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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.

The Thünen Institute of Rural Studies is strongly represented at this year's 41st Congress of the German Sociological Association.

With the "Thünen Research Award 2021 for an excellent target group oriented work" the Society of Friends of the Thünen Institute (GdF) awarded the authors of a thematic issue on Rural Areas on September 19, 2022.

were among the topics of this year's spring workshop of the Working Group on Structural Policy of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval), which took place on 30 June and 1 July at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research in Vienna.

Prof. Dr. Peter Weingarten has been appointed by Federal Minister Cem Özdemir for a renewed, third term of office on the Advisory Council on Rural Development (SRLE) at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.