Achieving BAP
research targets:
building capacity
through training
and academic
partnerships

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Countryside and Community Research Institute

The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), is partnership between the University of the West of England, Hartpury College, Royal Agricultural College and the University of Gloucestershire. It is the largest specialist rural research centre in the UK. It has expertise in all aspects of research in policy and planning for the countryside and the environment of the UK, Europe and further afield.

Contact details: Oxstalls Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Lane, Longlevens, Gloucester, GL2 9HW, Gloucestershire, Telephone: + 44 (0) 1242 714122, Fax: + 44 (0) 1242 714395

Email: crayfield@glos.ac.uk


Dr Paul Courtney		Socio-economic and spatial dimensions of rural activities, particularly in relation to rural community development, small towns and rural economic performance.
Prof Janet Dwyer		European and UK policy for sustainable agriculture and rural development; investigating the environmental and socio-cultural implications of EU and UK agricultural policy reforms; rural policy review; evaluating EU rural development policy under CAP.
Dr Peter Gaskell		Landscape change and agri-environmental policy; design and evaluation of research methodologies.
Dr Julie Ingram		Socio-economic aspects of agriculture in relation to policy, practice, management and the environment; knowledge exchange within the agricultural community.
Jane Mills		Socio-economic aspects of agri-environmental policy; agricultural change and environmental management; collective management of the natural environment at a landscape-scale for biodiversity and natural resource protection objectives.
Chris Short		Relationship between different land uses interests, namely agriculture, forestry, nature conservation, amenity and climate change and their constituent communities; development of integrated rural development and agri-environment policy.