Several members of our team recently took part in the ESRS Conference held in Riga from July 7 to 11. Andreas Klärner and Larissa Deppisch presented a paper co-authored with Susann Bischof and Franziska Lengerer, titled "Socio-Ecological Transformation and Its (Dis)Contents – Understanding Political Polarisation in Rural Areas".
Michał Konopski presented his paper, "Left-behind and Populist? Electoral Consequences of the Rural-Urban Divide. Evidence from Poland".
Anna Grzelak contributed with her presentation, "Is the Urban-Rural Political Divide a Fact or a Myth? Insights from Poland".
Josef Bernard presented two papers: "Two Decades of Rural-Urban Divide in Europe: Is the Socio-Economic Gap Widening?" and "Lilliputian Rural Municipalities: Weak Governance or a Hub for Local Democracy?"
Likewise, Anja Decker delivered two presentations: "Urban-to-Rural Lifestyle Migrants in Local Politics: Negotiating and Transforming Modes of Governance in Rural Peripheries" and "How Do Informal Food Producers Sustain Their Practices? Insights from Rural Czechia".