WORKING GROUPS
WG01 “Where are you really, from?” Migration and belonging in a mobile rural
WG01_1 “Where are you really, from?” Immigration and impacts
WG01_2: “Where are you really, from?” Transnational interaction and relationships
WG01_3: “Where are you really, from?” Belonging, identity and happiness
WG02 The art of making oneself attractive: Identity and reputation as a selling argument
WG03 Cultural transformations of rural areas
WG03_1: Cultural transformations of rural areas: Community transformation and adaptation
WG03_2: Cultural transformations of rural areas: Changes in places and infrastructure
WG04 Locally-controlled communications as a strategy for solidarity and survival
WG05 Municipalities in Northern peripheries: Service provision – resilience – democracy
WG05_1 Municipal structure and municipal reforms
WG05_2: Rural municipal services
WG05_3: Local democracy and participation
WG06 The politics of the rural: Social mobilization, urbanization and democracy in practice
WG07 Political practices of rurality and local practices of policy
WG07_1 Political practices of rurality: Policies for municipal and community development
WG07_2: Political practices of rurality: Policies for sustainable development: Governance, collaboration and structures
WG09 Regional universities and regional knowledge building
WG09_1: Universities and regional knowledge building
WG09_2: Regional universities and community development
WG10 Local schools in rural contexts – threatened, disputed and defended
WG10_1 Local schools in rural contexts I
WG10_2 Local schools in rural contexts II
WG10_3 Local schools in rural contexts III
WG11 Local development and civil society in Russia and other previous socialist countries
WG12 The evolution of home: Experiential variations of rural housing in space and time
WG12_1: The evolution of home: Experiential variations of rural housing in space and time I
WG12_2: The evolution of home: Experiential variations of rural housing in space and time II
WG13 Controversies of tourism
WG13_1: Controversies of tourism: Local development issues
WG13_2: Controversies of tourism: Future growth and coping strategies
WG14 Rural business and economy
WG14_1: Rural business and economy: Landscape and nature as assets
WG14_2: Rural business and economy: Rural business in various contexts
WG14_3: Rural business and economy: Rural entrepeneurship
WG15 Benchmarking innovative capacity in rural and indigenous communities in changing times
WG15_1: Model Forest and Biosphere Reserves as concepts
WG15_2: Natural resources, rural societies and landscape management
WG16 Social and economic innovations and development in rural territories of the Arctic
WG16_1: Social and economic innovations and development in rural territories of the Arctic
WG16_2: Social and economic innovations and development in rural territories of the Arctic II
WG17 Large scale projects in small communities
WG19 Gender and rural development
WG19_1: Staying or leaving? Gendered (im)migration and rural development
WG19_2: Gender and rural development
WG21 Health care and welfare in rural areas
WG21_1: Health care and welfare in rural areas I
WG21_2: Health care and welfare in rural areas II
WG21_3: Health care and welfare in rural areas III
WG22 From drain to gain: Investigating the multi-local and relational rural
WG23 Rural development and the transition to the bioeconomy
WG23_1: Rural development and the transition to the bioeconomy: Bioeconomy paradigms
WG23_2: Rural development and the transition to the bioeconomy: Case studies
WG25 Closing the marine commons as a tool of resource governance
WG25_1: Closing the marine commons as a tool of resource governance: Small-scale fishing
WG25_2: Closing the marine commons as a tool of resource governance: Social impacts
WG25_3: Closing the marine commons as a tool of resource governance: Property rights, economics, and legal issues of limited entry
WG26 Changing agricultural practices and food systems
WG27 Blue economy I: Supporting changes in rural Nordic region
WG27_1: Blue economy I: Supporting changes in rural Nordic region
WG27_2: Blue economy II: Future opportunities
WG28 Crises of Nordic rural research? Where are we going?
WG28_1: Crises of Nordic rural research? Geneologies of Nordic Rural Research
WG28_2: Crises of Nordic rural research? The future of Nordic research
WG29 Research proposals and early stage research
WG34 Rural youth
WG34_1: Youth wellness and welfare
WG34_2: Youth vocation and education
WG34_3: Youth identity
WG35 Place and identity
WG35_1: Place and identity: Transformation and reinvention of ruralities
WG35_2: Place and identity: Identity, community and tourism
WG37 Landscape governance
WG37_1: Conceptualizing landscape governance
WG37_2: Engaging with landscape governance
Documentaries
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