Rural research for development and rural livelihoods
Social innovation and innovation systems;
Sustainability adaptation and transformation (including climate change)
Local and indigenous knowledge;
Knowledge management and co-production;
Disaster and risk management
Capacity development and pedagogy;
Food systems, dynamics and governance;
Research-policy engagement and governance;
Participatory evaluation and learning;
Facilitation, participatory process and action research;
Trans- and interdisciplinary research design, facilitation and implementation
Complex systems thinking and research;