ESRS Congress – Re-inventing the rural
RE-INVENTING THE RURAL: BETWEEN THE SOCIAL AND THE NATURAL
XXIII European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) congress
Vaasa, Finland 17-21 August 2009
Rural areas and people in Europe stand at a crossroads, caught between global and local flows and processes. The ESRS Congress will address this critical moment through the following five key themes:
1. Mobilities and Stabilities in Rural Space
2.The Rural Bites Back
3. Animal Farm
4. The Sciences of the Rural
5. Sustainable Ruralities
The Scientific Committee are pleased to announce the opening of the Call for Abstracts of the XXIII ESRS Congress to be held in Vaasa, Finland 17-21 August 2009.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the congress, please decide which Working Group you would like to be in, and send a title and short abstract (circa 200 – 250 words) to the convenor of that Working Group by February 28, 2009.
http://www.esrs2009.fi/index.html