Research Projects
Research Projects
Find out more about our current and recent research projects.
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Diverseafood
Project Leader(s): Luca Panzone
Project Dates: 2018 - 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 -
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 -
RuralGrowth
Project Leader(s): Local Government of Nagykanizsa, Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2016 - 2022 -
Strength2Food
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2016 - 2021 -
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 -
VALUMICS "Understanding food value chains and network dynamics"
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: 2017 - 2021
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SusPigSys
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: 2017 - 2020 -
Feed-a-gene
Project Leader(s): Professor Ilias Kyriazakis
Project Dates: March 2015 - February 2020 -
Rural Enterprise UK (REUK)
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson (CRE) and Matthew Gorton (NUBS)
Project Dates: 2015 - 2020
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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
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Brexit: how might UK agriculture survive or thrive?
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: April 2017 - September 2018 -
Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN)
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
Project Dates: 2016 - 2018 -
PROHEALTH – Sustainable pig and poultry production: WP7: Socioeconomic evaluation of controls of production diseases
Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer
Project Dates: 2013 - 2018 -
Soil Care for profitable and sustainable crop production in Europe
Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
Project Dates: 2015 - 2018 -
Understanding ecosystem stocks and tipping points in UK blanket peatlands
Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
Project Dates: 2016 - 2018
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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 -
Voices of veterinary experience
Project Leader(s): Mark Reed
Project Dates: 2016 - 2017 -
Women in farming and the agricultural sector
Project Leader(s): Sally Shortall
Project Dates: May 2016 - March 2017
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Community-led rural landscape evaluation in Chile
Project Leader(s): Menelaos Gkartzios
Project Dates: 2015-2016 -
Consumer heuristics and biases in the identification of sustainable food
Project Leader(s): Luca Panzone
Project Dates: 2014 - 2016 -
Endogenous Rural Development in Japan and the UK
Project Leader(s): Tokumi Odagiri, Meiji University, Japan
Project Dates: 2013-2016 -
FP7 Collab4Safety: Towards sustainable global food safety collaboration
Project Leader(s): Dr Hans Marvin and Professor Lynn Frewer
Project Dates: 2013 -2016 -
Policy and Practice for Environmental Change
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
Project Dates: 2012 - 2016 -
The Efficiency of Small Farms
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: 2016
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Compete
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: 2012 - 2015 -
Food4Me: “Personalised Nutrition: An integrated analysis of opportunities and challenges”
Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer (WP 2)
Project Dates: 2011 - 2015 -
KEEENZ
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: 2014 - 2015 -
The Politics of Wellbeing
Project Leader(s): Karen Scott
Project Dates: 2013 - 2015
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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 -
Landbridge: A knowledge exchange network for rural professionals
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
Project Dates: 2012 - 2014 -
Northumbrian Exchanges: Creative Community Engagement in Rural Northumberland
Project Leader(s): Eric Cross
Project Dates: 2013 - 2014 -
PERARES
Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer
Project Dates: 20111 - 2014 -
Unlocking Rural Innovation in the North East of England: The Role of Knowledge Institutions
Project Leader(s): Carmen Hubbard
Project Dates: 2013 - 2014
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Land Use Process and Urban Sprawl (LUPUS)
Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2011 - 2013 -
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)
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Contamination of food with biological agents: an integrated risk analysis and risk communication approach
Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer
Project Dates: 2009 - 2012 -
PEGASUS ‘Public Perception of Genetically modified Animals - Science, Utility and Society’
Project Leader(s): Lynn Frewer (WP 3)
Project Dates: 2011 - 2012 -
SCOPE
Project Leader(s): David Harvey
Project Dates: 2010 - 2012
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Boundary Organisational Theory and Collaborative Research (BOTACC)
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Franks
Project Dates: 2010 - 2011 -
Study on Employment, Growth and Innovation in Rural Areas
Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
Project Dates: 2010 - 2011 -
PRIMA: Prototypical Policy Impacts on Multifunctional Activities in rural municipalities
Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2008 - 2011 -
Science in the Field: Understanding the Changing Role of Expertise in the Rural Economy
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
Project Dates: 2008 - 2011
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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
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A Roadmap for the Sustainable Development Fund (SDF)
Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
Project Dates: 2006 (3 months) -
Agri-food Industry Restructuring in Ukraine and Moldova (AFIRUM)
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2000 - 2003 -
An Economic Evaluation of the Regional Food Strategy
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2004 - 2006 -
Angling in the Rural Environment
Project Leader(s): Elizabeth Oughton
Project Dates: 2006 - 2009 -
Animal Welfare in the Product Quality Chain
Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2004 - 2007 -
City Regions and Rural Areas in North East England
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2005 (5 months) -
Commuting in Berwick upon Tweed
Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
Project Dates: 2007 - 2008 (3 months) -
Deliberating the Environment
Project Leader(s): Derek Bell
Project Dates: 2003 - 2004 -
The Nature and Implications of Demographic Ageing for Peripheral Coastal Areas in the UK
Project Leader(s): Chris Ray
