CONGRESS PROGRAMME

A tentative outline of the meeting schedule is available as
a PDF file from the link below (updated 24 February) Programme is subject to alternations.

Working groups

Programmes for Working Groups [pdf]

List of Working groups

Plenary sessions

Opening: Enacting Rural Sociology: Or What are the Creativity Claims of the Engaged Science
Philip Lowe, University of Newcastle, UK

Plenary session I: The Unruly Rural: Contributions of STS Perspectives to Rural Studies
Marc Barbier, INRA, France
Larry Busch, Lancaster University and Michigan State University, USA

Plenary session II: Are rural policies across Europe promoting sustainable ruralities?
Jouni Lind, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Mark Shucksmith, Newcastle University
Hilkka Vihinen, MTT, Finland
Arunas Poviliunas, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Plenary session III: Adaptation to Climate Change: the Challenge for the Social Sciences
Andrew Jamison, Aalborg University, Denmark
Carlos San Juan Mesonada, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Sirkku Juhola, Umeå University, Sweden

thematic symposia

Thematic symposia I: Finland in Focus
Hannu Katajamäki, University of Vaasa, Finland
Marja Järvelä, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Pekka Jokinen, University of Joensuu, Finland
Tiina Silvasti, University of Helsinki, Finland
Torsti Hyyryläinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Thematic symposia II: Mobilities and Stabilities in Rural Space
David Brown, Cornell University, USA
Charalambos Kasimis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Aileen Stockdale, Queens University, Belfast

Thematic symposia III: What is the Agency of the Rural
Michael Woods, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Michael Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Keith Halfacree, University of Wales Swansea, UK

Thematic symposia IV: 50 years of European Rural Sociology
Reidar Almås,Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Henry Buller, University of Exeter, UK
Imre Kovach, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Jean-Paul Billaud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

RC-40 Mini-plenary

RC-40 Mini-plenary: Theoretical Perspectives on the Food Crisis
Speakers:
Geoffrey Lawrence
David Burch
Reidar Almås
Peter H. Feindt
Terry Marsden
Mark Tilzey
Alia Gana
Leo Granberg
Gianluca Brunori
Angela Guarino

RC-40 programme [pdf]

General Assembly

Thursday, 20 August

agenda [pdf]
Call for nominations for ESRS council elections 2009 [pdf]

More information about General Assembly on ESRS website [www.ruralsociology.eu]