Profile
Carol has worked in CCRI since completing her PhD in 2004, initially as a research assistant then as a research fellow. Carol’s research interests are mainly in sustainability, communities and social capital, local governance and the ways in which people relate to the places where they live. She has worked on a wide range of projects, using a variety of qualitative methods and is also experienced in qualitative analysis.
Recent Publications
Refereed papers
Kambites, C (2010) ‘Sustainability and Attitudes to Locality: The Discourse of Town and Parish Councillors’, Local Environment, 15 (9-10) pp.867-878
Short, C., Ilbery, B., Courtney, P., Kambites, C. & Boase, R. (2008) Exploring the interactions between land-based industries and communities in rural England. Journal of Farm Management, 13, 10.
Kambites, C. and Owen, S. (2006) Renewed prospects for green infrastructure planning in the UK, Planning Practice and Research, Vol. 21, (4), pp. 483-496.
Contract reports
Ilbery, B., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Courtney, P., Kambites, C. and Reed, M. (2009) Socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets: whole chain analysis. A report produced as part of the Defra commissioned research entitled: Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets. Defra project code: SFFSD 0605. January.
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.
Powell, J, Reed, M, Kambites, C and Lewis, N (2008) Exploring and Market and Non-Market Values of Cydcoed Intervention, Forest Research
Powell, J, Clark, M, Lewis, N and Kambites, C (2007) Participants, activities, and experiences: understanding the connections, CCW
Powell, J, Lewis, N and Kambites, C (2007) Managing Recreation on inland Waters in Wales: a review of Approaches, CCW
Kambites, C. and Moseley, M. (2007) Strengthening the Role of Rural Councillors: an analysis of evidence arising from the hearings of the CRC participation inquiry. Commission for Rural Communities.
Kambites, C. and Moseley, M. (2007) Strengthening the Role of Local Councillors: an analysis of the written evidence arising from the CRC participation inquiry. Commission for Rural Communities.
Owen, S., Kambites, C., Moseley, M. and Clark, M. (2007) Community-led plans in Oxfordshire: their potential contribution to strategic planning. The Oxfordshire Partnership.
Courtney, P., Short, C., Kambites, C., Moseley, M., Ilbery, B., Boase, R., Owen, S. and Clark, M. (2007) The Social Contribution of Land-based Industries to Rural Communities. Commission for Rural Communities.
Owen, S., Kambites, C., Lewis, N., Johnson, P. and Short, C. (2006) Green Infrastructure Planning in the Swindon urban-rural fringe. Great Western Community Forest.
Moseley, M. J., Owen, S., Johnson, P., Hayes, E., Clark, M., Curry, N., Ingram, J., Wragg, A., White, S., Kambites, C. and Milbourne, P. (2005). The Future of Services in Rural England: a scenario for 2015. Defra.
Moseley, M., Owen, S., Clark, M. and Kambites, C. (2005), Local Issues in Rural England: messages from the Parish Plans and Market Town Health-Checks. The Countryside Agency.
Slee, R.W., Lewis, N., Clark. M, Kambites, C, Taylor, M., and Wragg. A. (2005) The Upper Thames Heritage Project. Swindon Borough Council.
External presentations and other activities in the UK
Kambites, C. (2010) Communities in Transition . Webinar presentation as part of the CCRI Rural Policy Conference: Conflict or Consensus? The Next Decade of Rural Policy. Cheltenham, September.
(2008) My Village/my town: discourses of place in English towns and villages presentation to 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, Cheltenham, England
Public Service Activities
Member of Stonehouse Town Council
Stroud District Pedestrian and Cycle Forum.
Treasurer of Stroud Valleys Cycle Campaign.
Stroud Fair Trade Steering Group.
