Key Digital Game Changers Shaping the Future of Rural Areas in 2040. Views from DESIRA's Rural Digitalisation Forum Experts

This document is a contribution of the EU-funded project DESIRA to the debate on the ‘Long-term vision for rural areas’ (LTVRA), offering a multi-actor research and innovation-based perspective and evidence. We focus on a question, ‘How can digitalisation shape and influence the future of rural areas in 2040?’ in terms of its impact on rural areas/life in a broad sense (services, mobility, education, demography, governance, social life, culture, infrastructure, the environment, non-agricultural business, etc.)