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Summer School “Rural Development Beyond Agriculture: Perspectives and Potentials”

Date: 
31/05/2013
Excerpt: 
Summer School "Rural Development Beyond Agriculture: Perspectives and Potentials". Organisation/Location: The University of Applied Forest Sciences, Rottenburg (HFR), in collaboration with and through funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and in co-operation with the Annual Conference "Tropentag".

Post-Doc Position in Critical Agrarian and Environmental Studies / Political Ecology

Date: 
15/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Staff Group "Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies" at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdem, is looking for a Postdoctoral researcher in the field of: Agrarian and Environmental Studies (AES).
funding

XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology

Date: 
29/07/2012
Excerpt: 
The Call for Abstracts for the XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology: "The New Rural World. From Crisis to Opportunities" is open until the 12 January, 2012. A list containing session topics and their respective organizers has been released now.

Post-Doc in Agricultural/Rural Studies at the IAMO China Center

Date: 
15/05/2012
Excerpt: 
The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), located in Halle, Germany, is currently calling for applications for a position as Post-doc researcher at the IAMO China Center to work on issues of agricultural and rural development, and food production and consumption in China. ...

PhD position in International Agricultural Economics/Rural Development

Date: 
30/04/2012
Excerpt: 
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at the University of Göttingen currently offers a 50% full time PhD student position for a duration of three years (E13 TV-L German public sector pay scale). The starting date is 1 July, 2012, or upon agreement. Application deadline: April 30, 2012 or until position is filled.

Advanced Course: Decision Support Systems for the Development and Environmental Management of Rural Areas

Date: 
19/03/2012
Excerpt: 
In this course participants will be introduced to ways in which decisions can be made in a more informed and structured manner as a prelude to more detailed understanding of the components of DSS and their integration and application. ...

New EC Project: Optimal Strategies for Climate Change Action in Rural Areas (OSCAR)

Date: 
06/02/2012
Excerpt: 
A new project was funded by the European Commission to explore ways to optimally design climate change policies via the EU’s rural development programme. The project will involve evaluating rural development measures and operations using Life Cycle Assessment coupled with an Adaptive Capacity Impact Assessment on ecosystem services. ...
policies

Postdoctoral Researcher "Agrarian and Environmental Change" at the ISS, The Hague

Date: 
30/01/2012
Excerpt: 
The staff group "Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies" at the ISS in The Hague has a vacancy for a Postdoctoral researcher "Agrarian and Environmental Change" for a period of 2.5 years. ...

A Rural Typology for Strategic European Policies

Date: 
25/01/2012
Excerpt: 
The role that the agricultural sector plays in rural areas has considerably changed in the last decades, and is reflected in a major shift towards multi-dimensional, multi-sectoral land use. The rural typology presented in this paper has been produced as a response to a new policy need for typologies addressing the diversity in regional rurality.
publications

Conference: “Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas"

Date: 
15/11/2011
Excerpt: 
The University of Hohenheim, Germany, is organising a conference on sustainable land use and rural development in mountain areas. This conference takes places in the framework of the "Uplands Program". The deadline for registration is 15 Feburary, 2012.