Below are some of the ideas for future research from discussions around the hub to date: The ViSENet partnership have identified succession planning, the role of social enterprise in creating employment opportunities for young people and retaining population. There is also an interest in ideas of collective leadership and whether this is different in rural, Read more…
Themes from the current research literature
A look at some of the key themes in the current research literature on rural social enterprise. ‘Many of the themes will be very familiar to practitioners but have been drawn out to start a discussion on research areas that are of interest to rural social enterprises.’
Rural Lives
Rural Lives is a research project which is examining the wellbeing of people and families in rural areas, focusing in particular on peoples’ ability to meet their financial commitments and needs comfortably – having enough income to meet more than life’s essentials and to deal with unexpected financial shocks. The hope is that the project’s Read more…
