6 Aug 2020
Why Covid-19 should make us rethink multilocality
Modern lives are increasingly multilocal – but rural-urban policies are often yet to catch up. ROBUST’s...
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27 Jul 2020
New Practical Guidance for Creating Synergies with Rural Service Hubs
Many rural areas across Europe are struggling to keep their local services open. Service hubs – which provide...
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30 Jun 2020
Discussion Post: Rural Re-advantages?
In this Discussion Post, Dr. Matt Reed (CCRI), posits that the COVID-19 pandemic might finally give rural areas the advantage they need to...
Living Labs
A ROBUST Living Lab is a placed-based form of experimental collaboration that emphasizes co-creation in a real-world setting. Policy-makers, researchers, businesses, service providers, citizens and other stakeholders work together to develop and test new ways to solve problems in a specific geographic region.
The ROBUST project includes 11 Living Labs that represent typical rural-urban settings throughout Europe. Click on the images below to explore what is happening in each ROBUST Living Lab.
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Communities of Practice
A Community of Practice (CoP) is a community of people who share a common interest, practice or problem, who share information and experiences with one another to better learn about that particular practice.
The Communities of Practice in ROBUST are organised around five rural-urban themes that provide a structured forum for sharing real-time experiences and findings from the various ROBUST Living Labs. Click on the icons below to explore each Community of Practice for the ROBUST project in more detail.
Latest publications
| Publication | Type | Date | Download |
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| Rural-Urban Business Model Profile: Valorising Food Heritage and Rural Lifestyles | Factsheet | 3 Aug 2020 |  Valorising food heritage and rural lifestyles.pdf |
| Rural-Urban Business Model Profile: Rural Service Hubs | Factsheet | 3 Aug 2020 | Rural service hubs.pdf |
| Rural-Urban Business Model Profile: Regional Quality Labels | Factsheet | 3 Aug 2020 | Regional quality labels.pdf |
