🌾💚 Encore RUSTIK is re mixing how rural futures are imagined, with integrated data, shared tools, and rural communities centre stage in EU green, digital, and socio economic transitions. 🔊 Turn it up for 2026.

🎵 “With a Little Help from My Friends” — The Beatles Collaboration is the real headliner of rural transformation. 🤝 Living Labs + policymakers + researchers + SMEs + communities co designing data, indicators, and policies for better rural futures.

🎵 “Here Comes the Sun” — The Beatles Green transitions begin with local actors and context sensitive knowledge. 🌱 Climate and environmental change, land use, nature based solutions, and community resilience pathways identified in RUSTIK regions.

🎵 “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver Mobility is more than getting from A to B; it shapes access to services, work, and social life. 🚍 Accessibility, everyday mobility data, service provision, and rural proofing for transport and infrastructure.

🎵 “Digital Love” — Daft Punk Rural futures need strong connections both online and on the ground. 📡 Digitalisation, connectivity, skills, data gaps, and tools like the RUSTIK Viewer that make rural evidence more accessible.

🎵 “Young Folks” — Peter Bjorn and John Demographics matter, and young people are still the missing verse in many rural strategies. 👥 Youth retention, ageing, housing and jobs, education, mobility, and community life in changing rural populations.

🎵 “Maps” — Yeah Yeah Yeahs Because understanding rural transitions starts with mapping who and what matters. 🌍 Participatory mapping, place based data, local indicators, lived experience, and knowledge co created in 14 Living Labs.

🎧🌿 #RUSTIKWrapped 2025: Our Soundtrack for Rural Transitions! This year, RUSTIK worked with Living Labs across Europe to understand how digital, environmental, and socio economic transitions shape rural life. Here’s our 2025 playlist of insights 🎧👇

On 9 December, we hold our second review meeting with @REA_research, and we’re excited to share how far we’ve come. We will present the progress made, along with a policy session to showcase results and define next steps. 🔍 https://t.co/gu2Ugj6g2f

@uniofglos @GlosRCC @CCRI_UK @ruralgranular 💡 Key takeaways: ✔️ New tools like Maptionnaire are filling critical data gaps. ✔️ Young residents are essential for tackling demographic imbalance. ✔️ Digital transition needs social innovation. ✔️ Mapping, storytelling, and open participation strengthen evidence-based policy.

@uniofglos @GlosRCC @CCRI_UK From demographic dashboards in Monmouthshire and digital inclusion research in Gloucestershire, to wellbeing insights from @ruralgranular Scottish Living Lab, the message was clear: 🔎 Fine-grained local data + community-driven engagement = better rural policy.

Living Labs in Action: Creating Sustainable Rural Futures! The UK RUSTIK Regional Dissemination Event at Gloucester brought together researchers, policymakers, and partners to explore how new data and participatory tools are shaping rural resilience. 🔗 https://t.co/uxgy212fCX

📘 RUSTIK Recommends. The new Rural Vision Magazine | Edition 3 is out, and it’s definitely worth a read! 🎯 Insights on what’s shaping the #RuralVisionEU in 2025: updates on the Rural Action Plan, thoughts on the post-2027 EU budget, and more. 🔍 https://t.co/h8O8nclkaF

December is the month of presents… 🎁 but it’s also when the new RUSTIK Newsletter arrives! 📨 Subscribe now — our content is better than any gift under the tree! 😉 👉 https://t.co/fCPp5Epkir #RUSTIKProject #RuralInnovation

🎉 Exciting news from the RUSTIK project! A new article titled “Kleine ländliche Unternehmen in der Nockregion-Oberkärnten” by Ingrid Machold, Daria Ernst, and Karin Schroll has been published in the Proceedings of the ÖGA Conference 2025. 📖 https://t.co/aXJyN7s7KH

The RUSTIK Regional Dissemination Event in Gloucester 🇬🇧 brought together researchers, policymakers, and community leaders to explore how data and participatory mapping can create more sustainable and inclusive rural futures. A big thank you to all who made it a success! 💚📸

Energy, ideas, and collaboration in action! ⚡ @RustikHEU partners gathered in Cheltenham 🇬🇧 for WP5 workshops exploring rural transformation across Europe. 📸 Here’s a glimpse of the discussions, teamwork, and inspiration driving #RuralInnovation 💚

The highlights report from our event during the #EURegionsWeek is now available! The session was co-organised by GRANULAR partners from @P10 and @AEIDL, together with colleagues from @RustikHEU & @VALORADA_EU. The workshop focused on #RuralProofing: Making #policies work for

📍 RUSTIK Regional Dissemination Event – UK Join us on 20 Nov 2025 (13:00–16:30 GMT) at Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester for “Creating Sustainable Rural Futures through New Data and Tools.” 🔍 https://t.co/uNJ54NVHcF Explore how data can drive resilient rural communities. 🌿

@uniofglos @GlosRCC 💡 Thematic Focus Areas: 1️⃣ Socio-economic vitality and rural businesses. 2️⃣ Environmental and institutional transition. 3️⃣ Sustainable food and forestry systems. 4️⃣ Social cohesion and inclusion.