| RSN | Rural survey | Active | 2017 | 2017 | |
| EU Horizon 2020 | Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies (ROBUST) | Active | 2017 | 2021 | |
| LEAF | The effect and impact of LEAF Marque certification in the delivery of more sustainable farming: a study to understand the added value to farmers | Completed | 2017 | 2017 | Final Report |
| EU Horizon 2020 | Agridemo F2F | Active | 2017 | 2019 | |
| EU Horizon 2020 | Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems (SURE-Farm) | Active | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Defra | Enhanced Annual Implementation Report (EAIR) | Active | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Soil Association | Evaluation of Innovative Farmers programme | Active | 2016 | 2019 | |
| European Social Fund (ESF) and Big Lottery | Going the Extra Mile (GEM) | Active | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Defra / Adas | Ex-Post Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007-2013 | Current | 2016 | 2016 | |
| EU Horizon 2020 | SoilCare | Active | 2016 | 2021 | |
| Public Policy Institute for Wales | What works in Tackling Rural Poverty – An evidence review of rural poverty interventions | Active | 2016 | 2017 | |
| EU Horizon 2020 | SOFIA | Active | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Heather Trust | Economic analysis and project evaluation of the ‘Molland Graze the Moor' | Active | 2016 | 2019 | |
| EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme | SUFISA | Active | 2015 | 2019 | |
| Tudor Trust | Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation framework and a Forecast SROI for Hulme Community Garden Centre (HCGC) and to support the Growing Health network | Completed | 2015 | 2016 | |
| European Parliament AGRI | The role of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy in creating rural jobs | Completed | 2015 | 2016 | Full report |
| Severn and Wye Regional Flood and Coastal Committee/Stroud District Council | Rural Sustainable Drainage System (RSuDs) - Film production | Completed | 2015 | 2015 | |
| EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme | PEGASUS | Active | 2015 | 2018 | |
| Exmoor Hill Farming Network | State of Farming on Exmoor study | Completed | 2014 | 2015 | Download research summary |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | RECARE | Active | 2014 | 2019 | |
| OECD |
Fostering Green Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Training, Advisory Services and Extension Initiatives | Completed | 2014 | 2014 | Final report |
| Gloucestershire County Council | Active Together | Completed | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Defra | The ‘good farmer’: farmer identities and the control of exotic livestock disease in England | Completed | 2014 | 2015 | latest update |
| European Commission | Study on the competitiveness of European wines - UK case study | Completed | 2014 | 2014 | Download research summary |
| Soil Association | Evaluation of the Duchy Originals Future Farming Programme | Completed | 2014 | 2015 | |
| AHRC | Towards hydrocitizenship. Connecting communities with and through responses to interdependent, multiple water issues | Completed | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Leverhulme | ‘Artist in Residence’ grant - 'Sabrina Dreaming' | Completed | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Natural Resources Wales | Implementation of changes and updates to the national LANDMAP GIS database for Wales | Completed | 2014 | 2014 | |
| Forestry Commission | Forest of Dean Landscape Partnership – Evaluation | Active | 2014 | 2021 | |
| Heritage Lottery fund and the Welsh Government | Forgotten landscape project feasibility study and business plan | Completed | 2013 | 2013 | |
| Natural England | ES Monitoring & Evaluation Framework - Assessing the role of advice and support in the establishment of Higher Level Stewardship agreements Agri-environment monitoring theme: Higher Level Stewardship outcomes | Completed | 2013 | 2015 | Download research summary |
| Natural England | ES Monitoring & Evaluation Framework – Assessing the impact of advice and support on the outcomes of Higher Level Stewardship agreements Agri-environment monitoring theme: Higher Level Stewardship outcomes | Completed | 2013 | 2015 | Download project summary |
| Defra | Investigating the impact of proposed CAP reforms on farmers’ behaviour | Completed | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Natural England | Evaluating the effectiveness of Environmental Stewardship for the conservation of historic buildings | Completed | 2013 | 2014 | Final report |
| EU DG CLIMA. | Study on the analysis of climate hotspots in Member States as regards rural development (EAFRD) | Completed | 2013 | 2014 | |
| AHRC | In conversation with...:co-designing with more-than-human communities | Completed | 2013 | 2015 | |
| Defra |
Developing a Framework for a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Scheme in the Cotswolds | Completed | 2013 | 2014 | Final report |
| Defra | Evaluation of the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) | Active | 2013 | 2016 | |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | VALERIE | Active | 2013 | 2017 | |
| Defra | Alternative Service Delivery Models in Rural Areas | Completed | 2013 | 2013 | Download research summary |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | GLAMUR | Completed | 2013 | 2016 | Download research summary |
