Centre for Rural Economy

Current

  • Women in farming and the agricultural sector
    Project Leader(s): Sally Shortall
    Project Dates: May 2016 - March 2017
  • Consumer heuristics and biases in the identification of sustainable food
    Project Leader(s): Luca Panzone
    Project Dates: 2014 - 2016
  • Commuting in Berwick upon Tweed
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2007 - 2008 (3 months)
  • Evaluation of the Project Management Function for the Development of the North East Rural Estates Framework
    Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
    Project Dates: 2006 - 2007
  • New Rural Economy (NREC) - Phase II
    Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2007
  • FP7 Collab4Safety: Towards sustainable global food safety collaboration
    Project Leader(s): Dr Hans Marvin and Professor Lynn Frewer
    Project Dates: 2013 -2016
  • Community-led rural landscape evaluation in Chile
    Project Leader(s): Menelaos Gkartzios
    Project Dates: 2015-2016
  • The Efficiency of Small Farms
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2016
  • Endogenous Rural Development in Japan and the UK
    Project Leader(s): Tokumi Odagiri, Meiji University, Japan
    Project Dates: 2013-2016
  • Feed-a-gene
    Project Leader(s): Professor Ilias Kyriazakis
    Project Dates: March 2015 - February 2020
  • FOODINTEGRITY
    Project Leader(s): Paul Brereton, Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) project Co-ordinator. Professor Lynn Frewer, WP7 Leader
    Project Dates: January 2014 - January 2019
  • PROHEALTH – Sustainable pig and poultry production: WP7: Socioeconomic evaluation of controls of production diseases
    Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer
    Project Dates: 2013 - 2018
  • RuralGrowth
    Project Leader(s): Local Government of Nagykanizsa, Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2016 - 2022
  • Soil Care for profitable and sustainable crop production in Europe
    Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
    Project Dates: 2015 - 2018
  • Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN)
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
    Project Dates: 2016 - 2018
  • The energy climate food security NEXUS: Developing a multi stakeholder deliberative governance model in Northern Ireland
    Project Leader(s): Sally Shortall
    Project Dates: September 2016 - September 2017
  • Policy and Practice for Environmental Change
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
    Project Dates: 2012 - 2016
  • Rural Enterprise UK (REUK)
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson (CRE) and Matthew Gorton (NUBS)
    Project Dates: 2015 - 2020
  • Rural proofing in Northern Ireland
    Project Leader(s): Dr. Erin Sherry, Agri-Food and Bio-Sciences Institute, Belfast.
    Project Dates: June 2015 - March 2017
  • Understanding ecosystem stocks and tipping points in UK blanket peatlands
    Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
    Project Dates: 2016 - 2018
  • Voices of veterinary experience
    Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
    Project Dates: 2016 - 2017
  • Environmental Action and the Policy Process: The Case of CPRE
    Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
    Project Dates: January - December 2000
  • Rural Entrepreneurs – Chances and Problems of the Development of a New Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas
    Project Leader(s):
    Project Dates: 1998 - 2000 (18 months)
  • The Dialects of the North of England
    Project Leader(s): Christopher Ray
    Project Dates: 2000
  • Endogenous Development and Hungary’s Accession to the EU
    Project Leader(s): Christopher Ray
    Project Dates: 2001
  • Regional Development Agencies and Rural Development
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2001 (July - August)
  • Rural Microbusinesses and the Local Economy: A Case Study Approach
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
    Project Dates: 2000 - 2001
  • Sustaining Living Uplands: the Role of the Northumberland National Park Authority in Rural Development
    Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
    Project Dates: 2001
  • The Aftermath of Foot and Mouth Disease: Research Programme for Cumbria and the Northern Fells
    Project Leader(s): Johanne Allinson
    Project Dates: 2001
  • The Impact of the Foot and Mouth Crisis on Rural Firms: A Survey of Microbusinesses in the North East of England
    Project Leader(s): Katy Bennett
    Project Dates: 2001
  • Eat the View: Phases I and II
    Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (10 months)
  • Gendered Bodies: Personnel Policies and the Culture of the British Army
    Project Leader(s): Rachel Woodward
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (11 months)
  • Learning from the Foot and Mouth Crisis
    Project Leader(s): Katy Bennett
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2002
  • Sustainable Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEESA)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 1999 - 2002
  • The Aftermath of the Foot and Mouth Crisis in Agricultural Logistics: the Case of the UK Fat Lamb Chain
    Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (10 months)
  • The Consequences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic for the Rural Economy of Northumberland
    Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2002
  • The Future of Rural Land Use
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (5 months)
  • Agri-food Industry Restructuring in Ukraine and Moldova (AFIRUM)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2000 - 2003
  • Integrated Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas (IDARA)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2000 - 2003
  • Northumberland Rural Strategy
    Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
    Project Dates: 2002 - 2003 (6 months)
  • Review of the Economics of Food Safety and Food Standards
    Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
    Project Dates: 2003 (4 months)
  • Rural Development: Strategic Options for Delivery
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2003 (5 months)
  • Swaledale Sheep Study
    Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
    Project Dates: 2003 (6 months)
  • The Changing Role of Farms and Agricultural Institutions: A Collaborative Research Project in Germany and the UK
    Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2003
  • The Nature of Rural Development - Europe's Rural Futures (Phase II)
    Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2003
  • Deliberating the Environment
    Project Leader(s): Derek Bell
    Project Dates: 2003 - 2004
  • New Rural Economy (NREC) - Phase I
    Project Leader(s): Katy Bennett
    Project Dates: 2001 - 2004
  • Rural Futures - Scenario Creation and Back-casting
    Project Leader(s): Christopher Ray
    Project Dates: 2003 - 2004 (11 months)
  • Prelude - Land Use Scenarios for Europe
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2005
  • Interdisciplinary science on diffuse pollution
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2005 (11 months)
  • Rural Areas: Contributing to Regional Competitiveness
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2005 (4 months)
  • Rural Excellence Mentoring Programme - Evaluation of Phase I
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2005 (10 months)
  • An Economic Evaluation of the Regional Food Strategy
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2006
  • City Regions and Rural Areas in North East England
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2005 (5 months)
  • Regional Supply Chains Mapping Study
    Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis (project led by ADAS Consulting)
    Project Dates: 2005 (7 months)
  • Review of Northumberland Rural Voices Network
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2005 (4 months)
  • Rural Input to the Regional Economic Strategy Review 2005
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2005 (3 months)
  • Modelling of the EU's LEADER II transnational co-operation
    Project Leader(s): Chris Ray
    Project Dates: 2005 - 2006 (18 months)
  • The Impact of Decoupling and Modulation in the Enlarged Union: a Sectoral and Farm Level Assessment (IDEMA)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gortall
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2006
  • Water Strategies and Drought Alleviation in Western Balkan Agriculture (WATERWEB)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2006
  • The East of England Development Agency's Contribution to Improving Accessibility of Services for Rural Communities
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2006 (3 months)
  • The Nature and Implications of Demographic Ageing for Peripheral Coastal Areas in the UK
    Project Leader(s): Chris Ray
    Project Dates: 2006 (4 months)
  • A Roadmap for the Sustainable Development Fund (SDF)
    Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
    Project Dates: 2006 (3 months)
  • Evaluation of New Writing North's Creative Centres Programme
    Project Leader(s): Chris Ray
    Project Dates: 2005 - 2006 (15 months)
  • North East Rural Affairs Forum Constituency Database Project (Phase I)
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2006
  • Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative - Supplier Capacity Study
    Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
    Project Dates: 2006 (4 months)
  • Study to Inform the Mainstreaming of Business Support in the Rural North East
    Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
    Project Dates: 2006 (2 months)
  • Animal Welfare in the Product Quality Chain
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2007
  • Integrated Tools to Design and Implement Agro Environmental Schemes (ITAES)
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2007
  • Supporting the International Development of the CIS Agricultural Sector (SIDCISA)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2005 - 2007
  • Planning for the Ageing Countryside in Britain and Japan
    Project Leader(s): Kayo Murakami
    Project Dates: 2006 - 2007
  • Social Capital on Rum and the Small Isles
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2007 (2 months)
  • Manufacturing Meaning Along the Food Commodity Chain
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2003 - 2007
  • Rural Excellence Mentoring Programme - Evaluation of Phase II
    Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
    Project Dates: 2005 - 2007
  • Rural Businesses and the Environment
    Project Leader(s): Marian Raley
    Project Dates: 2007 (2 months)
  • System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling: Linking European Science and Society (SEAMLESS)
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2005 - 2008
  • Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Network Market Research and Stakeholder Engagement Project
    Project Leader(s): Nicola Thompson
    Project Dates: 2008 (4 months)
  • Foresight Analysis for Rural areas Of Europe (FARO)
    Project Leader(s): Hilary Talbot
    Project Dates: 2007 - 2009
  • Quality Low Input Food Project
    Project Leader(s): Elizabeth Oughton
    Project Dates: 2004 - 2009
  • Responding to change: An investigation into the processes of rural place-making in the face of ageing
    Project Leader(s): Kayo Murakami
    Project Dates: 2008 - 2009
  • Strength2Food
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2016 - 2021
  • Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods (SCARLED)
    Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
    Project Dates: 2007 - 2009
  • TIPTAP: Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2008 - 2009
  • Angling in the Rural Environment
    Project Leader(s): Elizabeth Oughton
    Project Dates: 2006 - 2009
  • An Inquiry into the Future for England’s Upland Communities – Evidence Base Report Project
    Project Leader(s): Nicola Thompson
    Project Dates: 2009 (5 months)
  • Understanding Environmental Knowledge Controversies
    Project Leader(s): Prof Sarah Whatmore (Oxford) and Prof Stuart Lane (Durham)
    Project Dates: 2006 - 2009
  • VALUMICS "Understanding food value chains and network dynamics"
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2017 - 2021
  • SusPigSys
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2017 - 2020
  • Brexit: how might UK agriculture survive or thrive?
