Progress 09/15/24 to 03/16/25
Outputs
Target Audience:Policy influencers (e.g., think tank personnel) and policy makers (e.g., executive and legislative branch personnel) are an important audience for this research, since a primary intent is to influence federal rural policy innovation and development. Academic audiences are also important as the research is theoretically positioned at the cutting edge of knowledge in economic geography and regional studies; it is meant to contribute to and push forward timely global scholarly debates on regional development and economic alternatives. Changes/Problems:The major change is that the PD has accepted a position as an assistant professor at University of Wyoming, causing this project to be terminated before the projected end of the award.This will entail changes in the research program once the award is transferred to University of Wyoming in that the PD's time will now be allocated to other responsibilities, including teaching. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The PD is currently enrolled in the University of Wyoming's Community Engaged Faculty Institute, service learning pedagogies training. Through this module she is building her pedagogical skills and constructing the basis for a service learning course for undergraduates and graduate students to provide technical assistance and build administrative capacity in rural communities' local governments and nonprofit organizations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Early findings have been disseminated through social media posts and outreach, and through conference presentations, and invited panel disucssions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Training objectives: The primary professional goal of the PD--to obtain a faculty role at an R1 or R2 university--was achieved during the duration of this project. This award is being terminated as part of a request to transfer it to the PD's new institution (University of Wyoming) such that she can continue to carry forward this research; however, her success on the academic job market signifies a milestone in her professional growth aligned with these training objectives. The PD continues to maintain and build a strong national and international network of collaborators and colleagues through conference attendance, and service to the profession. Since the initiation of the award she has been invited to speak on an international panel as a rural and 'left behind' places expert, and as a rural policy expert on a policy panel in DC (both taking place this spring)--this signifies not only her growing stature in the field of rural policy but also her progress toward communicating knowledge with academic and policy audiences (Objective 3). She was also invited to join an international academic association as a board member, to co-edit a special issue of a leading internatinoal policy journal (Contemporary Social Science), and to serve on the editorial board of a second leading international journal (Territory, Politics, Governance). Research objectives:Due to the PD's career transition, this award is being terminated early in it's timeline and transferred to her new institution; therefore, progress toward these objectives will continue. At present the PD was in the data collection phase of the project, including compiling a dataset of policy documents, document analysis and conducting background interveiws. She identified a fitting case study county based on selection criteria (Niobrara County, WY) and began building relationships there through targeted stakeholder outreach, site visitsand interviews; she also began conducting document content analysis on county plans, meeting minute records, local archives, and relevant policy documents.
Publications
- Type:
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Grete Gansauer & Andrew Westwood (2024) Transatlantic lessons from Bidenomics place-based policies: opportunities and limits for addressing regional inequality, Contemporary Social Science, 19:4, 622-639, DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2024.2436977
- Type:
Other Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Gansauer, G. (Under 2nd round review with Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space). "From geographies of disadvantage to geographies of dispossession: Reinvigorating relational perspectives in the left behind places debate."
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gansauer, G. (2024, November 8). "Deconstructing the US policy discourse surrounding 'left behind', rural regions." Presented at Regional Studies Association winter conference, London UK.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Gansauer, G. (2025, June 5). "Deconstructing the US policy discourse surrounding 'left behind', rural regions." Accepted / will be presented at Global Conference on Economic Geography, Boston, MA, USA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Gansauer, G. (2025, May 5). "Deconstructing the US policy discourse surrounding 'left behind', rural regions." Accepted / will be presented at Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, Porto, Portugal. May 5.
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