Objective Globalization is one of the key challenges facing rural regions in Europe, bringing significant social, economic, cultural and political changes. Current studies on the impact of globalization on rural regions tend to focus on specific sectors or processes or localities. The absence of an overarching integrative analysis has resulted in the inability of regional development strategies to cope with these challenges. The objective of the DERREG project is to produce an interpretative model that will enable regional development actors to better anticipate and respond to the key challenges for disadvantaged regions arising from globalization. In doing so, it will expand scientific knowledge and understanding, inform policy development, and identify examples of best practice. The project is innovative in adopting an integrative approach that synthesises research across four key themes and nine case study regions in different types of rural regions to produce an overarching analysis of the impact of globalization on rural Europe. The research will involve both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. It will develop new methods in areas such as business network analysis. A further innovation is the linking of the scientific analysis with practical application through the development of an interpretative model. The consortium comprises 9 partners with expertise in rural and regional research, focusing on Eastern Europe. The consortium has been assembled to provide an appropriate combination of expertise in the areas examined in the project, including rural businesses, migration, sustainable development, capacity-building and gender. The proposed research will enable policy makers and other stakeholders involved in regional development to better anticipate and respond to the challenges of globalization. It will support initiatives to increase the capacity of rural businesses to engage with new opportunities and to enhance social cohesion. Fields of science social sciencessociologyglobalization Keywords Best practice database Capacity building Central and Eastern Europe Disadvantaged regions Eco-economy Globalization Interpretative model Local embeddedness Migration Rural Regions Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2007-2.2-01 - Regional development challenges in an evolving international context Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY Address Visualisation centre penglais SY23 3BF Aberystwyth United Kingdom See on map Region Wales West Wales and The Valleys South West Wales Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Emyr, Huw Reynolds (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 180 079,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR LANDERKUNDE EV Germany EU contribution € 188 646,00 Address Schongauerstrasse 9 04328 Leipzig See on map Region Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Administrative Contact Jacqueline Korp Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MENDELOVA UNIVERZITA V BRNE Czechia EU contribution € 97 192,00 Address Zemedelska 1/1665 613 00 Brno sever See on map Region Česko Jihovýchod Jihomoravský kraj Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Antonín Vaishar (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY Ireland EU contribution € 166 400,00 Address University road H91 Galway See on map Region Ireland Northern and Western West Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Neil Ferguson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NORDREGIO Sweden EU contribution € 215 920,00 Address Holmamiralens vaeg 10 11186 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jacob Boëthius (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES Germany EU contribution € 205 420,00 Address Campus 66123 Saarbrucken See on map Region Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Corinna Hahn (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI Slovenia EU contribution € 110 500,00 Address Kongresni trg 12 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Martina Tekavec Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 270 207,00 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ineke Driel, Van Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ZNANSTVENO RAZISKOVALNI IN IZOBRAZEVALNI ZAVOD NEVORK Slovenia EU contribution € 64 720,00 Address Brilejeva ulica 12 1000 Ljubljana See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ales Strovs Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
