Find out more about our current and recent research projects. Our staff are currently involved the following projects:

• Rural Enterprise in Scotland
  Project team: Jane Atterton (SRUC), Roger Turner, Rural Enterprise UK 
  Funder: Scottish Funding Council, Hilands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)
  Project date: 2019
  

• ERC/BEIS small grant for the analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 
  Project team: Sara Maioli, Pattanapong Tiwasing, Matthew Gorton, Jeremy Phillipson, Robert Newbery
  Funder: BEIS and Enterprise Research Centre
  Project date: 2019
  
  
• ESRC Productivity Insight Network  
  Project team: Matthew Gorton, Jeremy Phillipson, Sara Maioli, Robert Newbery, Pattanapong Tiwasing
  Funder: ESRC (led by University of Sheffield)
  Project date: 2018

• Urban-Rural analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey
  Project team: Jeremy Phillipson, Matthew Gorton, Sara Maioli, Robert Newbery,
  Pattanapong Tiwasing, Roger Turner
  Funder: BEIS and Enterprise Research Centre
  Project dates: 2016 - 2017
  
  
• INNOGROW: Regional Policies for Innovation driven Competitiveness and Growth of Rural SMEs
  Project team: Matthew Gorton, Jeremy Phillipson, Pattanapong Tiwasing
  Funder: European Commission Interreg
  Project dates: 2016 - 2020
  
  
• RuralGrowth - increasing Competitiveness of SMEs in Rural Visitor Economy Sector
  Project team: Guy Garrod, Menelaos Gkartzios, Marian Raley
  Funder: European Commission Interreg
  Project Dates: 2016 - 2020
  
  
• Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN)
  Project team: Jeremy Phillipson, Amy Proctor, Frances Rowe, Anne Liddon
  Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
  Project Dates: 2016 - 2019
  
  
• Landbridge: A Knowledge Exchange Network for Rural Professionals
  Project team: Jeremy Phillipson, Amy Proctor, Anne Liddon, Philip Lowe
  Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
  Project dates: ongoing
  
  
• Rural Business Knowledge Exchange and Innovation: The Contribution of Rural Enterprise Hubs
  Project team: Ian Merrell, Jeremy Phillipson, Matthew Gorton, Paul Cowie
  Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
  Project Dates: Ongoing
  
  
• Exploring the Capacity for Social Enterprise in the Rural Communities of County Durham
  Project team: Katie Aitken Mcdermott, Jeremy Phillipson, Matthew Gorton, Elizabeth Oughton
  Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
  Project Dates: Ongoing
  
  
• The Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU)
  Project team: Philip Lowe, Jeremy Phillipson, Anne Liddon
  Funder: UK Research Council, DEFRA, Scottish Government
  Project dates: 2004 - 2013