Perceptions and operationalisation of rural resilience in practice

Mikolič, Sara (avtor), O'Sullivan, Shane (avtor), Potočnik Slavič, Irma (avtor), Adam Hernández, Alistair (avtor)

In recent years, the European Commission has actively promoted the concept of rural resilience (European Commission, 2025), but there are still many divergent views on the operationalisation of the concept at EU, national and local levels. Drawing from quantitative and qualitative evidence (e-survey, 18 semi-structured interviews and four focus groups), from studies based in Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia and EU-wide perspective, we analysed the practitioners’ understanding of rural resilience; and identified key factors and challenges for implementation in practice. Findings reveal that, while rural resilience is a conceptual construct open to multiple interpretations, a clear distinction can be observed between theoretical and practitioner interpretations. Theoretical perspectives tend to adopt a broader, more systematic view of rural resilience, transformative and “bouncing forward” approaches, whereas practitioner interpretations are typically narrower, focusing on robustness, adaptability, context-specific actions and immediate community needs. Our findings have implications for policy formation, highlighting that resilience is a long-term process rather than a fixed outcome.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: rural resilience, transformative resilience, adaptation, community resilience, rural development
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Datum objave: 01.04.2026
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 37-51
• Številčenje: Vol. 18, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-182124
• UDK: 711.3:330.34(4-6EU)
• ISSN pri članku: 1803-8417
• DOI: 10.2478/euco-2026-0003
• COBISS.SI-ID: 274190851

Avtorske pravice

Licenca CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 je navedena na spletni strani revije.

• Datum objave v RUL: 24.04.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: European Countryside
• Skrajšan naslov: Eur. Countrys.
• Založnik: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Mendelova univerzita v Brně
• ISSN: 1803-8417
• COBISS.SI-ID: 6922105

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• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 3.0 Nedoločena
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: odpornost podeželja, transformativna odpornost, prilagajanje, odpornost skupnosti, razvoj podeželja

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Program financ.: ERASMUS+
• Številka projekta: 2021-1-IE01-KA220-VET-000033321
• Naslov: Fostering Resilience in Rural Communities
• Akronim: REBOUND