The programmes and courses in rural development we offer focus on:
• The concepts of sustainability and development
• The particular conditions and differentiated developments characterising rural areas in the light of global changes in economy and politics
• Interrelationships between rural and urban areas
• Natural resources management, landscapes and ecosystem production, including different perspectives on socio-ecological systems
• The importance of socio-economic preconditions and changing livelihoods for development processes
• Relationships between local actors, and local society, and institutions at other societal levels,
Work with local and regional development of rural areas in differing contexts, in the North as well as the South |
