Outputs
Journal Publications
Franklin, A., Newton, J., Middleton, J. & Marsden, T. (submitted) ‘Re-connecting Skills for Sustainable Communities with Everyday Life’, Environment and Planning A.
Marsden, T. K. (in press) 'Mobilities, Vulnerabilities and Sustainabilities: exploring pathways from denial to sustainable rural development', Sociologia Ruralis, March 2009.
Marsden, T. K. and Kitchen, L. (submitted) 'Creating more sustainable rural development through stimulating the eco-economy', Sociologia Ruralis.
Marsden, T. K. and Sonnino, R. (2008) 'Rural development and the regional state: denying multifunctional agriculture in the UK', Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 24, pp. 422 - 431.
Middleton, J., Newton, J., Franklin, A. & Marsden, T. (submitted) "Time is the ultimate scarce resource": time, everyday life and skills for sustainable communities’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.
Book Chapters
Marsden, T. K. (in press) 'Nature/Environment: Sustainability' in R. Kitchen and N. Thrift (Eds) Encyclopedia of Human Geography, London: Elsevier.
Marsden, T. K. and van der Ploeg, J. (2008) 'Some final reflections on rural social and spatial theory' in J. D. van der Ploeg and T. K. Marsden (Eds) Enlarging the Theoretical Understanding of Rural Development, European Rural Development Series, Royal Van Gorcum, The Netherlands.
BRASS Working Paper Series
Newton, J., Marsden, T., Franklin, A. & Collins, A. (2008) 'Supporting Skills and Knowledge to Deliver Sustainable Communities: An Exploration of the Conceptual and Policy Context' BRASS Working Paper Series N.45.
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Newton, J., Franklin, A., Middleton, J. & Marsden, T. (2008) 'Understanding the Role of Skills, Learning and Knowledge for Sustainable Communities' BRASS Working Paper Series N.51. Please click here to view this Working Paper
Research Statement
"Motivating,engaging, leading and supporting skills and knowledge for sustainable communities: An introduction to the research
Provides a brief overview of the research and covers policy context, research objectives, research questions, research strategy and expected outputs.
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Conferences Papers and Seminars (delivered)
Franklin, A. (2008) 'Delivering Sustainable Communities: The Role of Skills, Training and Knowledge'. Paper presented at the Rural Futures Conference Plymouth University, Devon.
Marsden, T. K. (2008) 'Delivering sustainable communities? Production and consumption spaces in selected city regions in China'. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Boston, USA. April 2008.
Marsden, T. K. (2007) 'Mobilities, vulnerabilities and sustainabilities: key dimensions in European rural development'. Keynote Address, European Society of Rural Sociology Biannual Conference, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. August 2007.
Marsden, T. K. (2007) 'Building sustainable communities: towards comparative studies of rural development'. Paper presented at the International Conference on Policy Intervention and Rural Transformations: Comparative Issues, Chinese Agricultural University, Beijing, China. September 2007.
Newton, J. (2008) 'Building Sustainable Communities: an Interrogative Model for Progressing towards Sustainability'. Paper presented at the Governance by Evaluation, Easy Eco International Conference Vienna, Austria.
Newton, J. & Franklin, A. (2008) Exploring the Role and Importance of Skills and Knowledge for Sustainable Communities – presentation made to SDRN/ Policy Studies Institute, London.
Newton, J. & Franklin, A. (2008) Exploring the Role and Importance of Skills and Knowledge for Sustainable Communities – presentation made to Dept. for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), London.
Newton, J. & Franklin, A. (2008) Exploring the Role and Importance of Skills and Knowledge for Sustainable Communities – presentation made to Dept. for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), London.
Conferences Papers and Seminars (planned)
A session entitled Building Sustainable Communities is being co-organised (with Alison Blay-Palmer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario) for the Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, Las Vegas 2009. Research findings from the project will be presented through the following conference papers:
- 'Connecting Skills to Place in the Context of Sustainable Communities'.
(Presenter: Dr A. Franklin)
- "Time is the ultimate scarce resource": time, everyday life and skills for sustainable communities'.
(Presenter: Dr J. Middleton)
- “You’re one of us now”: the challenges and complexities of researching sustainable communities'.
(Presenter: Dr J. Newton).
For further information on any of the above outputs please contact:
Lead Researcher: Dr Julie Newton
Email: newtonj2@cf.ac.uk;
Tel: 02920 876562
Web: www.brass.cf.ac.uk
