16 Oct 2020
Local food: a solution or a tool? New ROBUST discussion paper is out
The new discussion paper “How Local Is Local?” analyses whether the public plate could help the food and farming sector of Monmouthshire,…
Mid Wales
Mid Wales Living Lab
Mid Wales is a rural region without a dominant urban centre and with ambiguous boundaries. With no town of more than 20,000 people, this landscape of fields and forestry, large hills and small towns, often gets overlooked as a ‘green desert’ between more populous and prosperous parts of Wales. How can positive rural-urban connections be grown a long way from the city?
The Mid Wales Living Lab brings together researchers at Aberystwyth University with partners from the Welsh Local Government Association.
Together, they share a commitment to tackle the major challenges Mid Wales faces as a predominantly rural region: remoteness, limited infrastructure, access to markets and services, the changing agricultural economy, and the future after Brexit. The focus is on connection, not catch up. The Mid Wales Living Lab aims to identify innovative, inclusive strategies for smart growth and share back their experiences through ROBUST’s public infrastructures and social services, sustainable food systems, and cultural connections communities of practice.
Latest Live Case
Live Cases are a real-time journaling process for the Living Lab case studies. Follow along quarterly to learn more about the experiences and lessons learned taking place in the ROBUST Living Labs.
Mon 16 Nov
Live Case 5: Innovation and Improvisation
Sometimes, in order to be innovative you have to improvise.
When we started working on the Mid Wales Living Lab in 2018 the team at Aberystwyth University and the Welsh Local Government Association fixed on developing a Rural Vision for Wales as our key objective.
In the context of Welsh…
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Related publications
| Publication | Type | Date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Papurau Bro’ – Community Newspapers as cultural infrastructure | Case Study | 9 Apr 2021 |  MW_Good practice_Papurau Bro Community Newspaper as cultural infrastructure_end.pdf |
| Young Farmers’ Clubs as cultural infrastructure | Case Study | 9 Apr 2021 | MW_Good practice_Young Farmers’ Clubs as cultural infrastructure_end.pdf |
| A Rural Vision for Wales: Thriving Communities for the Future Evidence Report | Report | 27 Jan 2021 | Rural Vision Evidence Report Final Eng.pdf |
