Rural Studies MPhil, PhD

Our broad range of research areas relate to land use, natural resources and environmental change; rural planning, community governance and resilience; rural change, culture and wellbeing; and rural economy, enterprise and innovation.

Join us for your MPhil or PhD in Rural Studies. You'll be supervised and supported by our research-active academic staff.

Areas of research include:

impact and implications of ‘local-global’ processes and relationships for rural areas

characteristics and performance of rural businesses and households

rural governance

demographic ageing and social change

living with environmental change