Staff within the group have experience with a range of research techniques including survey administration and analysis, SPSS, GIS analysis, financial appraisal, economic impact assessment and environmental impact assessment. Researchers also employ a range of qualitative approaches including different forms of interviewing, focus groups and participant observation.
Dr Gary Bosworth Reader in Enterprise and Rural Economies and leader of RRRG. Research interests span rural sociology, geography and economics with a particular interest in the overlapping social and economic roles of businesses in their rural communities. |
Liz Price Senior Researcher at Lincoln Business School. Interests include local and regional economic development, skills and labour markets, and business support intervention. |
Dr Eric Ruto Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lincoln Business School. Eric is a specialist in agricultural and environmental economics and has also completed numerous research projects on both European and Kenyan agriculture, consumer preferences relating to food purchasing. |
Cristina Cherino Cristina started her lecturing career in Seville at the C.E.N.P (Centro Español de Nuevas Profesiones). She moved to the University of Lincolnshire & Humberside (Hull) in 1998, and relocated to Lincoln in 2003 where she lives with her family. |
Dr Martin Elliott-White Currently a Principal Lecturer in Lincoln Business School, University of Lincoln. Key responsibilities include leading the Undergraduate Programmes and acting as head of operations within the School. |
Dr David Gray Lecturer in Economics at the University of Lincoln. His interests include housing and labour markets, especially measures of spillover between regional and local markets. He is also interested in foreign exchange markets and financial contagion. |
Dr Heather Hughes |
Dr Eric Ruto Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lincoln Business School. Eric is a specialist in agricultural and environmental economics and has also completed numerous research projects on both European and Kenyan agriculture, consumer preferences relating to food purchasing. |
Agnieszka Rydzik Research interests in tourism and hospitality employment, rural tourism, migration, sustainability, and tourism development. |
Georgiana Ciuchete Research interests in tourism and hospitality employment, rural tourism, migration, sustainability, and tourism development. |
Visiting Professor
Visiting Fellows
Associates
- Professor Peter Somerville, School of Social and Political Sciences
- Richard Voase
- Dr David Floyd
- Dr Jialin Hardwick
- Professor Ian Barnes
- Professor Charles Dennis
- Professor Ted Fuller.
PhD Students
- Claire Markham – The public house in the rural community
- Susan Marango – Policies for nature and biodiversity in the urban fringe