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  1. Degrowth-oriented entrepreneurial identity in rural agrifood: Evidence from women-led firms in Ireland

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, December 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  2. Rural proofing challenges, claims and controversy: The case of the Netherlands

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, December 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  3. Beyond agricultural sustainability: the gendered impact of conservation agriculture on the reorganisation of agrarian labour and the social reproduction crisis in Nepal

    Article • Gender Place & Culture, November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  4. Unpacking gender mainstreaming: a critical discourse analysis of agricultural and rural development policy in Myanmar and Nepal

    Article • Agriculture and Human Values, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  5. Does regional decline trigger discontent? Unravelling regional development in the Netherlands

    Article • Regional Studies, August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  6. Becoming a Care-Tizen: Contributing to Democracy Through Forest Commoning

    Article • International Journal of the Commons, January 2023, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  7. Leefbaarheid op het platteland: uiteenlopen van idylles en werkelijkheden : Een literatuuronderzoek naar wat we denken te begrijpen van leefbaarheid op het platteland

    Article • January 2023, Wageningen UR Library

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  8. Young Muslims’ religious identities in relation to places beyond the UK: a qualitative map-making technique in Newcastle upon Tyne

    Article • Children s Geographies, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock, Professor Peter E Hopkins

  9. The emergence of social innovation in rural revitalisation practices: A comparative case study from Taiwan

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  10. Caring in, for, and with Nature: An Integrative Framework to Understand Green Care Practices

    Article • Sustainability, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  11. Rural Futures : Inclusive rural development in times of urbanisation

    Article • January 2018, Wageningen UR Library

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  12. Eén buurttuin, twee gemeenschappen: een case study

    Article • Sociologie, October 2016, Stichting Tijdschrift Sociologie

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  13. Rural Marginalisation and the Role of Social Innovation; A Turn Towards Nexogenous Development and Rural Reconnection

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, February 2016, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  14. Agrarische ondernemers over de mestwetgeving : beleving van het mestbeleid: draagvlak, knelpunten en oplossingen

    Article • January 2016, Wageningen UR Library

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  15. Exploring the roles of women in the development of multifunctional entrepreneurship on family farms: an entrepreneurial learning approach

    Article • NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  16. Community gardening and social cohesion: different designs, different motivations

    Article • Local Environment, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  17. Modelling farmer decision-making: the case of the Dutch pork sector

    Article • British Food Journal, October 2015, Emerald

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  18. Paving the way for farm animal welfare in international relations: an EU–Brazil case study

    Article • Contemporary Politics, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  19. Handbook of the International Political Economy of Agriculture and Food

    Article • January 2015, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  20. Introduction: rural women in Europe: the impact of place and culture on gender mainstreaming the European Rural Development Programme

    Article • Gender Place & Culture, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  21. Gender mainstreaming and rural development policy; the trivialisation of rural gender issues

    Article • Gender Place & Culture, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  22. Investigating the limits of multifunctional agriculture as the dominant frame for Green Care in agriculture in Flanders and the Netherlands

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  23. Healthy, Happy and Humane: Evidence in Farm Animal Welfare Policy

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  24. Changes in farming and in stakeholder concern for animal welfare

    Article • January 2013, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  25. Ethical concerns beyond the border: how European animal welfare policies reach Brazil

    Article • January 2013, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  26. Social innovation and sustainability; how to disentangle the buzzword and its application in the field of agriculture and rural development

    Article • Studies in Agricultural Economics, October 2012, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  27. Microfinance and female empowerment: Do institutions matter?

    Article • Women s Studies International Forum, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  28. Making a living: Grassroots development initiatives, natural resource management and institutional support in Galicia, Spain

    Article • European Countryside, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  29. Dehkans, Diversification and Dependencies: Rural Transformation in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan

    Article • Journal of Agrarian Change, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  30. XXIV Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology “Inequality and Diversity in European Rural Areas” 22-25 August 2011, Chania, Crete, Greece

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  31. The sociocultural sustainability of livestock farming: an inquiry into social perceptions of dairy farming

    Article • animal, March 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  32. Agriculture in Transition; a Neo-Institutional Analysis - By Pierluigi Milone

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  33. Social Acceptance of Dairy Farming: The Ambivalence Between the Two Faces of Modernity

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  34. Low motivation and unawareness in small farmers as an obstacle for implementation of the EU pig welfare rules

    Article • Italian Journal of Animal Science, January 2010, PAGEPress Publications

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  35. Harmonization of welfare standards for the protection of pigs with the EU rules: the case of Croatia

    Article • Italian Journal of Animal Science, January 2010, PAGEPress Publications

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  36. Integrated Rural Policy in Context: A Case Study on the Meaning of ‘Integration’ and the Politics of ‘Sectoring’

    Article • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  37. Partnership and Role Perception, Three Case Studies on the Meaning of Being a Representative in Rural Partnerships

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  38. European approaches to ensure good animal welfare

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  39. Examining power struggles as a signifier of successful partnership working: A case study of partnership dynamics

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  40. Rural Gender Relations. Issues and Case Studies - Edited by Bettina B. Bock and Sally Shorthall

    Article • Gender Work and Organization, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  41. Defining sustainability as a socio-cultural concept: Citizen panels visiting dairy farms in the Netherlands

    Article • Livestock Science, August 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  42. Animal welfare: the attitudes and behaviour of European pig farmers

    Article • British Food Journal, October 2007, Emerald

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  43. Attitudes of Dutch pig farmers towards animal welfare

    Article • British Food Journal, October 2007, Emerald

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  44. The Construction of Professional Identity: Symbolic Power in Rural Partnerships in The Netherlands

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, July 2007, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  45. Rural gender regimes: the development of rural gender research and design of a comparative approach

    Article • January 2007, Emerald

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  46. Elements of societal perception of farm animal welfare: A quantitative study in The Netherlands

    Article • Livestock Science, October 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  47. Ethics and the politics of food

    Article • January 2006, De Gruyter

    Professor Lotte Holm, Professor Bettina Barbara Bock, Professor Frode Alfnes

  48. Changing European farming systems for a better future

    Article • January 2006, De Gruyter

    Caterina Contini, Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  49. Fitting in and Multi-tasking: Dutch Farm Women's Strategies in Rural Entrepreneurship

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  50. Barriers to women's participation in rural policy making

    Article • Emerald

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  51. Dynamics of change and reconstitution in hegemonic and rural gender regimes

    Article • Emerald

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  52. Animal welfare: The challenges of implementing a common legislation in Europe

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock

  53. Tegelijkertijd en tussendoor : gender, plattelandsontwikkeling en interactief beleid

    Article • Wageningen UR Library

    Professor Bettina Barbara Bock