PhD defence by Annette Aagaard Thuesen on 12 May
Since 2007, Annette Aagaard Thuesen has been a PhD fellow of the Danish Centre for Rural Research and done research into the organising of partnerships within the frames of the European LEADER-programmes. Her PhD thesis is called:
PARTNERSHIP ORGANISING OF RURAL AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT IN DENMARK.
Democratic effects of governance networks in the form of local action groups (LAGs).
The defence includes a lecture in English by : 鈥淩ural development 鈥� a wicked problem?鈥� in addition to the thesis stating that rural development and its organisation is a special and complex problem needing complex solutions. The opponents are , senior researcher at the Northern Research Institute Troms酶 AS and , professor of planning and director of Research and Consultancy at the University of Newcastle. The PhD defence takes place on Wednesday 12 May, 10am 鈥� 1pm. The defence and the following reception are open to the public, but registration is necessary at secretary Bente Nielsen, tel: +45 6550 4221 or mail: bn@sam.sdu.dk.