ESPON study on rural development
Paul Courtney is involved in a study on European Development Opportunities for Rural Areas (EDORA).
The study, which is being coordinated by Andrew Copus at the University of Highlands and Islands and Petri Kahila of Nordregio, Sweden, is funded under the EUs ESPON 2013 programme. In the research, which involves 16 academic partners from across the European Union, Paul’s role is to lead a programme of work examining the role of urban-rural interactions in facilitating European rural development opportunities. The project will run for two years.
