National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia - National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia

Rural Communities Conference

NIRRA will be hosting a Rural Communities Conference on 18-20 April 2012, at Narrabri in rural NSW. This conference will be for social researchers working the rural space, looking at the key issues raised in the Visioning the Future of Rural & Regional Australia scoping study.

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Scoping a Vision for the Future of Rural & Regional Australia - Discussion Paper Released

For the past 6 months NIRRA has been undertaking a scoping project on Visioning the Future of Rural and Regional Australia. A discussion paper has now been completed

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Farming Systems and Adaptation to Climate Change

This talk by Professor Deirdre Lemerle will cover the opportunities for agricultural innovation to increase productivity and environmental protection, while facing the challenges of climate change

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Shhh... Hearing in a Farming Environment

NIRRA members Sue Brumby (pictured) and NIRRA Director, Anthony Hogan, have recently been awarded more than $500,000 over three years for the ‘Shhh Hearing in a farming environment’ project.

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Field Trip to Mulloon Farm - Agri-Food Research Conference

Field Trip

Agri-Food XVIII is the annual meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Agri-Food Research Network.

A pre-conference field trip will be held on Monday 5 December 2011.

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Research profile

NIRRA member Aysha Fleming talks about her current research into climate change.

Current position & organisation: Social scientist at CSIRO

Current research project: Currently researching climate change adaptations in the Australian wine industry, particularly looking at decision making processes and information sources. The project is one case study combined with two community case studies (Wimmera and Mildura) as well as the livestock and peanut industry. I am working with a number of colleagues (Sarah Park, Anne-Maree Dowd, Estelle Gaillard, Emma Jakku) and we are looking at the changes that are occurring for climate change and other key drivers for Australian primary industries and how they might be better supported.

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About NIRRA

The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA), located in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, was established in 2009 to promote Australian rural and regional social research to relevant audiences. The main focus of the institute's work is:

To enhance collaboration between researchers, policy makers and community groups,
To increase the accessibility, visibility and usability of social research on rural and regional Australia,
To contribute to the production of policy relevant research outputs.