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Governance and Institutional Change : in a Slovene Rural Community

This is a PhD research proposal by Romina Rodela, a PhD student from Slovenia. The proposal focuses on the environmental and socio-economic issues faced by Slovene rural communities, such as nitrogen emissions, migration, aging population, expanding urban areas, and poor infrastructure. The proposal aims to understand the challenges brought by the enlargement of the community and proposes a theoretical framework to recognize the role of local authorities and the interdependence of the biophysical and socio-economic system. The research methodology will involve qualitative and quantitative approaches.

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Governance and Institutional Change : in a Slovene Rural Community

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  1. Governance and Institutional Change:in a Slovene Rural Community PhD Research Proposal RODELA Romina IDARI PhD student

  2. IDARI PhD student: RODELA Romina

  3. SLOVENIAPopulation: 1 994 705Men: 975 577Women: 1 019 128Area (sq km):20273 Water (sq km):122 Land (sq km):20,151 IDARI PhD student: RODELA Romina

  4. Environmental and socio-economic current issues of Slovene rural communities 1. Nitrogen emissions and other dangerous substances; 2. Migration 3. Ageing rural population (Farm owners 4.487, <36) - missing urban/rural dialogue 4. Expanding urban areas to the detriment of natural resources (wetlands, fertile land,..) 5. Poor infrastructure

  5. < 35 years 35 - 44 years 45 - 54 years 55 - 64 years > 64 years owners FWF owners FWF owners FWF owners FWF owners FWF SLO (tot) 4487 2448.75 13222 7163.63 19979 10881. 20942 13234. 27706 10962. The average Slovene farm • Family farm, 4,7 ha (Erjavec, Rendak and Volk, 1998) • 4.5% of GDP • 7% total employment in the years aftertransition FWF - Full working force, Source: Statistic Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia 2002,

  6. …and than

  7. What challenges the enlargement will bring to Slovene rural communities ? • New instructions “how to farm”; Directives, Regulations • New role of local governance action of the citizen, action of the local authority • New conception of the natural environment

  8. Theoretical Framework • Recognizing the role of: local authorities rural communities • Recognizing the interdependence of the biophysical and socio-economic system The focus will be the research the • institutional setting- toward an integrated and sustainable rural development.

  9. Understand the human behaviour • Identify and analyse behaviour of various rural actors • Understand the means of innovations diffusion (agent-based modelling).

  10. Understand the system • Understand the system dynamics • Recognising system characteristics • Identify potential “blocked-in” mechanisms

  11. Research Method • Qualitative; to approach values, perceptions attitudes; (Ethnography) • Quantiaitve: measurements, distribution, etc.

  12. Thank you !

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