Rural Society Journal

Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues

Rural Society JournalRural Society (ISSN 1037-1656) is the journal of research into rural and regional social issues, published three times a year by the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University. Although designed to be accessible to a broad readership, it is a fully refereed academic journal, which is recognised by DEST for the purposes of Research Data Collection and is included in the Register of Refereed Journals.

Topics covered in Rural Society have included the rural media; small town development; rural gender issues; agricultural restructuring; heritage and tourism; youth and ageing in rural areas and many other rural related topics.

Past articles from the print version of Rural Society are available here.

The Centre for Rural Social Research (CRSR) was originally established at Charles Sturt University in 1988 as the Centre for Rural Welfare Research. The current name was adopted in 1991 to indicate broader vision and research focus.

The CRSR contributes significantly to rural Australia and is recognised as the national centre for rural and regional social research due to the various research and consultancy projects it has undertaken on behalf of government agencies and community groups. It is the first place of call for many organisations interested in rural social issues. The Centre promotes the development of better provision of human services in rural Australia.

Publishing activities at the CRSR provide a vital source of information on rural social issues, particularly its unique nationally refereed journal Rural Society and its Web site. Other publications include technical papers conference proceedings, bibliographies, an occasional paper series, a keynote paper series and commercial books. The Centre also hosts of a number of international and national conferences.

Numerous postgraduate students working in the area of rural social research are supervised by members of the Centre for Rural Social Research. Because of the social science and social welfare focus of the Centre, the majority of members are located in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and this School provides office accommodation for the Centre.

Themed Issue 2008: Water and Gender

Call for Journal Articles

Rural Society is a refereed journal published by the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University. Each year one edition is devoted to a particular theme, and the 2008 themed issue will focus on Water and Gender.

· Full papers due: 28 March 2008

· Publication date: 1 December 2008

Generic information for contributors to Rural Society can be found listed under Author Guidelines. Other inquiries may be directed to the guest editor Professor Kathleen Bowmer by emailing: kbowmer@csu.edu.au

Kathleen Bowmer is Professor of Water Policy at CSU and is a Post-Retirement Fellow with CSIRO Land and Water.

Call for Papers

Sea Changes, Tree Changes and Bush Lessons: Post-compulsory education and rural renewal
Deadline for submissions: 27th February 2009
Publishing as Rural Society Journal volume 19/3
Publishing December 2009

Rural Mental Health
Deadline for submissions: 29th March 2009
Publishing as Rural Society Journal volume 19/4
Publishing December 2009

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Call for Papers

Sea Changes, Tree Changes and Bush Lessons: Post-compulsory education and rural renewal
Volume 19/3
Deadline: 27th Feb 2009


Rural Mental Health
Volume 19/4
Deadline: 29th Mar 2009


Special Issues

Rural Mental Health
Vol 19/4, 2nd Dec 2009


Sea Changes, Tree Changes and Bush Lessons: Post-compulsory education and rural renewal
Vol 19/3, 1st Dec 2009


Water Policy and Gender
Vol 18/3, 1st Dec 2008


Social Capital in a Rural Context
Vol 17/3, 1st Dec 2007


Rural Governance
Vol 16/3, 1st Dec 2006


Rural Social Work Practice
Vol 15/3, 1st Dec 2005


Human Services and Rural Communities
Vol 14/3, 1st Dec 2004


Arts and Culture in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
Vol 13/3, 1st Dec 2003


Information and Communication Technology
Vol 12/3, 1st Dec 2002


Agriculture, Food and Public Policy Issues for a New Century
Vol 11/3, 1st Dec 2001


Rural and Regional History
Vol 10/2, 1st Jul 2000


Women and Rural Issues
Vol 8/3, 1st Dec 1998




Selected Articles

Health and Welfare Needs of Remote Area Women in the Northern Territory


Dilemmas and Decisions Over on or Off-Farm Work


Attending 'Sheepvention'


Rural Education Issues


Landholders' Reasons for Adopting or Rejecting Plantation Forestry on Farms in North-East Tasmania


Rural Women's Empowerment in a Communication Technology Project


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