1. IDARI Workshop, Prague, June 2004
WP A (NUIG) Research Activity
WP 1 (NUIG) Presentation of research agenda
(Tuesday 8th June – 15.45) TvR

2. Research Areas Common Property Resources, Sustainability
Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Environmental Quality
Social Capital and Partnerships
Population and Migration

3. Research Areas Common Property Resources Pilot study, pilot results
Relationship between biodiversity, resource productivity, technology and institutions
Role of cooperation in CPR exploitation
Institutional Change, Land Fragmentation and biodiversity loss: The Case of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Farms

4. Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Environmental Quality
Ecological and Economic Benefit of Institutions: Organic Farming Associations In Estonia
Institutions and internalisation of ecological benefits
Ecological benefits and higher market prices
Model tested using Estonia data
Model on adoption of organic farming and SMEs in Poland

5. Partnerships & Social Capital
Partnerships (Pilot)
Conflict resolution, stakeholders and external benefits
Institutions and internalisation of external benefits
Data collection and Analysis
Parnerships and Learning: Liga Paula

6. Partnerships & Social Capital
Partnership formation, history and social capital
Social Capital: cross cultural comparisons
Sustainability indicators and proxies for SC
Measurement of economic benefits associated with Partnerships

7. Population & Migration
Rural population issues
Migration trends, characteristics of migrants
Factors influencing inter-regional and inter-national migration
Impact of EU accession
Analysis of secondary regional data

8. Doctoral Theses Liga – partnerships and learning
Silja – Carbon emissions, Income distribution and environmental taxation
Ahto Oja – Organic farming
Wadim – Factors that influence success of rural SMEs in Poland
Olga – rural population and migration