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Brilliant day yesterday at our Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales away day. Highlight was sharing research project developments, and brainstorming new ideas. Exciting to identify how the projects will expand in coming months - watch this space!

Constituency packs ready for our quick policy briefings on rural youth with MPs tomorrow. Sense about Science Wales Innovation Network WISERD #evidenceweek

Pecynnau etholaeth yn barod ar gyfer ein sesiynau briffio polisi cyflym am ieuenctid gwledig gydag ASau yn San Steffan yfory. Sense about Science Wales Innovation Network WISERD #evidenceweek

An excellent day with Sense about Science #evidenceweek talking about what can be done to address rural youth out-migration & promoting our @CymruWledigLPIP work. Great conversations with Ann Davies AS / MP Liz Saville Roberts AS/MP Catherine Fookes MP Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar David Chadwick MP 🔶 Ben Lake AS/MP Lord Davies of Gower & others.

Wales Innovation Network WISERD CWPSAber Geography and Earth Sciences @ Aber Uni

New from us on Subtsack (free): The Rural-Urban Geographies of Trump's Return open.substack.com/pub/ruralspati…

Our 5 headline findings from analysis of the #USElection2024 : 1. Election decided in medium metros & large metro fringes 2. Dems failed to turn out vote in large metro cores 3. Trump consolidated hold on rural areas 4. Trumpland is growing 5. Most Trump voters live in cities

"It's now possible to travel from Bandera in Texas to New Witten in South Dakota without leaving a county where more than 80% of voters supported Trump, a roadtrip of over 1,000 miles" Read more on the urban-rural geographies of Trump's return: open.substack.com/pub/ruralspati…

I’m staying on here for the moment but I can also now be found at woodszzp.bsky.social

We’re staying on here for the moment but we can also now be found at ruralspatialj.bsky.social

Call For Papers: We're organising a session on 'Creative Geographies of Discontent: Rural Disruption and Political Innovation' for Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Conference 2025 in Birmingham. See details: ruralspatialjustice.substack.com/p/cfp-creative… Deadline: 24 Feb. Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG

🚨NEW REPORT🚨 Today we launch our latest report produced in partnership with Aberystwyth University and WISERD. Democracy in Wales is not in good health. Most people feel unable to influence the political decisions that impact their daily lives. 1/3

New open access paper on farmers, globalization, populism and support for Bolsonaro in southern Brazil, with reflection on qualitative methods in electoral geography. Based on Rural Politics & Spatial Justice and GLOBAL-RURAL research: periodicos.uff.br/geographia/art…

Beach life in Aberystwyth….

Important pattern in Northumberland with Reform doing less well (& Tories holding on) in more rural wards. The Reform surge is largely urban & periurban. It will be interesting to see if this pattern holds in other councils as results come in today.

Lincolnshire shows different pattern to Northumberland. Reform dominating rural wards so far. Only non-Reform wins are urban or small town wards in Lincoln & Spalding. Which pattern will be more typical at the end of the day?

We're delighted to confer Honorary Fellowship on Professor Michael Woods (Michael Woods) in recognition of his outstanding support for geography. Aberystwyth University WISERD CWPSAber Learned Society of Wales

The Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales team actively engages with policymakers to address rural challenges. From Westminster to the Senedd, their research is informing discussions on child poverty, youth migration, and more. Read about their impactful work - ow.ly/zeJq50VVzjK

New on our free Substack: Notes from Appalachia. What's behind Trump's landslide in eastern Kentucky? Musings on our scoping visit & reading and thoughts on how we'll approach case study fieldwork (with a little myth-busting). open.substack.com/pub/ruralspati…

WISERD has secured £1.6m from Economic and Social Research Council for research project People, Places, and the Public Sphere to investigate how participation in democratic activities, collaborative governance and citizen science can address collective challenges bit.ly/4e1DC3Z