Are you researching socio-environmental conflicts related to rural transitions in Europe?
These conflicts span various areas, from agricultural disputes over pesticides and GMOs to tensions around rewilding and the energy transition.
With CRAFT (Contested Rural Transitions: Embracing Conflicts through Participatory Research), an Una Europa Seed Funding project, we are building a network to exchange knowledge and methodologies, exploring how different disciplines can collaborate through participatory research.
To better understand learning needs and create networking opportunities, we have prepared a short survey (about 5 minutes). If you are an early-career researcher (PhD candidate, postdoc, or assistant professor), your input is especially valuable, but everyone is welcome to participate.
📌 Take the survey
⏳ Available until 31 March 2025
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Thank you for your contribution!
Project Coordinator: Eirini Skrimizea, KU Leuven
Participating universities: KU Leuven, Alma mater studiorum - Università di Bologna, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
As rural areas undergo significant transitions, the frequency and intensity of socio-environmental conflicts are expected to increase. The CRAFT project connects and trains early-career researchers in interdisciplinary sustainability studies to design and implement transdisciplinary and participatory action research addressing these conflicts.
The project will gather learning needs from partner universities and create a CRAFT network that will host hybrid seminars presenting diverse case studies and methodologies. CRAFT will publish a special issue led by early-career researchers for knowledge exchange. The project aims to equip early-career researchers with hands-on experience in the CRAFT living lab in Belgium.