Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief (2)
Prof. Dr. Haitao Wu
School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
Interests: Rural Poverty and Peasants' Behavior; Poverty Reduction
Prof. Dr. Brent S. Steel
Political Science department, Oregon State University, USA
Interests: Environmental Policy; Comparative Environmental Policy; Science and Politics; Renewable Energy Policy; State Politics
Editorial Board Members (47)
Dr. Giulio Paolo Agnusdei
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni snc, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: Agrifood Supply Chain Management; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Rural Development; Precision Farming
Prof. Dr. Syed M. Ahsan
Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Interests: Access, Exclusion & Inequity in Healthcare in South Asia; Human Development & Public Policy; Long-Term Economic Development of South Asia; Inclusive Microinsurance: The Delivery and Regulatory Architecture; Theory of Tax Policy under Uncertainty; Electoral Reforms in a Federation
Prof. Dr. Horațiu Felix Arion
Department of Economic Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur Street, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: Value Chain, Agri-food Supply Chains, Agribusiness, Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Rural Tourism, Agricultural Economy, Cluster
Prof. Dr. John Barnett
Department of Social Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801, USA
Interests: Rural Policies; Rural Development
Prof. Dr. Tara Brabazon
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Interests: City Imaging; Regional Development; Un/Popular Culture; Higher Education Studies; Info Literacy
Prof. Dr. Jianming Cai
Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
Interests: Urban and Rural Studies; Sustainable Development; Regional Planning
Prof. Dr. Andrew Cartwright
Centre for Policy Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Interests: Public Policy; Rural Development and Land Use; Development Studies; Demography
Prof. Dr. Claudio Cecchi
Faculty of Economics, SAPIENZA University, Rome, Italy
Interests: Research Methods in the Sustainability Science: the role of Political Economy; Economics of Sustainable Tourism; Economics of Natural Resources; Environmental Economics; Rural Development in Developing Countries; Sustainability Development Strategies
Prof. Dr. Qihui Chen
1. College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; 2. Beijing Food Safety Policy & Strategy Research Base, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Interests: Applies Econometric Methods; Welfare Issues in Developing Countries; Intervention Programs
Prof. Dr. Raffaele Cortignani
Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, via S.Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo 01100, Italy
Interests: Agricultural Economics; Economic Modeling; Sustainable Agriculture; Climate Change and Agriculture; Applied Economics
Dr. Xin Deng
College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: Agricultural Green Development and Regional Revitalization; Cropland Ecological Restoration and Farmers’ Response; Watershed Climate Change and Farmers' Adaptation; Rural Environmental Governance and Farmers’ Participation
Dr. Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga
GTDS Research Group, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Interests: Sustainable Development; Smart Cities; Rural Revitalization; Urban Resilience; Circular Economy
Prof. Dr. Karine DUPRE
School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
Interests: Rural and Regional Development; Social Design; Planning; Tourism
Prof. Dr. Roberto Gallardo
Director, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA
Interests: Rural Trends; Socioeconomic Analysis; Industrial Clusters; Local & Regional Community Economic Development; Digital Inclusion
Prof. Dr. Leyla A. Gamidullaeva
Institute of Economics and Management, Penza State University, Penza 440039, Russia
Interests: Innovation Ecosystem Development; Sustainable Development; Regional Economy
Prof. Dr. Marioara Ilea
Department of Economic Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca 400372, Romania
Interests: Economic and Financial Analysis; Business Management; Analysis of Rural Development Strategies; Control & Financial Auditing
Prof. Dr. Anthea Innes
1 University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness IV3 5SQ, UK
2 Department Health, Aging and Society, Faculty of Social Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
2 Department Health, Aging and Society, Faculty of Social Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Interests: Dementia; Technology; Rurality; Creative Approaches; Co-production; Community Engagement
Prof. Dr. Yuansheng Jiang
College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
Interests: Regional Economy; Rural Finance and Inclusive Finance; Rural Economic Policy; Land Economy and Policy; Risk Management and Insurance
Prof. Dr. Gucheng Li
The College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
Interests: Agricultural Economic Theory and Policy; International Trade in Agricultural Products
Prof. Dr. Yurui Li
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: Urban-rural Relationships; Rural Development; Land Use Policy; Land Consolidation; Rural Settlements
Prof. Dr. Fedor Lisetskii
Institute of Earth Sciences, Department of Nature Management and Land Cadastre, Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russia
Interests: Landscape Farming; Territorial Planning; Soil Protection Arrangement of Agricultural Landscapes
Prof. Dr. Tao Liu
1. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; 2. Center for Urban Future Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Interests: Migration; Urbanization; Urban Land Development; Rural Transformation; Spatial Planning; Water Governance
Prof. Dr. Antonio Lopolito
Department of Economics, Management and Territory (DEMeT), University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy
