Baltic Studies Centre (BSC) is a private non-profit research institute specialising in studies of sustainable rural and regional development, agro-food systems, farming, knowledge production and innovations.
About
Baltic Studies Centre (BSC) is a private non-profit research organisation in the field of social sciences. Since establishment in 1991 BSC has carried out over 40 research projects including 15 EU Framework Programme projects. The areas of BSC expertise include sociology, sustainable agriculture, food supply chains, innovation networks, peri-urban agriculture, community development, public policy analysis, science and technology studies.
BSC undertakes action oriented research strategies and cooperates with producers’ organisations, policy makers, municipalities, SMEs, and other research and advisory organisations nationally and internationally. This helps to focus the research on the needs of practitioners and enhance practical innovations.
A presentation video about BSC can be found here. Please also see a video on BSC's dissemination, exploitation, communication and outreach activities here.
News
Research assistant Ilze Mileiko shares her impressions about the ethnographic expedition “Life by the Sea” where, under the leadership of researcher Guntra Aistara, participants explored the coastal life of Northern Kurzeme and its traditions related to fishing, agriculture, and culinary heritage.
Baltic Studies Centre offers an opportunity to develop a post-doctoral research project in the social and environmental sciences as part of Latvian Council of Science’s 1st call for research applications under the 1.1.1.9. activity “Post-doctoral Research”, open to both Latvian and foreign postdoctoral researchers.
BSC senior researcher Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica shares her personal reflections and experiences from the field during recent pollinator monitoring trips.
Maja Raemakers, an intern from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands, offers her insights and reflections on studying wild pollinators in Latvia as part of the RestPoll project.
At the end of May, the Baltic Studies Centre participated in the first General Assembly of the PLUS Change Project in Brussels. Senior researcher Elina Dace shares her reflections on the significance of the event in promoting collaborative research and her experience leading a co-creative session on sustainable land use.
On 18 June, senior researcher Elina Dace joined representatives from 22 companies, state institutions, and research organisations in signing a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new Biorefinery Ecosystem in Latvia, marking a significant step towards the development of a sustainable bioeconomy.
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BSC has published multiple academic articles during last decades. Click "Continue Reading" to get more information.
Some of our studies have been reflected in mass media. Here are some sources where our studies have appeared.
BSC has published a handbook [in Latvian] about directions for development and cases of sustainable food systems, digital solutions, and rural-urban interlinkages.
Many of our studies have been practically oriented and have had policy recommendations as one of outputs. Here are some of the policy recommendation documents.
In our studies we have been participating in a large number of research projects. Here are the links to most of research reports. Click "Read more" to continue.