Rural Economy and Society: Completed Projects

• Grey and Pleasant Land?: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Connectivity of Older People in Rural Civic Society
• Social and economic impacts of the Cod Recovery Plan (June 2011)
• Interdisciplinary learning in Environmental Sustainable Development (ESD) at taught postgraduate level: research-informed capacity building for curriculum development (October 2010 - July 2011)
• Providing guidance to the Serbian Ministry in the identification, screening and preparation of documentation for European Union Instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA) funded projects (April 2010 - July 2011)
• Social Impacts of Fishing (August 2009 - March 2011)
• Mentro Allan (April 2009 - May 2011)
• Bosnia & Herzegovina participatory mine action and development (PMAD) (2009-2011)
• European Development Opportunities for Rural Areas (EDORA) (2008-2010)
• Major Life Events (2008-2010)
• Assessing the impact of rural development policies (RuDi) (2008-2010)
• Evaluation of the Rural Activity Care Pathway in South Staffordshire. (January 2010 to July 2010)
• Rural Community adaptation to Climate Change Mapping Project (July 2009 to May 2010)
• The role of community-led planning in empowering communities and influencing strategic thinking. (October 2009 - January 2010)
• An assessment of business and area-based rural productivity. 2006-09
• Evaluation of the Impacts and Benefits of Severn Project 2009
• Urban-Rural linkages fostering Social Cohesion (July 2009)
• Ex-post evaluation of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) 2000-06 (March 2009)
• Assessing future recreation demands (February 2009)
• Review of rural development policy instruments (July 2008)
• Cydcoed evaluation project: exploring market and non-market values. (June 2008)
• Review of Village Design Statements in Ireland (2008)
• Community Facilities in Rural Scotland (2008)
• Social capital in rural places (June 2007)
• Community-led plans in Oxfordshire: their potential contribution to strategic planning (2007)
• Support for two district councils in their preparation of rural strategies (2007)
• Evaluation of rural governance and knowledge flows (2006/7)
• Funding of rural community buildings (mainly village halls) and their associated benefits (2006/7)
• Social contribution of land-based industries to rural communities (2006/7)
• Environmental Contribution of Leader+ in the UK (April 2006)
• Disadvantaged social groups in rural England: a survey of their access to services (2005)
• Assessing the impact of the work of Rural Community Councils (2005)