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: April 2017 - September 2018
  • Food4Me: “Personalised Nutrition: An integrated analysis of opportunities and challenges”
    Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer (WP 2)
    Project Dates: 2011 - 2015
  • Compete
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2012 - 2015
  • KEEENZ
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2014 - 2015
  • The Politics of Wellbeing
    Project Leader(s): Karen Scott
    Project Dates: 2013 - 2015
  • BROWSE
    Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer (WP4)
    Project Dates: 2011 - 2014
  • 'Going Rural': Counter-urbanisation in times of crisis
    Project Leader(s): Menelaos Gkartzios
    Project Dates: 2013 - 2014
  • PERARES
    Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer
    Project Dates: 20111 - 2014
  • Northumbrian Exchanges: Creative Community Engagement in Rural Northumberland
    Project Leader(s): Eric Cross
    Project Dates: 2013 - 2014
  • Unlocking Rural Innovation in the North East of England: The Role of Knowledge Institutions
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2013 - 2014
  • Land Use Process and Urban Sprawl (LUPUS)
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2011 - 2013
  • PEGASUS ‘Public Perception of Genetically modified Animals - Science, Utility and Society’
    Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer (WP 3)
    Project Dates: 2011 - 2012
  • Landbridge: A knowledge exchange network for rural professionals
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
    Project Dates: 2012 - 2014
  • Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
    Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
    Project Dates: 2003 - 2013
  • North East Rural Growth Network : Applied Research Project
    Project Leader(s): Nicola Thompson
    Project Dates: 2013 (February to December)
  • SCOPE
    Project Leader(s): David Harvey
    Project Dates: 2010 - 2012
  • Contamination of food with biological agents: an integrated risk analysis and risk communication approach
    Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer
    Project Dates: 2009 - 2012
  • PRIMA: Prototypical Policy Impacts on Multifunctional Activities in rural municipalities
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: 2008 - 2011
  • Study on Employment, Growth and Innovation in Rural Areas
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2010 - 2011
  • Science in the Field: Understanding the Changing Role of Expertise in the Rural Economy
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
    Project Dates: 2008 - 2011
  • Boundary Organisational Theory and Collaborative Research (BOTACC)
    Project Leader(s): Jeremy Franks
    Project Dates: 2010 - 2011
  • EconWelfare: Good animal welfare in a socio-economic context
    Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
    Project Dates: 2008 - 2010
  • NRN Phase III
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2008 - 2010
  • Rural Businesses and Science City (North East)
    Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
    Project Dates: 2009 - 2010
  • Resilient Dairy Landscapes
    Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
    Project Dates: 2018-2022
  • Rural England: Local Perspectives on Community and Economy
    Project Leader(s): Paul Cowie
    Project Dates: February 2020 – October 2021
  • Environmental Land Management Test & Trial: CURLEW (Conserving Upland Rural Landscapes Environment & Wildlife) Contracts
    Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
    Project Dates: November 2019 – June 2021
  • FIELD – Farm-level Interdisciplinary approaches to Endemic Livestock Disease
    Project Leader(s): Professor Abigail Woods, University of Lincoln
    Project Dates: September 2018 – August 2022
  • SUPER-G: Sustainable Permanent Grassland Systems and Policies
    Project Leader(s): Project Coordinator: Paul Newell Price (ADAS); Work Package 4 Leader: Professor Lynn Frewer (Newcastle University).
    Project Dates: June 2018 – June 2023
  • Diverseafood
    Project Leader(s): Luca Panzone
    Project Dates: 2018 - 2021