Re-Imagining Rural Futures: Developing Foresight through Future Scenarios Planning for Rural Policy

Does place really matter for rural futures? And if it does, how might we use place to frame the way we support innovation and foresight in contemporary rural policy today while we wrestle with the unknown trajectories of multiple uncertain futures? This poster will highlight the early findings of a comparative research project examining place-based innovation in rural contexts in Scotland and Canada, funded in part by the Rural Policy Learning Commons and the OAC Class of 1958 Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Policy recommendations based on preliminary findings, early-stage contributions to rural scholarship, and questions for additional research will be provided for this in-process PhD dissertation research program.         &nbsp