1. CORASON/FP6/EU-Project -TCD CORASON- a Cognitive Approach to Rural and Sustainable Development: the Dynamics of Expert and Lay Knowledges Sixth Framework Programme Priority 7-(STREP) Participant Institutions: TCD (Ireland), UGOT (Sweden), IPSHAS (Hungary), UVAL (Spain), UKL (Poland), DTSEP (Italy), AUA (Greece), UTL (Portugal), UAB (UK), CRR (Norway), ZALF (Germany), CZUA (Czech Rep.) Co-ordinator: Hilary Tovey, TCD

2. CORASON/FP6/EU-Project -TCD Aims and Objectives Key concepts: Rural development Sustainable development Knowledge forms Objective: To track the action of different forms of knowledge on projects for rural sustainable development Use, mobilisation, effects

3. CORASON/FP6/EU-Project -TCD Theoretical Background Rural Development Agro industrial Post productivist (New paradigm) rural development Sustainable Development A knowledge based set of practices of different rural actors Knowledge Forms -‘Scientific’ vs. ‘local’

4. CORASON/FP6/EU-Project -TCD Research Methodology 12 Work Packages, 7 empirical and thematic Year 1: WP3- Land Use Management WP4- Demographics and Civil Society WP5- Nature Protection and Biodiversity Year 2: WP6- Local Food Production WP7- Non-Agricultural Economy WP8- Innovatory Economic Development WP9- Sustainable Resource Management

5. CORASON/FP6/EU-Project -TCD Research Framework Study Regions RRAs: regional research areas LIAs: local implementation areas Work Organisation and Deliverables Balancing specificity and comparability Work package co-ordinators Country reports Comparative analysis Synthesis report Final report