PhD Winter School - Rural development in peri-urban areas

The Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Ghent University (Belgium) organize a PhD Winter School. 
This second edition focuses on Rural development in peri-urban areas as a main theme, with four thematic orientations:
1- Questioning the rural
2- Regionally embedded rural development
3- Governance of rural development processes
4- Networks in development processes.
The goal is to provide a forum for PhD students to present ongoing research in a collaborative environment and share ideas with other young researchers.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 15, 2011.
The PhD Winter School will take place on February 2012 in Leuven, Belgium.