Interests: Rural Development; Social Capital; Collective Behaviour; Agent-Based Modeling
Prof. Dr. Pier Paolo Miglietta
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies - University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: Agricultural Economics, Commodity Sciences, Environmental Economics, Life Cycle Approaches, Water Footprint
Dr. Joanne Millar
Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789, Albury, 2640, Australia
Interests: Livelihood and Environmental Impacts of International Development Projects; Action Research for Rural Development; Property Rights and Conservation; Cultural Management of Natural Resources
Dr. Mangirdas Morkūnas
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University, Vilnius 10222, Lithuania
Interests: Common Agricultural Policy; Sustainability and Resilience of Rural Regions; Consumer Behavior (especially in agri-food products); Business Development in Rural Regions; Performance Management; Climate-smart Agriculture
Prof. Dr. Beniamino Murgante
School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Interests: Regional Planning; Geocomputation and Urban Planning; Technologies Used in Supporting Spatial Decision
Prof. Dr. Francis Owusu
Department of Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, IA, 50011, USA
Interests: Development Policy; Public Sector Reform; Urban Livelihood Strategies; Africa
Prof. Dr. Gioacchino Pappalardo
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: Rural Development Policies; Competitiveness and International Trade; Consumer Behavior; Cost-benefit Analysis
Prof. Dr. Rongxi Peng
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Interests: Migration; Urbanization; Rural Transformation; Rural Sustainable Development
Dr. Marko D. Petrović
Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Interests: Tourism; Human Geography; Rural Studies; Agritourism; Hospitality
Prof. Dr. Piotr Prus
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Al. prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: Sustainable Development of Rural Areas and Agriculture; Rural Advisory Services; Multifunctional Development of Rural Areas; Non-agricultural Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas
Prof. Dr. Anthony Rezitis
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens, Greece
Interests: Rural Economy; Price Transmission and Volatility; Price Analysis and Market Structure; Efficiency, Technological Changes and Productivity Analysis; Convergence, Supply and Demand Analysis
Prof. Dr. Rosanna Salvia
Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Economics, University of Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, Potenza, I-85100, Italy
Interests: Rural Resilience; Urban/Rural linkages; Land Degradation; Sustainable Land Management; Rural Policies; Stakeholder Involvement
Dr. Redmond Ramin Shamshiri
Department of Engineering for Crop Production, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and 13 Bioeconomy, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Interests: Digital Agriculture; Automation; Simulation and modeling; IoT sensors and wireless communication
Prof. Dr. J Matthew Shumway
Department of Geography, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Interests: Population Geography; Spatial Demography; Rural; Migration
Prof. Dr. Arkadiusz Swiadek
Department of Innovation and Entreprenurship, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Zielona Góra, Licealna 9, 65-417 Zielona Góra, Poland
Interests: National and Regional Innovation Systems; Cluster; Innovation Policy; Spatial and Relation Economy; Business Support Organization; R&D unit; Innovation Cooperation; New Technology for Sustainable Economy
Prof. Dr. Rosaria Viscecchia
Department of Sciences of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources, and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25, 71122, Foggia, Italy
Interests: Agricultural Economics; Food Economics; Consumer Behavior
Prof. Dr. Guanghua Wan
Institute of World Economy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: Pro-Poor Growth; Poverty Reduction; Income; New Economic Geography; International/Regional Development
Prof. Dr. Cheng Wang
Laboratory of Rural Human Settlement Research, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: Rural Human Settlement Environment; Land Use and Rural Development ; Rural Geography; Rural Sustainable Development; Natural Resources and Spatial Planning
Prof. Dr. Barbara Wieliczko
Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland
Interests: Agricultural Policy; Rural Development Policy; Policy Evaluation; Regional Development; Sustainable Economics; Future Studies; Environmental Economics
Dr. Dingde Xu
College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: Rural Sustainable Development; Rural Revitalization; Environmental Policy
Prof. Dr. Ren Yang
1. School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China; 2. Land Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Interests: Rural Geography; Urban- Rural Development and Land Use; Rural Sustainability and Spatial Governance; Global Climate Change and Agricultural Geographical Patterns; Territorial Spatial Planning and Management
Prof. Dr. Jiazhen Zhang
Wales College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Interests: Sustainable Cities and Human Settlement; Industrial Heritage Protection; Rural Revitalization; Landscape Architecture
Prof. Dr. Junbiao Zhang
College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: Agricultural Economic Theory and Policy; Environmental Economy; Economic Theory and Policy in Agricultural Technology
Prof. Dr. Jiaxi Zheng
School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
Interests: Theories and Policies of Agricultural Economy; Agricultural Investment and Project Management
Prof. Dr. Lucy Zheng
Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S11WB, UK
Interests: Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Rural Studies; Regional Development; Business and Environment Sustainability