Utlysning av midler til ordinære hovedprosjekter.
Satsingsområder er:

* Innovasjon og konkurransekraft i perifere områder
* Bærekraftig utvikling av naturressurser og samfunn

Programmet ønsker seg spesielt prosjekter som fokuserer på sjøsikkerhet i arktiske områder.

http://interreg.no/IREG/Web.nsf/ShowEvent?OpenForm&ID=E4A3544B6EFD5CB0C125797C002ACB8C

http://www.oecd.org/document/45/0,3746,en_2649_34413_36878637_1_1_1_1,00.html

Routledge 2012. Editors: Mike Danson and Peter de Souza

This book draws on work from across northern Europe and is parallel and complementary to the PEMABO network itself. By establishing an intellectual and practically orientated framework and platform, and by bringing together contributions defining the state-of-the-art and potential development paths in the field, it is the first volume to offer a systematic and scientific view from the periphery.

In spite of long‐lasting scholarly attempts to overcome the rigid distinction between cityscape and countryside, metropolis and village, the rural‐urban divide continues to be a strong border. Research and entire disciplines are often organised around these classic categories. A large part of rural research still legitimates itself with an agrarian background while urban studies often come along without any reference to the wider socio‐spatial or political context of the subjects under investigation. Any clear distinction between rural and urban modes of life started to fade away in urbanising parts of the world already in the early 20th century. Yet, ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ remain strong and distinct attributes to what is perceived as separate modes of spatiality. On the other hand, ideas like ‘rurbanity’ or Zwischenstadt (in the scientific realm) or commuters between rural residential areas and urban workplaces or ‘urban farming’ (that is, in daily life) question the very idea of such a clear divide. Globalisation leads to ambiguous consequences of both further vanishing existing differences (e.g. with regard to life styles and mobility behaviour) and deepening them (e.g. by endeavours to maintain at least a non‐urban image of certain places). Further, process‐based understandings of spatiality also lead to new research questions about in‐between spaces and phenomena which are not clearly linked to categories such as ‘urban’, ‘rural’, ‘metropolitan’ or ‘peripheral’.

Cerut’s research is focused on two key issues:
• What characterises a region as a living environment?
• What characterises sustainable regional growth

The research and social dialogue focuses on people´s total life situation, i.e. work, leisure and social relationships. Key concepts are the region as a living environment, sustaineble development and growth.

Cerut’s research and development activities are concentrated on four thematic areas:
- production, identity and culture
- welfare, health and quality of life
- forms of control, influence and ability to take action
- evaluation.

Several disciplines are involved in the research, including human geography, political science, sociology, public health science and economics.

http://www.kau.se/en/cerut

The Centre for Regional Science (Cerum) was established by the Swedish government in 1983 with a mission to initiate and carry out research on regional development, to carry out multidisciplinary research projects, and to spread knowledge on research findings to various public interests. Cerum aims for a long-term build up of competence within the following areas:

• Spatial theory (Urban, regional and rural)
• Qualitative analysis of spatial processes
• Simulation of spatial structures and dynamic processes
• GIS, spatial statistics, and data
• Spatial policy, implementation, and evaluation

http://www.cerum.umu.se/english/?languageId=1

Press release:
40 delegates met on 24-25th May in Trysil, Norway, for two constructive days of exchange of
experience and discussion on how to make the best use of territorial marketing to improve
the image and attractiveness of mountain areas. The meeting was organised in the
framework of the INTERREG IVC project PADIMA “Policies against depopulation in
mountain areas” (2010-2012).

The University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute Visiting Scholars Programme is a new opportunity for experienced scholars in the field of multidisciplinary rural research to visit Ruralia Institute for a period of one to three months, supported with a monthly grant of 2300 € during the academic year 2011-2012. http://www.helsinki.fi/ruralia/index_eng.htm.

Deadline: 8 June, 2011.