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The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) has appointed Dr. Tuuli-Marja Kleiner to the advisory board of the Sixth German Survey of Volunteers.

More and more city dwellers are moving to rural areas. Has the Corona pandemic triggered a trend or just reinforced it?

Researchers are cordially invited to register for the Spring Conference of the Network Research Section in the German Sociological Association, which will take place on 15 and 16 March 2023.

Together with the Nico Rüpke-Stiftung Hamburg, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie (DGFK) honors Dr. Stefan Neumeier (Thünen-Institute of Rural Studies) with the Cartography Award 2023.

New statement by the German Advisory Council on Rural Development (SRLE) in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL): Strong energy price increases ¬– Targeting specific impacts in rural areas

On 28.11.2022, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Areas of the European Parliament (EP) dealt with the study it commissioned on "Governance: the reform process of the CAP post 2020 seen from an inter-institutional angle".

On 23 November 2022, 13 researchers from different research institutes and universities from Czechia and Germany met in Prague for a workshop on current trends and challenges in rural development.

PD Dr. Andreas Klärner was elected by the members of the Sociological Network Research Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS) as a board member for another two years.

Stefan Becker discusses the instrument’s potential. The presentation is available online.

The Commission for the Awareness of Children's Concerns addressed the topic of "Children's Poverty and Structural Factors" in a public expert consultation on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.