STAYin(g)Rural Staying in the Rural: Contemporary Life Course related Senses of Belonging, Mobility and Rural Community Participation

迄今为止，人口地理学研究的重点是移徙。特别是在农村地区，那些不迁移的人被视为剩余类别，他们留下来的动机受到学术或政策的关注有限。STAYin（g）Rural调查了人们在其生命的不同阶段为什么以及如何留在农村地区。它承认，人们选择（有选择地）属于和参与农村地区，不同类型的流动性影响他们的逗留过程。一个混合的方法相结合的问卷调查，半结构化的访谈和焦点小组讨论在三个边缘和人口减少的农村案例研究地区：东格罗宁根（荷兰），南蒂龙（北方爱尔兰）和南下萨克森萨克森（德国）。STAYIN（g）Rural侧重于三个生命历程阶段，这三个阶段是重新谈判居住选择的已知触发因素：青年成年、家庭形成和退休后。STAYIN（g）Rural将在以下方面产生重要的新见解：（i）当代类型的农村居留者和居留过程; ㈡农村归属感和流动性如何与留下来和积极参与维持农村生活质量的过程联系起来，及（iii）在不同的地理环境及不同的人生阶段，这些工作如何进行。将通过国家指导小组、案例研究研讨会和国际讲习班，与农村利益攸关方分享和讨论每个研究阶段的准备工作和成果。

To date population geography research has focused on migration. Especially in rural areas, those who do not move are seen as a residual category and their motivations for staying receive limited academic or policy attention. STAYin(g)Rural investigates why and how people stay in rural areas at different stages of their lives. It acknowledges that people elect to (selectively) belong to and participate in rural areas and that different types of mobilities influence their staying processes.A mixed methods approach is employed which combines a questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions in three peripheral and depopulating rural case study regions: east Groningen (Netherlands), south Tyrone (Northern Ireland) and south Lower Saxony (Germany). STAYin(g)Rural focuses on three life course stages which are known triggers for re-negotiating residential choices: young adulthood, family formation and post-retirement.STAYin(g)Rural will yield significant new insights on: (i) contemporary types of rural stayers and staying processes; (ii) how rural belonging and mobility relate to processes of staying and active participation to maintain rural quality of life, and (iii) how these are performed in different geographical contexts and at different life stages. Preparation of, and outcomes from, each research phase will be shared and discussed with rural stakeholders via national Steering Groups, case study seminars and an international workshop.