IDARI Workshop, Prague, June 2004 WP A (NUIG) Research Activity WP 1 (NUIG) Presentation of research agenda (Tuesday 8th June 15.00 – 15.45) TvR
Research Areas Common Property Resources, Sustainability Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Environmental Quality Social Capital and Partnerships Population and Migration
Research Areas Common Property Resources Pilot study, pilot results Relationship between biodiversity, resource productivity, technology and institutions Role of cooperation in CPR exploitation Institutional Change, Land Fragmentation and biodiversity loss: The Case of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Farms
Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Environmental Quality Ecological and Economic Benefit of Institutions: Organic Farming Associations In Estonia Institutions and internalisation of ecological benefits Ecological benefits and higher market prices Model tested using Estonia data Model on adoption of organic farming and SMEs in Poland
Partnerships & Social Capital Partnerships (Pilot) Conflict resolution, stakeholders and external benefits Institutions and internalisation of external benefits Data collection and Analysis Parnerships and Learning: Liga Paula
Partnerships & Social Capital Partnership formation, history and social capital Social Capital: cross cultural comparisons Sustainability indicators and proxies for SC Measurement of economic benefits associated with Partnerships
Population & Migration Rural population issues Migration trends, characteristics of migrants Factors influencing inter-regional and inter-national migration Impact of EU accession Analysis of secondary regional data
Doctoral Theses Liga – partnerships and learning Silja – Carbon emissions, Income distribution and environmental taxation Ahto Oja – Organic farming Wadim – Factors that influence success of rural SMEs in Poland Olga – rural population and migration