President, Rural Sociological Society

• Jennifer Sherman, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
• Washington State University
• Wilson-Short 215, Pullman, WA 99164
• 509-335-4163
• jennifer_sherman@wsu.edu

President, Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología Rural

• Germán Quaranta
• Ceil Conicet
• Saavedra 15 4o. piso
• C1083ACA, Buenos Aires – Argentina
• gquaranta@ceil-conicet.gov.ar
• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0042-0684
• http://www.ceil-conicet.gov.ar/acerca-de/integrantes/german-quaranta/

President of the Australasian Food Network

• Dr Emma Sharp, Rutherford Discovery Fellow
• 301.531B | 23 Symonds Street | Te Kura Matai Taiao/ School of
• Environment | Waipapa Taumata Rau/ The University of Auckland |
• Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142 | Aotearoa/ New Zealand
• el.sharp@auckland.ac.nz

President of the Asian Rural Sociology Association

• Motoki Akitsu, Professor
• Graduate School of Agriculture
• Kyoto University
• Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
• e-mail　akitsu.motoki.4r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

President: European Society for Rural Sociology

• Annette Aagaard Thuesen, Associate Professor
• The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
• Department of Political Science and Public Management
• Danish Centre for Rural Research
• University of Southern Denmark
• +45 65 50 42 25
• aat@sam.sdu.dk  
• https://www.sdu.dk/ansat/aat  

Ruth McAreavey is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University. Her research focuses on rural social change and inequalities; migration, research ethics and methodologies. She has published extensively on sustainable rural development and on inequalities faced by migrants in the labour market and in other parts of everyday life. Ruth’s research has been funded by government departments and agencies as well as independent charitable trusts.

Ruth is an active member of various international research networks including the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) and the European Sociological Association. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and co-editor-in-chief of Sociologia Ruralis. Ruth is proactive in engaging with third sector organisations and with government departments. She is a Trustee of Plunkett UK.

Sergio Schneider is Full Professor of Sociology of Rural Development and Food Studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he teaches and research at the Graduate Program of Sociology (PPGS) and Rural Development (PGDR).