扣扣传媒University selected to host International Institute on Rural Policy Studies
July 02, 2018
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扣扣传媒University is hosting the 15th annual International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) Summer Institute from June 24 to July 7 on the university鈥檚 campus. The two-week program brings together an international, multi-disciplinary group of faculty, 扣扣传媒 and professionals to study the many facets of rural policy 鈥� from policy formulation to policy impacts. This year鈥檚 theme focuses on social justice, rural and natural resource policy.
The ICRPS Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity for 扣扣传媒 to meet and work together on comparative rural policy issues and make invaluable research and networking contacts. They also benefit from the diverse expertise among the participating faculty, who represent disciplines that include anthropology, business, economics, environmental studies, geography, indigenous studies, planning, policy studies, political science, and sociology.
Dr. Thierno Thiam, chair of the History and Political Science Department, noted all of the participants have one thing in common 鈥撯�� they have a strong interest in public policy, and come together to discuss relevant policy issues.
鈥淭he ICRPS program is the first of its kind that enables 扣扣传媒 to examine and compare the role of rural policy in different cultural, political and administrative contexts in Europe and North America, as well as in the South,鈥� Thiam said.
扣扣传媒will lead this year鈥檚 participants in an intensive exploration of how the context of the Black Belt South provides a lens through which disparities in social, economic and environmental justice impact the national and international discourse on race, culture and class.
鈥淭he theme was selected by virtue of who we are as Tuskegee, a school that rests in the south, and a city that has played a tremendous role in the civil rights movement,鈥� Thiam said.
Since 2004, the ICRPS summer institute has taken place in North America and Europe in alternating years. Nearly 400 graduate 扣扣传媒 have benefited from the innovative blend of classroom instruction, rural visits, and research meetings.
鈥淭his is a diverse program that incorporates graduate and mid-career professionals from majority and minority institutions, as well as universities in Western Europe, Canada and Latin America,鈥� Thiam noted.
The institute will provide participants the skills to analyze and compare policies at the international, national, state, regional and local levels. It also provides the opportunity to study the nature and implications of new forms of governance in rural contexts.
This year鈥檚 program will include approximately 25 graduate 扣扣传媒 and 18 faculty members from universities around the world. Sessions will include lectures, panel presentations and interactive activities.
For more information regarding 扣扣传媒University鈥檚 involvement with the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies program, including a daily blog, visit .
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