Agro-Economics and Rural Anthropology Symposium (SAAR)

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the Agro-Economy and Rural Anthropology Symposium, 3rd Edition, on November 18, 2022, organized by the Gh Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, in partnership with the Rural Development Research Platform Association, the “Gheorghe Ionescu-Șișești” Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Bucharest – Section of Agrarian Economics and Rural Development and the “King Michael I of Romania” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Banat in Timișoara.

The symposium will address the following topics, but not exclusively:

• Rural development;
• Rural entrepreneurship;
• Circular bioeconomy;
• Sustainability, durability and rural resilience;
• Organic agriculture;
• Short supply chains;
• Food security and safety;
• Non-agricultural activities and creative industries in rural areas;
• Certification of agri-food products;
• Rural tourism;
• Family farming;
• Association and cooperation in agriculture;
• Agrarian economy;
• Land fund;
• Consumer behavior;
• Rural anthropology;
• Rural migration;
• Gender studies;
• Rural anthrozoology;
• Rural visual anthropology;
• Rural tangible and intangible heritage;
• Rural socio-linguistics;
• History and historiography in rural areas;
• Rural development policies and strategies;
• Ethics and axiology in rural areas;
• The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in rural areas.

Deadlines:

November 5, 2022 – Sending abstracts in Romanian and English (approximately 250 words, authors, affiliation, keywords), to the address sebastianbruma1978@gmail.com

01.05.2023 – Sending the full paper, in Romanian, for review with a view to publication, to the address sebastianbruma1978@gmail.com

The abstracts of the papers will be published on the symposium website and the full papers will be published in the collective volumeAgro-Economy and Rural Anthropology, Third Edition, published by Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023.

The symposium will be held online.

For details regarding the symposium papers, as well as the requirements regarding scientific papers, you can contact us at sebastianbruma1978@gmail.com or by phone at 0745908021.

Participation in the conference and publication in the conference volume are free.

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Ioan Sebastian Brumă,

• “Gh. Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch
• ASSOCIATED MEMBER ASAS
• Rural Development Research Platform