This can have lots of elements – such as a literature review, stakeholder interviews, case study research in communities, a workshop and feedback to co-create next steps, with a chunky report with digestible outputs like a blog and social posts alongside. We love these kinds of projects, as we’ll get to journey together for a good amount of time.
Understanding how decisions about land are made and joined up is central to much of our work. For CPRE, we developed research on integrating land use decision-making at the regional level with an eye on the English devolution agenda. We developed a research report with the help of an expert roundtable critiquing the Agricultural Land Classification system which Ellie was interviewed about on Radio 4’s Farming Today. Beyond land use, our research for CPRE also looks at devolution from the perspective of rural communities.
Our research for the Coronation Gardens initiative and partners developed insight on the benefits of, and enablers for, community food growing and makes recommendations for how to scale it up.
Here’s a report we did for Scottish Wildlife Trust on Nature-based Solutions in Scottish Agriculture.