Granular: Better knowledge for better rural policies

GRANULAR (giving rural actors novel data and re-usable tools to lead public action in rural areas) is a four-year multi-disciplinary and transnational project, which aims at generating new datasets, tools and methods to better understand rural areas. By doing this, we hope to gain new insights into the unique characteristics, dynamics, and drivers of change in rural areas. Using this knowledge and our Rural Compass, we aim to help those involved in rural development to design place-based policies that are specifically tailored to the needs of each individual area. Ultimately, GRANULAR hopes to support rural actors in their efforts to promote sustainable territorial development.

As GRANULAR works with a Living Lab methodology, the Rural Sociology Group closely collaborates with the P10, Dutch interest group for rural municipalities. In this Living Lab setting it pays special attention for following topics: rural wellbeing, rural basic service delivery and rural proofing of national housing policy.

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