RHN 34/2021 | Event
Organiser: The Council for European Studies – Hélène B. Ducros
30 March 2021, 10:00 am EST | 7:00 am PST | 15:00 BST | 16:00 CET
The Council for European Studies
CES Insights: Seeding Europe’s Future: Rural Responses to Global Challenges
Webinar
Chair: Evy Vourlides; Moderator: Elizabeth B. Jones; Panelists: Hannes Lorenzen, Sue Pritchard, and Madeline McKeever
As Europe’s population became increasingly urban, Europeanists have often neglected rural Europe in their scholarship. However, in the European Union alone, close to 45 percent of territories are considered rural, with an even higher percentage in most recent member states. Therefore, European leaders and scholars must not only take these territories into account to create and sustain a European future, but should also consider the “rural” as a resource in solving some of the most pressing issues Europe faces. One entry point into the question of the rural is through the notion of food systems, which encompass a slew of concerns about agriculture science and practice, but also wider debates about social justice, environmental policy, and community building in twenty-first century Europe. Panelists will contribute their practical knowledge about challenges in these areas to inform the European (and global) policymaking arena. Some of the questions asked will address ways in which rural Europe offers valuable templates for building more resilient, prosperous, and sustainable societies, what we have learned in recent decades about the role of food systems in protecting biodiversity, and how the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerating climate change have underscored the need to abandon old ways of doing things.
Source and registration: https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/seeding-europes-future-rural-responses-to-global-challenges/