Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

CRE Research Manager

Qualifications

PhD in Agricultural Economics, University of Aberdeen

Memberships

Member of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
Member of the Agricultural Economics Society (AES)

Honours and Awards

European Commission, ACE Phare PhD Scholarship (1999-2002)
Intership, European Commission, DG Budget (October 2000 - March 2001)

Languages

Romanian, English and French

Research Interests

Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Analysis
Applied welfare economics
Farm animal welfare

Other Expertise

Consumer behaviour regarding organic and functional foods
Innovation and rural businesses

Current Work

EconWelfare: Good Animal Welfare in a Socio-Economic context. FP7 project funded by the European Commission to promote insight on the impact for farm animals, the production chain and European society of upgrading animal welfare standards (August 2008 – August 2011).
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/research/econwelfare.htm

SCARLED: Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods. FP6 project funded by the European Commission to assess the restructuring process of the agricultural sector and rural socio-economic changes in the New EU Member States and learn lessons from “success stories" in selected EU15 countries (January 2006 - September 2010).
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/research/scarled.htm

Rural Businesses and Science City. Funded by HEIF4, the project builds on the CRE Rural Business Survey and explores the connections between Science City and other innovation connectors and businesses located in the North East’s rural areas (August 2009 – July 2010). www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/research/ruralbusiscicity.htm

Research Roles

Research Manager Centre for Rural Economy
Editor CRE Discussion Papers (2007-2010)
Co-investigator (SCARLED)

Postgraduate Supervision

Since 2007, six MSc students completed successfully their dissertation under my supervision. For 2008, one of my students was awarded for the Best Dissertation in MSc in International Marketing. For 2009-2010 three more MSc students are supervised.

PhD Co-supervisor (with Prof. Philip Lowe): Namgeun Song: “The Dynamics, Process and Pitfalls of Policy Transfer/Learning: Comparative Study of Partnerships Based on Leader Approach in the UK and South Korea”

Esteem Indicators

Expert, AgriPolicy.net

Funding

EU FP6, FP7 and ESPON; HEIF4

Postgraduate Teaching

Module Leader (2007-2009)
ACE8001 Research Methods and Project Management
ACE8036 Participation and Rural Development

• Hubbard MC, Gorton M. Placing Agriculture within Rural Development: Evidence from EU Case Studies. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 2011, 29(1), 80-95.
• Hubbard MC, Scott K. Do farmers and scientists differ in their understanding and assessment of farm animal welfare?. Animal Welfare 2011, 20(1), 79-87.
• Toma L, McVittie A, Hubbard C, Stott AW. A Structural Equation Model of the Factors Influencing British Consumers’ Behaviour toward Animal Welfare. Journal of Food Products Marketing 2011, 17(2), 261-278.
• Gorton M, Hubbard MC, Hubbard LJ. The Folly of European Union Policy Transfer: Why the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Does Not Fit Central and Eastern Europe. Regional Studies 2009, 43(10), 1305-1317.
• Popa A, Hubbard MC, Gorton M, Petrovici D. Consumer perceptions of organic food in Romania: A qualitative approach. In: Joint FAO - IAMA workshop on "Agribusiness and Agro-industries Development in Central and Eastern Europe". 2010, Budapest, Hungary: FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.
• Hubbard MC, Gorton M. Managing Rural Development: Lessons of Best Practice in an Enlarged EU. Halle, Germany: Scarled, IAMO, 2010. Policy Brief.
• Atterton J, Hubbard MC, Affleck A. Rural Businesses, Innovation and Newcastle Science City. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Centre for Rural Economy, 2010. Centre for Rural Economy Research Report ISBN: 1903964318.
• Hubbard MC, Gorton M. Agriculture and rural structural change: An analysis of the experience of past accessions in selected EU15 regions. In: 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) "The New Landscape of Global Agriculture". 2009, Beijing, China: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, IAMO.
• Hubbard MC. Managing Agricultural Change: Evidence from Ireland. Agricultural Economics and Rural Development 2010, 7(1), 37-55.
• Hubbard C, Hubbard L. Bulgaria and Romania : paths to EU accession and the agricultural sector. Newcastle upon Tyne: Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, 2008. Centre for Rural Economy Discussion Paper.
• Hubbard C, Bourlakis M, Garrod G. Pig in the middle: Farmers and the delivery of farm animal welfare standards. British Food Journal 2007, 109(11), 919-930.
• Hubbard C, Thomson KJ. Romania's accession to the EU: Short-term welfare effects on food consumers. Food Policy 2007, 32(1), 128-140.
• Hubbard MC, Podruzsik S. Distributional impacts of EU accession on Hungarian food consumers. Studies of Agricultural Economics 2006. In Press.
• Davidova S, Gorton M, Hubbard MC. Agricultural Policies in Romania. World Bank, 2006. World Bank Project on Poverty Alleviation through Reducing Distortions to Agricultural Incentives.
• Firici, M.C. Distributional impacts of Common Agricultural Policy adoption by Romania. Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 2003.
• Keeling LJ, Immink V, Hubbard C, Garrod G, Edwards SA, Ingenbleek P. Designing animal welfare policies and monitoring progress. Animal Welfare 2012, 21(supplement 1), 95-105.
• Hubbard C. Do farm assurance schemes make a difference to animal welfare?. Veterinary Record 2012, 170(6), 150-151.