| The Prince’s Countryside Fund. Additional funding provided through Fells and Dales RDPE LEADER for Cumbria, and the Duchy of Cornwall for Dartmoor. | Evaluation of the Hill Farming Training Project Pilot | Completed | 2012 | 2013 | Download research summary |
| Defra | Evidence to support negotiations on future AGri-Env Schemes (AES) | Completed | 2012 | 2013 | Download final report |
| Defra | | Completed | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Defra | The Campaign for the Farmed Environment: evaluation of partnership, local and wider impacts | Completed | 2012 | 2012 | Final report |
Environment Agency;
Natural England | Cotwolds Water Park WILD project | Completed | 2012 | 2016 | Download Phase One summary |
| Welsh Historic Environment Group | Climate change and the historic environment of Wales | Completed | 2012 | 2012 | Download research summary |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | Supurbfood | Completed | 2012 | 2015 | Documents and final reports
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Defra
Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency | An exploration of factors that influence the expansion of the area affected by endemic bTB | Completed | 2012 | 2015 | |
| AHRC | Between the tides | Completed | 2012 | 2015 | |
| FWAG | Upper Thames Pilot Catchment | Completed | 2012 | 2014 | |
| European Parliament | How to improve sustainable competitiveness & innovation of EU agriculture | Completed | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Gloucestershire County Council | Mapping Community in Gloucestershire | Completed | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs in Malta | A strategic approach to Malta’s new Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020 | Completed | 2012 | 2013 | Download research summary |
| EC (DG AGRI) | Synthesis of mid-term evaluations of Rural Development Programmes 2007–2013 | Completed | 2012 | 2012 | Final report |
| Defra and Natural England | Economics of Co-ordination in Environmental Stewardship | Completed | 2012 | 2012 | Final report
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| European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development | Semi-Subsistence Farming – Value and Directions of Development | Completed | 2012 | 2013 | |
| SW Forum | Valuing the economic contribution of community development projects in Gloucestershire | Completed | 2011 | 2013 | |
| EU | Evaluation of CAP Measures Applied to the Wine Sector | Completed | 2011 | 2011 | Download research summary |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | SOLINSA | Completed | 2011 | 2014 | Download research summary |
| Making Local Food Work | Small scale food production | Completed | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Defra | Farmer attitudes to environmental management | Completed | 2011 | 2013 | Final report |
| Natural England | Evaluation of permissive access under Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) | Completed | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Rural Development Plan for Wales | Evaluation of the Commons Development Officer role under Glastir in Wales | Completed | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Local Food Programme | Local Food Programme: A Social Return on Investment Approach | Completed | 2011 | 2013 | |
| European Commission, in collaboration with the NSRAC (North Sea Regional Advisory Council) and NWW-RAC (North West Waters Regional Advisory Council) | Social and economic impacts of the Cod Recovery Plan | Completed | 2011 | 2011 | Download research summary |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | SmartSOIL | Completed | 2011 | 2015 | SmartSoil website |
| Defra and Natural England | Attitudinal Survey to Evaluate the Implementation of Uplands Entry Level Stewardship | Completed | 2010 | 2010 | Final report |
| Defra | Social Science study to accompany the Badger Vaccine Deployment Project | Completed | 2010 | 2015 | |
| Higher Education Academy | Interdisciplinary learning in Environmental Sustainable Development (ESD) at taught postgraduate level: research-informed capacity building for curriculum development | Completed | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Exmoor National Park Authority and Natural England | An ecosystem services pilot in the South West – building a framework for delivery | Completed | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Defra | Developing approaches to ex-post assessment of regulatory change impacts at the farm level: prototype study | Completed | 2010 | 2011 | Download research summary |
| Serbian Ministry for Agriculture, Trade, Forests and Water Management | 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 | Completed | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Forestry Commission | Woodland Wealth Appraisal for the East of England: update 2010 | Completed | 2010 | 2010 | |
Cornwall Development Company (CDC); South West Upland
Initiative Partners and SWRDA | South West Uplands Initiative (SWUI) project evaluation | Completed | 2010 | 2013 | Final report |
| Exmoor Mire Restoration Steering Group | Peatland Restoration on Exmoor – Review and Recommendations | Completed | 2010 | 2010 | Download research summary |
| European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP) | Assessment of single farm payment on graziers in UK & Ireland | Completed | 2010 | 2011 | |
