Collaborating Partners
Working with others as well as for others allows synergies and a cross fertilisation of ideas and also increases grant and research possibilities. The CCRI continues to work in partnership with many different organisations in both the UK and internationally.
Consultancies
Association for Commons Registration Authorities ACRA has been assisting the CCRI by providing details of successful and unsuccessful Town and Village Green applications as part of the Defra project looking at the character and links to planning of these areas.
Asken Ltd Ken Taylor has collaborated with Janet Dwyer on the RUDI project and with Chris Short on the ‘non-market benefits of Environmental Stewardship’ and the ‘Town and Village Greens project’. Ken also has worked with Nigel Curry on the Scottish Natural Heritage project ‘assessing future recreation demands.’
Abacus Organic Associates Matt Reed has worked with Stephen Biggs from Abacus Organic Associates on the Defra project ‘characterisation of markets for organic goods’.
ADAS Members of CCRI staff have worked with ADAS on three Defra projects: ‘estimating the non market benefits of environmental stewardship’, ‘evaluation of the cross compliance programme’, and ‘ex-post evaluation of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) 2000-06’.
BDOR Malcolm Moseley and Stephen Owen have worked with Jeff Bishop from BDOR on the Irish Heritage Council project ‘evaluation of village design statements in Ireland’.
Campden BRI Members of CCRI staff have been working with Campden BRI in two research areas: protocols and food standards, and branding cues and food quality.
Central Science Laboratory (now part of the Food & Environment Research Agency, FERA) CCRI staff have worked closely with Nigel Boatman, Alan McLeod and Steve Parker from FERA on a number of projects, which include the ‘growing risk’ project funded by ESRC. They have also collaborated on four Defra projects: ‘evaluation of the cross compliance programme’, ‘estimating the non-market impacts of plant diseases on land use and the UK rural economy’, ‘estimating the incidental socio-economic impacts of Environmental Stewardship’ and ‘ex post evaluation of England’s Rural Development Plan’.
Forum Heritage Services Bob Edwards worked with Peter Gaskell on the English Heritage project ‘historic farm buildings: constructing the evidence base uptake’.
Foundation for Common Land The recently formed Foundation for Common Land is one of the co-sponsors of the 8th National Seminar on Common Land to be held in September 2009. One of the founders, John Thorley, will be chairing the morning session and other members will be contributing to the event.
Gloucestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Members of the CCRI have been in discussions with Gloucestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group regarding the evaluation of a community-based conservation project that has developed an innovative participatory framework aimed at involving local communities in the management of local areas.
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) In May 2009 the University of Gloucestershire signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the GWT to work more closely in the areas of volunteering, teaching, communications and research. Chris Short, a long-standing member of the Trust, is chairing the group. During 2009 and beyond the CCRI and the GWT will continue to work closely together on developing research proposals.
Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd Janet Dwyer worked with Hyder Consulting on an OECD review of rural Italy in 2008, and the ‘ex-post evaluation of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) 2000-06’.
Institute of Grocery Distribution As part of the RELU 'growing Risk' project on plant disease, Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye have shadowed the activities of Dr Peter Whitehead and colleagues in relation to their food chain research.
National Farmers Union (NFU) Also as part of the 'growing Risk' project, Damian Maye and Brian Ilbery shadowed the activities of Dr Chris Hartfield and Paul Chambers to learn more about the NFU and their lobbying activities, especially in relation to horticulture, combinable crops and plant health, and notably the recent changes to the pesticide regulations.
Transition Stroud Matt Reed, James Kirwan and Chris Short have been meeting with members of Transition Stroud to contemplate how this initiative can be linked with the mainstream farming discussion groups. They are currently considering the development of a discussion group through the Regional Enterprise Gateway opportunity provided by the England Rural Development Programme and the Royal Agricultural College.
CCRI is working with several partners as part of the ESRC CASE and Great Western Research Studentship Awards. Partnerships have been formed with the National Trust, Tamar Consulting, Woodland Renaissance Partnership, the Association of Chief Estate Surveyors (ACES), the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) and the Forestry Commission.
Universities
CCRI has collaborated with a number of UK Universities and Research Institutions
Aberdeen University, Institute for Rural Research
Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye are working with Dr David Watts from the Institute for Rural Research on farm tenancy and property relations. They have also collaborated on three recent publications that arose from an earlier Defra funded project on farm tenancy.
