A Welcome from the President and Executive Committee of the ESRS
The Executive Committee are pleased to welcome existing members, new members and non-
members and hope that you find the new site informative and interesting. The website is our
main vehicle for exchanging information – for providing details of our annual conferences and
summer schools and also of related meetings held by other societies. It combines information
on the ESRS itself and its events with a newsletter for members.
At a time when deep and far-reaching changes are taking place in rural Europe, it is important
that rural research is responsive, innovative and critical. The work of the ESRS seeks to support
and facilitate such research and to ensure its wide dissemination. This new website aims to be
part of this process.
We hope that all members will enjoy, use and contribute to the website and that non-members
will be encouraged to join the ESRS.