My co-authored new book with Professor Nick Gallent based on my PhD research at @ucl.ac.uk It raises the “Neo-exogenous Development” to conceptualizes the intensive state intervention, contrast with the increasing state withdrawal from rural regions across the world.

Call for Papers! I co-organized a session on rural geography in Global South Regions @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference, kindly sponsored by @ruralgrg.bsky.social . Abstract submission ddl: 28 Feb 2025. For details, pls see the cfp below. We sincerely welcome your contributions!

Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to projects directly benefiting individuals.

Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds

The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not impact benefits that go directly to individuals.

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In my previous article on JRS, I introduced neo-exogenous development to explain China’s state-led rural networked development model under Rural Revitalization/RRS. In my new paper, I examine this model’s governance implications, arguing that RRS has fostered a form of “rural party-statecraft”.

Many scholars use neo-endogenous development to explain multi-actor participation in China’s Rural Revitalization Strategy. However, in my paper coauthored with Prof Nick Gallent, we argue it is essentially state-led networked development

The rationale of rural planning authorities is that housing and service needs can more effectively be met in towns than in the countryside | Prof Nick Gallent

How to fix England’s rural housing crisis

The rationale of rural planning authorities is that housing and service needs can more effectively be met in towns than in the countryside

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