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Rural Report 2017/18 - The Impact of Change on Rural Businesses 2017 – 2020: Evidence from non-agricultural businesses in Aberdeenshire, Dumfries & Galloway, the Scottish Borders and Tayside
Rural Report 2018/19 - The Impact of Change on Rural Businesses 2017 – 2020: Evidence from non-agricultural businesses in Aberdeenshire, Dumfries & Galloway, the Scottish Borders and Tayside
Through a series of Rural Business Surveys, our research is developing a better understanding of the characteristics, contributions and aspirations of rural businesses across the South and North-East of Scotland. In 2018 the Scottish Government estimated that 70,0000 businesses in rural areas and small towns generated over £54 billion in turnover and employed about 450,000 people. However, despite their importance to Scotland’s economy we know little about the role of non-land–based businesses within local economies, or the specific issues they face. Our research is addressing some of the key
This research aims to examine how resilience in rural communities can be enhanced through processes of local empowerment and the role of wider networks and partnerships in facilitating the enhancement of resilience. It will also consider how stakeholders’ (including academics, policymakers, practitioners and communities) understandings of rural community resilience can be developed to create collaborative initiatives in the future.
My research is concerned with the dietary and social determinants of health across the life-course. The links between poor diet and health in the most deprived sectors of society are poorly understood and my work is designed to provide the knowledge to underpin the development of new ways to improve diet and break the persistence of disadvantage across the generations through the study of diet and epigenetics. This work involves the development of novel biological methodologies to study the food system as a whole; following nutrient flows from production to human consumption and their impact
I am a senior researcher in conservation behaviour / environmental psychology focusing on the nature-health-sustainable behaviours nexus. I draw on an interdisciplinary background in molecular biology, natural resource management, conservation behaviour and environmental psychology to investigate the interface between people and their environmental settings (for example, natural, built, home, office) with an aim to develop bridges between issues of ecological quality, health/wellbeing and sustainability. My research centres on the relationship between people and nature, a relationship