Ruth Little
BA (Hons) (Geography); MRes (Human Geography)
Research Assistant
Tel +44 (0)1242 715377
rlittle@glos.ac.uk
Profile
Ruth joined the CCRI from Coventry University where she was in receipt of an ESRC-CASE studentship co-funded by the Soil Association. The PhD tied together research interests in agro-food geographies, alternative food networks and short food supply chains. She is currently working on a RELU project with Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye examining the potential impacts of plant disease on land use and the rural economy in the UK.
Refereed Papers
Little, R., Maye, D., Ilbery, B. (2010 - forthcoming) Collective purchase: moving local and organic foods beyond the niche market. Environment and Planning A.
International presentations
(2008) 'Buying groups and collective purchase: possibilities and neglected potential within alternative food networks'. Third Anglo-German Rural Geographers' Meeting, Oldenburg, Germany. June
(2007) 'Assessing the role of the buying group as a model for relocalising food production and consumption'. The Sixth Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian and American Geographers, Spokane, USA. July
External presentations in the UK and other activities (selected)
(2007/08) Postgraduate representative for the Rural Geography Research Group
(2008) Chair and convener of the 'New and Emerging Researchers in Rural Geography' session. RGS/IBG Annual International Conference, London. August
(2008) 'Participatory Action Research and Alternative Food Networks: Creating 'Useful' knowledges and Practical Outcomes'. RGS/IBG Annual International Conference, London. August
(2007) A panel member speaking on 'Co-operation and Sustainability'. UK Society for Co-operative Studies Annual Conference, Oxford. August
(2007) 'The Ethics of Scaling-Up Local and Organic Food: Collective Purchase and the Possibilities for Moving Beyond the Niche'. RGS/IBG Annual International Conference, London. August
(2007) 'Exploring the potentials of consumer buying groups'. Residential Co-operative Conference, Ulverston. March
(2006) 'Buying Groups: Creating Context and Concepts'. PGRG session at the RGS/IBG Annual International Conference, London. August
