CCRI and other VALERIE project partners met in Amsterdam on 20th to 21st June to test out the latest version of ask-Valerie.eu, a digital but knowledgeable ‘assistant-expert’ or ‘virtual adviser’ being developed for searching and retrieving relevant results from scientific sources.
While researching UKIP attitudes to renewable energy projects in rural Britain, Matt Reed uncovered how social media is being used to promote climate change scepticism. In his latest published paper, he demonstrates how UKIP is part of a wider wave of ‘anti-reflexive movements’, promoting distrust and doubt to further certain political ends.
A paper produced by CCRI providing insights into farmers’ willingness and ability to undertake environmental management has just been published in the Journal of Agriculture and Human Values.
Soil erosion has been trending in the media since the publication of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on Soil Health report on 2nd June, which warned that some of the most productive agricultural land in the country is at risk…
A VALERIE project workshop took place in Brussels on 1st June, which was attended by Julie Ingram together with representatives of national & regional farmer unions, AKIS Working Groups, the EIP-AGRI Service Point & EIP Operational Groups.
Janet Dwyer will be speaking at the Rural Services Network (RSN) 2016 rural conference, which will be held at the Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, on 6th and 7th September.
The CCRI welcomes today Marco Della Gala from the University of Calabria, who will be working in the CCRI for 20 months on a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship. Through an EU Horizon 2020 funded project called SOFIA, Marco will be creating ICT based tools, in particular mobile applications, to help people access local food.
CCRI researchers have co-authored two new books, which are available for free download. The first, 'Governance in City Food Systems', provides the reader with a general overview of urban governance of food systems. The second book follows on from the previous text and, through 8 case studies, explores the major issues that characterise the debate on the governance of food systems. Both publications are edited by Mark Deakin, Davide Diamantini and Nunzia Borrelli. Damian Maye, Dan Keech and Matt Reed are the contributing CCRI authors.