Project Dates: 2006 (4 months) -
Eat the View: Phases I and II
Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (10 months) -
Endogenous Development and Hungary’s Accession to the EU
Project Leader(s): Christopher Ray
Project Dates: 2001 -
Environmental Action and the Policy Process: The Case of CPRE
Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
Project Dates: January - December 2000 -
Evaluation of New Writing North's Creative Centres Programme
Project Leader(s): Chris Ray
Project Dates: 2005 - 2006 (15 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 -
Foresight Analysis for Rural areas Of Europe (FARO)
Project Leader(s): Hilary Talbot
Project Dates: 2007 - 2009 -
Gendered Bodies: Personnel Policies and the Culture of the British Army
Project Leader(s): Rachel Woodward
Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (11 months) -
Integrated Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas (IDARA)
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2000 - 2003 -
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 -
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) -
Interdisciplinary science on diffuse pollution
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2004 - 2005 (11 months) -
Integrated Tools to Design and Implement Agro Environmental Schemes (ITAES)
Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2004 - 2007 -
Understanding Environmental Knowledge Controversies
Project Leader(s): Prof Sarah Whatmore (Oxford) and Prof Stuart Lane (Durham)
Project Dates: 2006 - 2009 -
Learning from the Foot and Mouth Crisis
Project Leader(s): Katy Bennett
Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 -
Manufacturing Meaning Along the Food Commodity Chain
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2003 - 2007 -
Modelling of the EU's LEADER II transnational co-operation
Project Leader(s): Chris Ray
Project Dates: 2005 - 2006 (18 months) -
New Rural Economy (NREC) - Phase I
Project Leader(s): Katy Bennett
Project Dates: 2001 - 2004 -
New Rural Economy (NREC) - Phase II
Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
Project Dates: 2004 - 2007 -
North East Rural Affairs Forum Constituency Database Project (Phase I)
Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
Project Dates: 2006 -
Northumberland Rural Strategy
Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
Project Dates: 2002 - 2003 (6 months) -
Planning for the Ageing Countryside in Britain and Japan
Project Leader(s): Kayo Murakami
Project Dates: 2006 - 2007 -
Prelude - Land Use Scenarios for Europe
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2004 - 2005 -
Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative - Supplier Capacity Study
Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
Project Dates: 2006 (4 months) -
Quality Low Input Food Project
Project Leader(s): Elizabeth Oughton
Project Dates: 2004 - 2009 -
Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Network Market Research and Stakeholder Engagement Project
Project Leader(s): Nicola Thompson
Project Dates: 2008 (4 months) -
Regional Development Agencies and Rural Development
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2001 (July - August) -
Regional Supply Chains Mapping Study
Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis (project led by ADAS Consulting)
Project Dates: 2005 (7 months) -
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 -
Review of Northumberland Rural Voices Network
Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
Project Dates: 2005 (4 months) -
Review of the Economics of Food Safety and Food Standards
Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
Project Dates: 2003 (4 months) -
Rural Areas: Contributing to Regional Competitiveness
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2005 (4 months) -
Rural Businesses and the Environment
Project Leader(s): Marian Raley
Project Dates: 2007 (2 months) -
Rural Development: Strategic Options for Delivery
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2003 (5 months) -
Rural Entrepreneurs – Chances and Problems of the Development of a New Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: 1998 - 2000 (18 months) -
Rural Excellence Mentoring Programme - Evaluation of Phase I
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2004 - 2005 (10 months) -
Rural Excellence Mentoring Programme - Evaluation of Phase II
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2005 - 2007 -
Rural Futures - Scenario Creation and Back-casting
Project Leader(s): Christopher Ray
Project Dates: 2003 - 2004 (11 months) -
Rural Input to the Regional Economic Strategy Review 2005
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2005 (3 months) -
Rural Microbusinesses and the Local Economy: A Case Study Approach
Project Leader(s): Jeremy Phillipson
Project Dates: 2000 - 2001 -
Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods (SCARLED)
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2007 - 2009 -
System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling: Linking European Science and Society (SEAMLESS)
Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2005 - 2008 -
Supporting the International Development of the CIS Agricultural Sector (SIDCISA)
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2005 - 2007 -
Social Capital on Rum and the Small Isles
Project Leader(s): Jane Atterton
Project Dates: 2007 (2 months) -
Study to Inform the Mainstreaming of Business Support in the Rural North East
Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
Project Dates: 2006 (2 months) -
Sustaining Living Uplands: the Role of the Northumberland National Park Authority in Rural Development
Project Leader(s): Terry Carroll
Project Dates: 2001 -
Swaledale Sheep Study
Project Leader(s): Michael Bourlakis
Project Dates: 2003 (6 months) -
The Aftermath of Foot and Mouth Disease: Research Programme for Cumbria and the Northern Fells
Project Leader(s): Johanne Allinson
Project Dates: 2001 -
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 Consequences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic for the Rural Economy of Northumberland
Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 -
The Dialects of the North of England
Project Leader(s): Christopher Ray
Project Dates: 2000 -
The Future of Rural Land Use
Project Leader(s): Neil Ward
Project Dates: 2001 - 2002 (5 months) -
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 -
The Nature of Rural Development - Europe's Rural Futures (Phase II)
Project Leader(s): Philip Lowe
Project Dates: 2001 - 2003 -
TIPTAP: Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies
Project Leader(s): Guy Garrod
Project Dates: 2008 - 2009 -
Water Strategies and Drought Alleviation in Western Balkan Agriculture (WATERWEB)
Project Leader(s): Matthew Gorton
Project Dates: 2004 - 2006