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's research interests include European and UK policy for sustainable agriculture and rural development. Her recent work has included investigating the environmental and socio-cultural implications of EU and UK agricultural policy reforms, rural policy review work for OECD, and evaluating the design and delivery of EU rural development policy under the CAP. Methodological influences include socio-political and institutional economics, qualitative systems analysis and ecology. Janet was appointed Co-Director of the CCRI in May 2010, and the title of Professor was conferred in June 2010.
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
Dwyer, J. (2009 - in press) Future policy and legal commitments affecting UK Land Use. Paper prepared for the Land Use Futures foresight exercise. Land Use Policy.
Mills, J., Dwyer, J. C., Boatman, N. D., Pietravalle, S., Parry, H. R., Crocker, J., Irving, P. V. & Turley, D. B. (2009 - forthcoming) 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.
Mills, J., Dwyer, J. C., Boatman, N. D., Pietravalle, S., Parry, H. R., Crocker, J., Irving, P. V. & Turley, D. B. (2008 in press) Linking statistical models to spatial representations of change in populations of Skylark Alauda arvensis: a case study. Ibis.
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
Crosta, N., Bryce, B. A., Trapasso, R. (OECD), Dwyer, J. (CCRI) and Fonte, M. (University of Naples). (2009 - forthcoming) 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
2009) The second wave of CAP rural development programmes: insights from policy design, delivery and context. Paper presented at the AESI/AES conference, Dublin, 30 March.
(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
(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 Panel
Executive Committee member of the UK Agricultural Economics Society
Special Advisor to the Welsh Audit Office on policy review work
Member of the panel of reviewers for the Teagasc Rural Economy Research Series, Republic of Ireland
