DORA Conference Papers 2000-2001

The DORA project is funded by the European Commission under the Fourth Framework programme for Research and Technology Development, Contract FAIR6-CT98-4162.

The following papers have been written and presented by members of the DORA research teams during the course of the project. They are in 'Word 97' or Powerpoint format and can be downloaded by clicking on the title.

All papers draw on research in progress, and are not for quotation without prior consent of the authors.

• Differential Economic Performance in Rural Areas.
  Paper prepared for the International Conference on Rural Communities and Identities in the Global Millenium, Nainamo, Canada, May 2000.
• Differential Economic Performance in Rural Areas.
  Paper prepared for the International Conference on European Rural Policy at the Crossroads, Aberdeen, UK, June 2000.
• On the measurement of differential economic performance in rural areas. Experience from the DORA research project.
  Paper prepared for the CRRF - NRE Project Annual Conference, Ontario, Canada, October 2000
• The Role of Institutions in Differential Economic Performance: a case study of Caithness and the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
  Paper prepared for the IGU Study Group on Local Development, Annual Conference, Trento, Italy, October 2000.
• Dynamics of Rural Areas: Local Responses to Globalisation.
  Paper prepared for the RGS - IBG Annual Conference, Plymouth, UK, January 2001
• The DORA Project - Methodological Considerations at the European Level
  Paper prepared for the 5th Conference of the European Sociological Association, "Visions and Divisions", RENCORE Research Network, August/September 2001, Helsinki
• Differential Economic Performance: Experience from two Scottish regions
  Paper prepared for the ROOTS 2001, RICS Research Foundation Rural Research Conference, London, 13th November
• Community Linkages and Sectoral Networks: Regional Variations of Networking in Scotland and their implications for competitiveness and innovation
  Paper prepared for the Annual Conference of the Regional Studies Association "Regionalising the Knowledge Economy", London, 21st November
• Dynamics of Rural Areas (DORA): International Comparisons and Policy Implications
  A Presentation by John Bryden in The Arkleton Centre Seminar Series, December 11th 2001
• Entwicklungsdynamik und Sozialkapital in ländlichen Räumen: zwei Fallbeispiele aus Niedersachsen (Development dynamics and social capital in rural areas: two case studies from Lower Saxony).
  Hachmöller, G. and Schrader, H. (2002) In: Seminarbericht No. 43 der Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung; p. 124-154. Manuscript of a paper presented at the winter seminar of the German speaking section of the Regional Science Association, 24th February to 3th March 2001 in Matrei/Osttirol, Austria.
• Social capital, local actor networks and differential economic performance in rural areas: evidence from case studies in Germany.
  Schrader, H. (2002) In: ERSA 2002: from industry to advanced services; perspectives of European metropolitan regions; p 1-19. Manuscript of a paper presented at the 43th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) August 27th to 31st, 2002, Dortmund, Germany. http://www.ERSA2002.org/
• Akteursnetzwerke und Regionalentwicklung im Schatten von Gorleben: Der Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg (Local actor networks and regional development overshadowed by Gorleben: the county Luechow-Dannenberg).
  Masurek, L. and Hachmöller, G. (2002) In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung, H. 1; p 61-69