Rural societies in developed nations have experienced similar social, economic and political transformations during recent decades. Rural populations have experienced long-term decline (albeit with periodic episodes of “counterurbanization”), aging, and more recently increased racial and ethnic diversity. Metropolitan expansion has brought rural land uses into greater competition with housing, infrastructure, recreation and other urban activities. And, regardless of their geographic location, all rural areas are heavily affected by globalization. These common transformations have resulted in many similarities in contemporary rural society in the US and Europe. However, in the midst of these similarities important differences persist as well. Scholars from the Polson Institute at Cornell University, the UHI Millennium Institute, and the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne have agreed to form an international research working group to examine the possibilities for cooperative, and possibly comparative, research focusing on four interrelated areas of common concern:
We will also focus on similarities and differences in the way that states respond to these rural issues in the US and in various(western and eastern) European nations.
Contact: David Brown at dlb17@cornell.edu, Nina Glasgow at ng14@cornell.edu, or Mildred Warner at mew15@cornell.edu.
Current Members:
David Brown
Paul R. Eberts
Shelley Feldman
Joe Francis
Chuck Geisler
Gil Gillespie
Nina Glasgow
Daniel B. Ahlquist
Sarah Holtz
Robin Kreider
Laszlo Kulcsar
Tom Lyson
Sara R Rzayeva
Djahane Salehabadi
John Sydenstricker
Linda Wagenet
Mildred Warner
Lindy Williams
Megan Gremelspacher
Kai Schafft
John Bryden
Fiona Mackenzie
Lorna Philip
Deb Roberts
Erika Seki
Mark Shucksmith
Aileen Stockdale
Ken J. Thomson
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