Aberystwyth University
Iwan Owen and Penri James from Aberystwyth University are working with Matt Reed and Pete Gaskell on the Welsh Assembly Government project ‘entry and exit from agri-environment schemes in Wales’.
University of Birmingham
Bob Ford from the University of Birmingham is working with Jane Mills, Janet Dwyer and Chris Short on the Defra project ‘estimating the incidental socio-economic impacts of Environmental Stewardship’.
City University, London
Damian Maye and Brian Ilbery have worked with Dr Martin Caraher and Dr Michelle Wu (City University) and Sara Ellis (Isle of Wight Rural Community Council) on a Big Lottery bid to examine food and health on the Isle of Wight.
University of Exeter
Brian Ilbery, Damian Maye, Paul Courtney, Matt Reed, Carol Kambites and James Kirwan worked with Matt Lobley from the Centre for Rural Policy Research on the Defra funded project ‘socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets’, which was led by Exeter University.
Nigel Curry is working with the Qualitative Research Unit at Exeter University on two projects: the ESRC funded project ‘grey and pleasant land’, which is part of the New Dynamics of Ageing research programme, and the Sports Council for Wales project, ‘Mentro Allan’.
Imperial College, London
Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye are working with the Imperial College on the ESRC RELU ‘growing risk’ project, which is led by Warwick University.
Macaulay Institute
Katrina Brown and Rachael Dilleyfrom the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute is working with Nigel Curry and Mike Clark on the Scottish Natural Heritage project ‘assessing future recreation demand’.
University of Plymouth
Catherine Hennessey is working with Nigel Curry on the ‘grey and pleasant land’ project.
Scottish Agricultural College
Malcolm Moseley is working with Sarah Skerratt and colleagues from the Scottish Agricultural College on a project looking at community facilities in rural Scotland.
University of Sheffield
Peter Bibby from the University of Sheffield has worked with Peter Gaskell on the English Heritage project ‘historic farm buildings: constructing the evidence’.
University of Warwick
Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye are part of the ESRC RELU ‘growing risk’ project, led by Peter Mills at Warwick HRI.
European and International Collaboration
The CCRI has a mature and robust network of partners across Europe enabling collaboration in European research contracts, conferences and seminars. This network makes a significant contribution to a fuller understanding of rural issues across Europe.
Paul Courtney and John Powell are currently working in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with Handicap International on a project to integrate rural development with mine action work.
Janet Dwyer and other members of CCRI staff are working with a number of European institutes on the EU FP7 project ‘assessing the impact of rural development policies (RuDi). . The partners in this project are: IFLS, Institute for Rural Development Research at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany; INEA, National Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rome, Italy; Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands; Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Federal Institute for Less Favoured and Mountainous areas, Vienna, Austria; Chair of Agricultural Economics, Policy and Law, Ljubljana University, Slovenia; NORDREGIO, Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, Stockholm, Sweden; CEET, Centre for Ecological Engineering, Tartu, Estonia; VUZE, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic.
Paul Courtney is working on the project ‘European development opportunities in rural areas’ led by Andrew Copus from the UHI Millennium Institute, (Scotland) with the following partners: Newcastle University; Scottish Agricultural College; University of Valencia; Nordregio; University of Patras; the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority; University of Ljubljana; Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Institute of Rural Studies; Federal Institute for Less-Favoured and Mountainous Areas; Dortmund University of Technology; Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences; Higher Institute of Agronomy. Portugal; Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; IOM International Organization for Migration/Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research, Poland. Paul Courtney is leading a programme of work examining the role of urban-rural interactions in facilitating European rural development opportunities as part of this project.
Janet Dwyer is working on the EU FP7 ‘CAP regionalized impact: the rural development dimension’ project, which also involves a large team of European organisations. The project is led by Wolfgang Britz from the Institute for Food & Resource Economics, Bonn University, Germany. Other partners are: Peter Weingarten, Von Thunen Institute, Germany; Dr Emil Erjavec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Dr Hanna Torma, Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland; Dr Hans Van Meijl, Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), the Netherlands; Dr Maria Luisa Paracchini & Dr Ignacio Perez, JRC (Joint Research Centre) units in Ispra, Italy and Seville, Spain; Middle East Technical University, Turkey and Dr Martin Farmer, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), London.
As part of the Environment Agency ‘EU regulations in agriculture’ project, Jane Mills has collaborated with Professor Jĝrgen Primdahl from the Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning at the University of Copenhagen; Henk Oostindie, from the Rural Sociology Department, Wageningen University and Dr Neil Powell, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish Agricultural University.
