An influential figure in the development of initiatives for future land use in rural areas will visit the Granite City this week to take part in the first of the 2008 series of lunchtime seminars being held at the University of Aberdeen.
Professor Dr Hubert Wiggering, from the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg,Germany will make the journey to Scotland where he will spend time in Aberdeen leading a seminar on future land use in rural areas and the interfaces between scientific knowledge and policy.
In his seminar, Professor Wiggering will address ways of ensuring that policy systems can reap the benefits of scientific research – an issue that concerns all countries. He will focus on interfaces: the channels through and by which scientific knowledge can inform rural land use policy.
The visit by this internationally respected figure is being hosted by teams from the University of Aberdeen's Institute for Transport and Rural Research (ITRR), and the Centre for Transport Research.
The seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 13 between 1-2pm in Room G15, St Mary's, Elphinstone Road. Staff, students and colleagues from across the rural policy and transport sectors are invited to attend the free of charge event.
Professor John Farrington, Director of the ITRRat the University, said: "I am delighted to welcome an academic of Professor Wiggering's standing to the University of Aberdeen. He is a scholar of international distinction and I am sure that the issues he will be addressing in his seminar will interest many colleagues in the academic and policy communities."
The ITRRis leading the way in the creation of a pioneering research institute that will develop and enhance international research in the field of rural policy and transport.
Professor Farrington added: "Lunchtime seminars are held every fortnight at the University during term. They are designed to provide opportunities for a wide range of professionals to work in a collaborative way. The focus of the series is to present interesting research and ideas to members of the ITRR and others with an interest in rural and transport issues and is primarily aimed at researchers, policy professionals and students."
Further information on the series of lunchtime research seminars at the University of Aberdeen is available by contacting David Watts on (01224) 272352 or email: href="mailto:d.watts@abdn.ac.uk">d.watts@abdn.ac.uk</a> or visit: www.abdn.ac.uk/itrr/seminar_series_0708.html for the full seminar programme.