Events/Événements : Rural at the Edge, 2nd Nordic conference for rural research

Source: Finnish Society for Rural Research and Finnish National Rural Network.
21-23 May 2012, Finland. A number of social challenges and policy issues are confronting Nordic rural areas. The shifting flows and paths of global change, climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as environmental changes, create diverse challenges and opportunities for social and economic transformations in the Nordic setting.

The theme of the second Nordic Rural Research conference is "Rural at the Edge". All researchers and developers with an interest in the Nordic rural areas as an empirical field are welcomed to discuss their ongoing research and projects with key scholars from the region.

The conference will be held in Joensuu 21st – 23rd of May 2012.

Programme, Keynotes, Working groups, Registration.

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