SAC Rural Policy Centre

Jane Atterton joined the Rural Policy Centre as a Policy Researcher in June 2010. 

Prior to this, Jane worked at the Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University (2005-2010). Between 1999 and 2003 Jane worked as a Researcher at the Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research at Aberdeen University where she also completed her PhD research on the economic and social networks of business owners in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Jane also spent two years working in the Evidence and Analysis branch of the Countryside Agency in Cheltenham.

Jane's research focuses broadly on rural and regional development, with a particular interest in the characteristics of rural economies and businesses, rural policies and policy-making, urban-rural interactions and demographic change in rural areas.

Recent publications include:

Thompson, N. and Atterton, J. (2010) Twenty first century clientelism? State and community on the Isle of Rum, Scotland, Sociologia Ruralis 50 (4) pp. 352-369

Atterton, J. and Affleck, A. (2010) Rural Businesses in the North East of England: Final Survey Results (2009), Centre for Rural Economy Research Report (June)

Murakami, K, Gilroy, R. and Atterton, J. (2009) The Benefits of an Ageing Population: Case Studies from Rural Hokkaido, Japan, Local Economy 24 (6-7), pp. 555-567

Atterton, J., Thompson, N. and Carroll, T. (2009) Mentoring as a Mechanism for Improvement in Local Government, Public Money and Management 29 (1), pp. 51-57

Atterton, J. (2007) The 'strength of weak ties': Social networking by business owners in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Sociologia Ruralis 47 (3), pp. 228-245 

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