forward look from the farmer’s perspective. Final report to the Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory programme by the Countryside and Community Research Institute and the Food and Environment Research Agency Central Science Laboratory.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Pereira, S. (2009) WP7 D 7.1 Outline framework and instructions for case study selection. Also WP7, D.7.2 RuDI case study framework. At www.rudi-europe.net.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Pereira, S. and Thomson, K. (2009) RDP policy design – Work Package 2 overview report. Part of the online publications of the RuDI Seventh Framework EU research project. At www.rudi-europe.net.
Crosta, N., Bryce, B. A., Trapasso, R. (OECD), Dwyer, J. (CCRI) and Fonte, M. (University of Naples). (2009) Rural Policy Review: Italy. OECD, Paris.
Hyder Consulting and ADAS, with Dwyer, J. (2009) Ex-post evaluation of the England Rural Development Programme, 2000-06. Report to Defra and the European Commission. Vol.1. Main report.
Hyder Consulting and ADAS, with Dwyer, J. (2009) Ex-post evaluation of the ERDP 2000-06. Vol.2. Recommendations for future monitoring and evaluation. Report to Defra.
Hyder Consulting and ADAS, with Dwyer, J. (2009) Ex-post evaluation of the ERDP 2000-06. Vol.3. Implications for the future of CAP support beyond 2013. Report to Defra.
Mills, J., Dwyer, J., Ingram, J., Simpson, R., Oostindie, H., Primdahl, J., Bojesen, M., Powell, N. and Powell, S. (2009) EU environmental regulations in agriculture. Report for the Environment Agency.
Mills, J., Dwyer, J., Taylor, J. and Reed, M. (2009) Smarter sustainable land management – an assessment of the policy framework from the land manager’s perspective. Report to the National Trust, May.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Pereira, S. and Thomson, K. (2009) Rural Development Programme Policy Design: Overview Report. Work package 2 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). February.
Dwyer, J., Mantino, F., Schiller, S., Baldock, D., Farmer, M., Knickel, K., Prazan, J., Trantinova, M., Lewis, N., Thomson, K., Kambites, C., Kirwan, J., Tarangioli, S., Monteleone, A., Bolli, M., Clark, M., Bradley, D., Bartley, J., Hart, K., Keenleyside, C. (2008) Rural development instruments review. Report to DG Agriculture, European Commission. July.
Dwyer, J. and Ingram, J. (2008) UK and Ireland reports for Agrosynergie: Évaluation des mesures concernant les organisations de producteurs dans le secteur des fruits et legumes. Report to DG Agriculture of the European Commission, July 2008, Brussels. See http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eval/index_en.htm#rep1
Boatman, N., Ramwell, C., Parry, H., Jones, N., Bishop, J., Gaskell, P., Short, C., Mills, J. and Dwyer, J. (2008) A Review of environmental benefits supplied by agri-environmental schemes. Report to LUPG. Available to download from www.lupg.org.uk
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J. and Thomson, K. (2008) RDP Policy Design Report for the United Kingdom. Work package 2 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). October.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J. Thomson, K., Clark, M. Kambites, C. Lewis, N. and Molnarova, A. (2008) Review of Rural Development Instruments. DG Agri project 2006-G4-10. Final Report. (With colleagues at INEA, IfLS, IEEP, VUZE, AgraCeas Consulting Ltd). July.
Dwyer, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Thomson, K. and Pereira, S. (2008) Priorities in rural development policies. Country profiles on rural characteristics. Work package 1 of the EU-funded project RuDI (Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies). May.
Mills, J., Ingram, J., Reed, M., Short, C., Gibbon, D. and Dwyer, J. (2008) Evaluation of key factors that lead to successful agri-environmental co-operative schemes. Final report to WAG.
MacDonald, N., Dwyer, J., Groves, S., Dinsdale, K., Kirwan, J. and Ingram, J. (2006) The influence of produce protocols on water use and land management. EA project A20. Unpublished report to the Environment Agency of England and Wales.
Swales, V., Farmer, M., Keenleyside, C., Slee, R.W. and Dwyer, J. (2006) The Environmental Contribution of LEADER+ in the UK. Land Use Policy Group.
Dwyer, J. and Silcock, P. (2006) Comparison of set-aside and cross-compliance requirements in the UK, Germany and France. Unpublished report to Defra.
Dwyer, J., Ingram, J., Mills, J. and Gaskell, P. (2006) OBS02: CAP reform: implications of farm level change for environmental outcomes. Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory (ACEO).
Dwyer, J. and Boatman, N. (2006) OBS 04 Summary report: The environmental implications of the 2003 CAP reforms in England. Defra ACEO.
Silcock, P., Dwyer, J. and Swales, V. (2005) Assessment of the impact of CAP Reform and other key policies on upland farms and land use implications in both severely disadvantaged & disadvantaged areas of England. Defra.
Other publications
(2009) Response to the CRC inquiry into the future for England’s upland communities, April. With Short, C.
(2008) Response to the No 10 Policy Unit’s Food Policy review, March.
(2008) Response to the Defra informal consultation on the proposed new Upland Entry Level Scheme (UELS), September. With Short, C. and Mills, J.
(2008) Response to the RELU paper on Land Use challenges. With Ingram, J.
International presentations
Dwyer, J. and Blandford, D. (2011) Towards an enhanced evaluation of rural development policy: insights from EU and US approaches. Paper prepared for presentation at the 122nd EAAE Seminar Evidence-Based Agricultural and Rural Policy Making, February 2011, Ancona.
Dwyer, J., Pereira, S., Mikk, M., Peepson, A. and Thomson, K. (2010) RDP capacities, changing governance styles and the new challenges. Paper prepared for presentation at the 118th seminar of the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists), ‘Rural development: governance, policy design and delivery’ Ljubljana, Slovenia, August.
