In the article, published in Journal of Rural Studies, Mark Shucksmith and Katrina Rønningen discuss the situation for small farms in Scotland and in Norway.
Read moreMany second home owners demand rights, benefits, and influence in their host community, and in the article 'Rural residents opinions about second home owners pursuit of own interests in the host community', Maja Farstad examines how second home owners in…
Read moreRecent developments relating to the second homes phenomenon are intertwined with fundamental changes in the character of rurality in Norwegian society, write Johan Fredrik Rye and Nina Gunnerud Berg in their new article 'The second home phenomenon and Norwegian rurality'…
Read moreIn the new article 'Conflicts and contestations. Rural populations' perspectives on the second homes phenomenon', published in Journal of Rural Studies, Johan Fredrik Rye discusses the relationships between local rural populations and the visiting second home population in the Norwegian…
Read moreAt the XXIV European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, 16 papers from researchers at the CRR will be presented. In addition, researchers from the centre will lead four of the working groups at the conference.
Read moreLee-Ann Sutherland (James Hutton Institute) and Rob J. F. Burton have a new article in Sociologia Ruralis no. 3 2011. The article is titled "Good Farmers, Good Neighbours? The Role of Cultural Capital in Social Capital Development in a Scottish…
Read moreJostein Vik and Gerald McElwee analyzes the Norwegian farmers' motivations for farm diversification in an article published in Journal of Small Business Management.
Read moreThe report "It's about feelings - a study of vacant agricultural properties" examines the complexities surrounding the sale of vacant agricultural properties in Norway.
Read moreH.M. The King of Norway has appointed Professor Reidar Almås Knight 1 Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. It is conferred as a reward for distinguished services rendered to the country and mankind. This is given for…
Read moreTogether with Signe Sønvisen and Jahn Petter Johnsen (Norwegian College of Fishery Science), Jostein Vik has written the article The Norwegian coastal employment system: What it was and what it is, published in Maritime Studies (MAST).
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