Authors: María Isabel Doval Ruiz, Breixo Martins Rodal, University of Vigo Why did the International Observatory of Rural Research (RIO) decided to be part of the GRANULAR project? GRANULAR is a project of great importance for our territory for several reasons....
Authors: Henk Oostindie, Bettina B.Bock, Wageningen University The Wageningen University, our partner in the GRANULAR project, just published a report on the multi-spatial understandings of rural diversity and rural policy notions. The document presents a...
The picturesque town of Sigüenza in central Spain recently became the focal point of discussions about the future of rural and cohesion policies in the European Union. The High-Level Rural Policy Forum, held on September 26-27, 2023, brought together 200 key EU...
Author: Marco Ricci, Italian Living Lab in GRANULAR Situated in Val di Cecina, the Italian Living Lab covers an area of about 1,055 km2 with 55,900 inhabitants that stretches from a hilly valley to the seacoast. Marco Ricco, facilitator of this Living Lab on behalf of...
Author: Carlos Tapia, Nordregio Web scraping Web scraping is a method for mechanically gathering data from webpages. It entails utilizing software to extract data from online pages, including text, photos, and tables. Web scraping can be used to collect pertinent...
Authors: Mats Stjernberg, Gustaf Norlén, Anna Vasilevskaya & Carlos Tapia, Nordregio In this blog post, Mats Stjernberg, Gustaf Norlén, Anna Vasilevskaya, Carlos Tapia from Nordregio, present some key considerations towards developing an EU-wide rural typology in...
Author: Louise Chasset, French Living Lab in GRANULAR Pays Pyrénées Méditerranée is a rural territory characterized by great diversity, from coastal to mountainous areas, nearby the French-Spanish border. It covers a territory of 1150 km2 and it represents...
Author: Carla Lostrangio, European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL) In 2022, the 8th Cohesion Report of the European Commission warned about the widening gap between urban and rural areas. Territorial imbalances and territorial divides in...
Authors: Martin Hofer & Ian McCallum, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Over the past half year, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and other GRANULAR partners have been leading efforts on screening more...
Author: Heleen Huiskamp, Dutch Living Lab in GRANULAR In this blog post, our Living Lab in the Netherlands tells us a bit more about their own rural area and what move them to join this international project. Why have you decided to be part of the GRANULAR project?...
