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Time to Get Emotional: Determinants of University Students’ Intention to Return to Rural Areas
Drawing on a longitudinal study of university students from a remote Portuguese region, this article analyses intentions to return to rural places after graduation. It examines place attachment, expected earnings and family educational background, highlighting emotional as well as…
View publicationThe Ideal Type of Innovative School That Promotes Sustainability: The Case of Rural Communities in Catalonia
This article combines analysis of demographic change in rural Catalonia with research on families moving to rural municipalities and the role of schools in making those places attractive. Drawing on six alternative schools, it proposes an inclusive and innovative…
View publicationThere Is No Place like Home! How Willing Are Young Adults to Move to Find a Job?
This study investigates young adults' willingness to relocate for employment. It connects job-search decisions with mobility constraints, personal preferences and the circumstances affecting young people's opportunities to remain in or leave their communities.
View publicationIs It Possible to Tackle Youth Needs with Agricultural and Rural Development Policies?
This article examines whether agricultural and rural development policies respond adequately to the needs of young people. It considers the relationship between policy design, access to opportunities and the prospects for youth participation in rural economies and communities.
View publicationHow to Foster Rural Sustainability through Farming Workforce Rejuvenation? Looking into Involuntary Newcomers’ Spatial (Im)mobilities
This conceptual study expands the idea of newcomers to farming by considering people who enter agriculture involuntarily because of constraints on mobility or employment choices. It discusses the diversity of these workers and argues that sustainable farming policies must…
View publicationA Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation of Social Agriculture: An Application to a Project Aimed at the Employability of Young People NEET
This article proposes a conceptual framework for evaluating social agriculture as a route to employability. Applied to a project involving young people, it considers how farming-related activities can be assessed in relation to skills, social inclusion and labour-market opportunities.
View publicationLearning to Leave and to Return: Mobility, Place, and Sense of Belonging amongst Young People Growing up in Border and Rural Regions of Mainland Portugal
This study examines how mobility, place attachment and a sense of belonging interact for young people growing up in border and rural communities. It explores the choices associated with leaving, returning and maintaining ties to a place of origin.
View publicationEditorial: Lessons on Building More Sustainable Rural Societies: Youth and Mobility
This editorial introduces research on young people's mobility and the sustainability of rural societies. It frames the links between rural development, access to opportunities, decisions to leave or remain and the social conditions needed for viable rural futures.
View publicationNEET Rural–Urban Ecosystems: The Role of Urban Social Innovation Diffusion in Supporting Sustainable Rural Pathways to Education, Employment, and Training
This study examines social innovation and the potential of rural–urban cooperation to support NEETs' access to education, employment and training. It analyses 51 Youth Guarantee interventions and discusses how diffusion of social innovations can contribute to more sustainable pathways…
View publicationHow Digital Inclusion Increase Opportunities for Young People: Case of NEETs from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey
This article examines digital inclusion among rural NEETs in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Drawing on secondary indicators, it considers how access to information technologies and digital skills are connected with education, employment opportunities and forms of virtual mobility in…
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