Dwyer, J. (2009) Improving coherence and co-ordination between policy and funds for rural areas. Closing presentation at the seminar on Rural and Regional Policy held by DG Regio of the European Commission, Brussels, 1 October 2009.
Dwyer, J. and Hill, B. (2009) Rural (and regional) development policies in the EU and their evaluation. Paper given at the workshop Processes of agricultural policy reform: evaluation of public policies for rural development, OECD Paris, June 15-16, 2009.
Dwyer, J. and Maye, D. (2009) The second wave of CAP rural development programmes: insights from policy design, delivery and context. Paper given at the 2009 Joint one-day conference of the UK Agricultural Economics Society and the Agricultural Economics Society of Dublin. Dublin, 1 April 2009.
(2008) The effects of the 2003 CAP reforms on environmentally sustainable land management. Presentation at the OECD in Paris. July.
(2008) Chair of a session on the evaluation of agricultural and rural policies at a conference in Strasbourg organized by La Société Française de l'Évaluation and la DeGEval-Gesellschaft für Evaluation. 3-4 July.
(2007) The State of the Rural Environment in Europe: What challenges and opportunities for future policy? Paper and presentation at the conference: 'Future policies for Rural Europe 2013 and beyond'. Land Use Policy Group/ Bundesministerium für Naturschutz, Brussels, September 2007. Full paper and PowerPoint available at www.lupg.org.uk
(2006) New trends in food consumption and marketing in the EU. Presentation to the Horizons in Livestock Sciences conference. Australia 6-15 October.
(2006) International Trade, Agricultural Policy Reform and the Multifunctionality of European Agriculture: A Framework for Analysis. Paper presented at the final ENARPRI conference on trade and multifunctionality, Brussels, June. With Guyomard, H.
(2006) Transition Issues In Subsidy Reform In Agriculture: The EU Case. Presentation to the OECD Workshop on subsidy reform and sustainable development, Helsinki, 20-21 June. Published in OECD.
(2007), Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Political Economy Aspects.
(2006) Monitoring and Evaluation of EU Rural Development Programmes. Paper presented at the joint UK Agricultural Economics Society/Societe Francaise de l'Economie Rurale seminar 'New Frontiers for Agricultural and Rural Policy in Europe'. Paris, March. With Bradley, D. and Hill, B.
(2006) Green living: the state of agriculture and sustainability in Britain. Presentation to the 20th Annual British Bavarian Seminar. Organised by Wilton Park, Dillingen, Bavaria.
External presentations in the UK and other activities
Dwyer, J. (2011) CAP reform – the broader picture. FWAG Cyntaf seminars, 6-7 April.
Dwyer, J. and Short, C. (2011) Beyond agri-environment: a new approach to ecosystem services delivery in Exmoor. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the UK Agricultural Economics Society, Warwick, April 2011.
(2008) Two applications of qualitative farmer attitude and behaviour analysis for policy. Presentation given in the Symposium on understanding farmer behaviour, Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference, Cirencester, April.
(2008) Upland farming policy in Europe: the road ahead. Presentation to the Exmoor Society Annual Conference, May.
(2008) Principles for use in designing and implementing advisory initiatives to stimulate positive environmental behaviour by land managers. Rural Futures Conference 2008, 1-4 April, University of Plymouth, UK. With Blackstock, K., Mills, J., Ingram, J., Slee, B., Burton, R., Taylor, J. and Brown, K.
(2008) Modelling Spatial Impacts of Agricultural Land Use Change Scenarios in England. IALE UK Conference ‘Landscape Ecology and Conservation’, University of Cambridge, 8-10 September. With Boatman, N.D., Parry, H. R., Pietravalle, S. and Mills, J.
(2007) Presentation at Agra Europe's 5th Annual Conference on Rural Development in Europe, London. November.
(2007) The role of human and social capital in rural development — EU experience, presentation to a joint US-EU workshop on Rural Development held at Wye College.
(2006) Chair of sessions at the IEEP, UK ENARPRI and UK Agricultural Economics Society seminar, 'Agricultural Trade and Policy Reform: Where is the Action?', Wye College.
(2007) Can Markets Deliver Green Farming? 'an evaluation of produce protocols and supply chain relationships. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Agricultural Economics Society (AES) Conference, University of Reading, England, 2 - 4 April. With Kirwan, J. and Ingram, J.
(2007) Presentation to Spring Conference of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) on 'Social Impacts of Change in Agriculture',, in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. With Lobley, M.
(2007) Presentation to annual conference of Defra's Catchment Sensitive Demonstration Farms Initiative officers, in Warwick.
(2007) Member of a 6-person ‘jury’ to examine a PhD thesis at the University of Bourgogne, Dijon, on the subject of the role of the regions in redefining agricultural policy.
(2006) Presentation to the Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory Programme: Stakeholder Seminar, Defra, London. October.
(2006) The implications of the new EU Rural Development programme for the South West of England, SWCoRE Conference, Taunton. March.
(2006) The Future for Agriculture and the Landscape. Presentation given at Wye Valley AONB Joint Advisory Committee seminar, February.
2004-2007 External examiner, University of Aberdeen (Land Economy/Human Geography Masters programmes).
Public service activities
Member of the National Trust's Land Use and Access Panel of expert advisers, 2006-
Currently expert adviser to the EU Court of Auditors' evaluation of Agri-Environmental Policies in the EU.
Currently expert adviser to the European Environment Agency in its work on CAP funding and the environment.
UK Agricultural Economics Society, 1986 - 2005, and 2009 ongoing. (Executive Committee Member, 2004-8).
Member of the panel of reviewers for the Teagasc Rural Economy Research Series, Republic of Ireland
