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Discussion Papers

These papers cover research, policy and methodological issues. They include agenda-setting pieces, results and commentaries on current policy developments.

2018

House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy - Call for Evidence
Frances Rowe, Dr Paul Cowie, Guy Garrod, Dr Menelaos Gkartzios, Dr Ruth McAreavey, Katie Aitken-McDermott, Professor Jeremy Phillipson, Dr Neil Powe and Professor Sally Shortall

After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in England
Guy Garrod, Anne Liddon, Jeremy Phillipson, Frances Rowe, Sally Shortall and Mark Shucksmith

Brexit: Implications for the rural north of England - Summary Report


2017

After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy
Guy Garrod, Anne Liddon, Jeremy Phillipson, Frances Rowe, Sally Shortall and Mark Shucksmith

After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Northern Ireland
Caroline Creamer, Guy Garrod, Claire Jack, Anne Liddon, Ruth McAreavey, David Meredith, Erin Sherry, Sally Shortall, Ian Shuttleworth, Michael Wallace

After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Scotland
Davy McCracken, Andrew Moxey, Lorna Philip, Sally Shortall, Mark Shucksmith


2016

Discussion Paper 37
The Concept of Food Security and the Future of World Food Prices
Ritson, C.

Discussion Paper 36
Some Implications of Brexit for UK Agricultural Environmental Policy
Franks, J.R.

Discussion Paper 35
Why Brexit?
Harvey, D. and Hubbard, C.


2015

Discussion Paper 34
A War of Words: The Construction of Food Sovereignty in the US & UK
Higgins, A. 


2014

Discussion Paper 33
Demographic Ageing and Rural Business: Issues for Research, Policy and Practice
Atterton, J. and Thompson, N.


2013

Discussion Paper 32
How do Community Organisations Innovate? The Case of Community Broadband Organisations
Talbot, H. and Richardson, R.


2012

Discussion Paper 31
Agri-environmental policy and urban sprawl: A general equilibrium analysis
Oueslati, W.


2011

Discussion Paper 30
Disaggregating Young Adults’ Knowledge of Healthy Lifestyle Practices
Giles, E.L.


2010

Discussion Paper 29
Organising Activites and Services in Community Buildings
Talbot, H. 

Discussion Paper 28
CAP Reform Options: A Challenge for Analysis and Synthesis
Jambor, A. and Harvey, D.

Discussion Paper 27
Review of the Challenges of CAP Reform
Jambor, A. and Harvey, D.

Discussion Paper 26
Rethinking the OECD's New Rural Demography
Brown, D.


2009

Discussion Paper 25
Coping with the Credit Crunch? A Financial Appraisal of UK Farming
Franks, J.

Discussion Paper 24
Discourse Analysis and Public Policy Research
Hewitt, S.

Discussion Paper 23
Consumption, Identity and the Case of Local Food
Dilley, L.

Discussion Paper 22
Exploring the Relationship between Engagement and Research: Insights from the Experience of the Northern Rural Network
Thompson, N.


2008

Discussion Paper 21
Exploring the Relationship between Agri-Food Marketing and Public Policy: The Case of Social Food Marketing
Giles, E. and Lee, R.

Discussion Paper 20
Rural Proofing in England: A Formal Commitment in Need of Review
Atterton, J.

Discussion Paper 19
Running an Interdisciplinary Competency Group
Stassart, P. (translated by Bradley, S. and Donaldson, A.)

Discussion Paper 18
'Hollowing out of the State?' The Implementation of Public and Private Agri-environment Regulation in the Serbian Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector
Zarić, V., Gorton, M., Lowe, P. and Quarrie, S.

Discussion Paper 17
Bulgaria and Romania - Paths to EU Accession and the Agricultural Sector
Hubbard, C. and Hubbard, L.

Discussion Paper 16
The Rural North: Landscapes of Endeavour and Enquiry: the 2008 Cameron-Gifford Lecture
Lowe, P.


2007

Discussion Paper 15
Agricultural Policy Reform and Less-Favoured Areas Policy: Application of EU Policy to Japan
Shigeto, S., Kashiwagi, M. and Whitman, G.

Discussion Paper 14
Blairism and the Countryside: The Legacy of Modernisation in Rural Policy
Ward, N. and Lowe, P.

Discussion Paper 13
The Contribution of the Social Sciences to Knowledge based Development
Thompson, N.

Discussion Paper 12
Evidence Based Policy and the Politics of Expertise: A Case Study of Bovine Tuberculosis
Wilkinson, K.

Discussion Paper 11
Food Security and Food Sovereignty
Lee, R.

Discussion Paper 10
Generating Change through Research: Action Research and its Implications
Charles, L. and Ward, N.


2006

Discussion Paper 09
Creativity and Local Regeneration: the Possibility of Hybrid Cultures
Ray, C. 

Discussion Paper 08
The Provision of Public Internet Access Points by Community Centres
Talbot, H.

Discussion Paper 07
The Futures of Rural Policy: the Significance of Rural Futures Studies
Ray, C. and Ward, N.

Discussion Paper 06
Foot and Mouth – Five Years On: The Legacy of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Crisis for Farming and the British Countryside
Donaldson, A., Lee, R., Ward, N. and Wilkinson, K.

Discussion Paper 05
Soundscapes and the Rural: a Conceptual Review from a British perspective
Ray, C.

Discussion Paper 04
Counterurbanisation and Job Creation: Entrepreneurial In-Migration and Rural Economic Development
Bosworth, G.


2005

Discussion Paper 03
Universities, the Knowledge Economy and 'Neo-Endogenous Rural Development' 
Ward, N., Atterton, J., Kim,T-Y., Lowe, P., Phillipson, J. and Thompson, N.

Discussion Paper 02
Holistic Approaches to Understanding Diffuse Land Management Issues: a Framework for Interdisciplinary Working
Donaldson, A., Heathwaite, L., Lane, S., Ward, N. and Whatmore, S.

Discussion Paper 01
Individualisation and the Third Age 
Ray, C.