Useful Links

Scientific Associations/ Societies/ Research Centers

• APDR - Portuguese Association for Regional Development
• ALASRU - Latin American Association for Rural Sociology
• APS - Portuguese Association of SociologY
• Center for Rural Research - Norway
• Center for Rural Studies - Universidade de Vermont
• ESA - European Sociological Association
• ESRS - European Society for Rural Sociology
• ESRS Research Study Group on Southern and Mediterranean Europe: Social Change, Challenges and Opportunities
• IRSA - International Rural Sociology Association

• ISO-RURAL -Network on Socio Territorial Research and Rural Development 

• Rural Sociology Group - Wageningen University and Research
• RSS - Rural Sociology Society (US)
• SPER - Portuguese Society for Rural Studies 

Governmental Entities and Associations

• Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020
• EU - Agriculture and Rural Development
• LEADER+ Programme
• GPP - Bureau for Policy and Planning - (MAFDR)
• MINHA TERRA - Portuguese Association of Local Development Associations
• Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development (MAFDR)
• Portuguese Association for Local Development - ANIMAR
• National Rural Network 

Other Research Projects 

• Agriculture in Portugal: Food, Development and Sustainability (1870-2010)

• Families and Food Poverty in Three European Countries in an Age of Austerity

• MOVIDIVERSOS - Mobilities, Social diversity and Sustainability

• ORTE - The Overall Rural Tourism Experience and sustainable local community development

• RENERGY - Consensos e Controversas Sócio-técnicas sobre as energias renováveis

• RURAL MATTERS - Meanings of the Rural in Portugal: between social representations, consumptions and development strategies

• SafeConsumE: Safer food through changed consumer behavior

• MRD | Caucasus - Scientific Research Initiatives for Mountain & Rural Development / Caucasus Region

• SUSPLACE - Sustainable Place-shaping