Rural Research and Strategy Partnership

 

What is the Rural Research and Strategy Partnership (RRSP)?

The RRSP has been formed to broker and develop collaborative thinking between South East England’s rural policy makers and the research community.

The RRSP will catalyse the formation of new collaborations between the above groups, through the following activities:

• Channelling information about practical rural problems:
  From the problem ‘owners’ to the research community, using Stakeholder meetings and a Stakeholder steering group
• Research workshops:
  To focus researchers from different organisations and backgrounds on these problems
• Assisting development of new, high quality research projects:
  To develop new, collaborative research projects and solutions to the rural problems
• Increasing the focus on knowledge transfer mechanisms:
  To help researchers get their research results brought into use.

Who we are

The RRSP is a new partnership of some of the South East's leading research organisations:

• Forest Research
• University College for the Creative Arts
• University of Reading
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex

These partners have diverse research interests and already have a strong track record of collaboration. This can usefully be increased and the RRSP is also keen to work with other organisations, to develop their range of research collaborators. These include land-based colleges and other public sector research and Higher Education institutes.

For further details about the programme

Contact the Partnership Co-ordinator:

Dr Anja Ueberjahn-Tritta
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH

Tel: 01420 22255
Fax: 01420 23653
E-mail: Anja.Ueberjahn-Tritta@forestry.gsi.gov.uk