| EU | Examining the impact of partial and full decoupling of CAP pillar 1 support in the EU IPA Programming and Project Preparation Facility | Completed | 2010 | 2010 | |
| LEAF | The Benefits of LEAF Membership: a qualitative study to understand the added value that LEAF brings to its farmer members | Completed | 2010 | 2010 | |
| Agriculture and Rural Development Directorate-General of the European Commission | Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and biodiversity study | Completed | 2010 | 2011 | Final Report |
| ESRC | Sustainable flood memories and the development of community resilience to future flood risk: a comparative study of three recently flooded communities (ESRC award) | Completed | 2010 | | |
| Defra | Study of Determined Town and Village Greens Applications | Completed | 2009 | 2009 | Final report |
| Defra | Methodology for assessing the environmental, economic and social characteristics of (organic and non-organic) farming systems | Completed | 2009 | 2012 | |
| 'New Dynamics of Ageing’ programme. collaboration between five UK Research Councils – ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and AHRC | Grey and Pleasant Land? | Completed | 2009 | 2012 | Download research summary |
| Sports Council for Wales | Mentro Allan | Completed | 2009 | 2011 | |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | CAPRI | Completed | 2009 | 2013 | Project website |
| PAN-WM, The Department of Health West Midlands, Sport England West Midlands and Natural England. | Evaluation of the Rural Activity Care Pathway in South Staffordshire | Completed | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Defra | Economic and environmental impacts of changes in support measures for the English uplands – an in-depth forward look from the farmer’s perspective for the Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory | Completed | 2009 | 2010 | Final report |
| Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT) | Local Food Programme evaluation | Completed | 2009 | 2014 | |
| Handicap International | Bosnia and Herzegovina participatory mine action and development (PMAD) | Completed | 2009 | 2011 | Download research summary |
| Defra | Social Impacts of Fishing (NEE 0902) | Completed | 2009 | 2011 | Final report |
| Defra | Economic Impacts of Environmental Stewardship | Completed | 2009 | 2010 | Download research summary |
| The role of community-led planning in empowering communities and influencing strategic thinking | Completed | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Arkleton Trust | Rural Community adaptation to Climate Change Mapping Project | Completed | 2009 | 2010 | |
| EU 7th Framework Programme | Assessing the impact of rural development policies (RuDi) | Completed | 2008 | 2010 | RuDI final conference |
| Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) | Policy Implications of the Post-modern countryside | Completed | 2008 | 2008 | Final report |
| Defra | Ex-post evaluation of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) 2000-06 | Completed | 2008 | 2009 | |
| UK Land Use Policy Group | A review of environmental benefits supplied by agri-environment schemes | Completed | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Commission for Rural Communities | Major life events | Completed | 2008 | 2010 | |
| ESPON 2013 Programme | European Development Opportunities for Rural Areas (EDORA) | Completed | 2008 | 2010 | Final report |
| Oxfordshire Partnership | Community-led plans in Oxfordshire: their potential contribution to strategic planning | Completed | 2007 | 2007 | Final report"> |
| Analysis of Socio-Economic Aspects of Local and National Organic Farming Markets | Completed | 2007 | 2009 | Download research summary
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| Government Office in the South West | Public Decision Making in Rural Areas | Completed | 2007 | | Download research summary |
| CADW and English Heritage | Scoping Study on the Socio-economic Benefits of Heritage in the National Parks | Completed | 2007 | 2008 | Download research summary |
| High Weald AONB and English Heritage | The Sustainable Development of Dispersed Settlement in the High Weald AONB | Completed | 2007 | 2007 | Download research summary |
| National Heritage Academy (South West) | Skilled labour for the heritage and rural landscape sector | Completed | 2007 | 2007 | Final report |
| ESRC RELU | Growing risk? The potential impacts of plant diseases on land use and the UK rural economy | Completed | 2007 | 2011 | Download research summary |
Great Western Community Forest, funded by North Wessex
Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Sustainable Development
Fund and Swindon Borough Council Planning Delivery Grant | Green Infrastructure Planning in the Swindon Urban-Rural Fringe | Completed | 2006 | 2006 | Download research summary |
| Commission for rural communities | Social contribution of Land-Based Industries to Rural Communities | Completed | 2006 | 2006 | Download research summary |
| Welsh Assembly | Identification of Delivery Mechanisms for Welsh Top Tier Agri Environment Schemes | Completed | 2006 | 2006 | Download research summary |
| Limestone Country Project | Completed | 2003 | 2006 | Download research summary
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| EU 5th Framework Programme | Suschain | Completed | 2003 | 2006 | Final report |
