Events took place across the UK during Festival of Social Science/National Science and Engineering Week 2009. 

Contributions from the Relu programme included:

Land for the Future A one-day seminar in Exeter.

Rural Land Use in the North of England: Future Challenges
A one-day seminar in partnership with the Northern Rural Network in York.

How will bioenergy crops affect our landscapes?
Short talks, interactive displays, posters and handouts at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, on the positive and negative implications of planting more biomass crops in the landscape. 

Making deer choices: public preferences for deer management
Researchers used choice experiments to investigate public views about managing the deer population (Monmouth and Ullapool).

Food for the future - what is the role of organics?
At the Universities of Sussex, Cambridge and Leeds.

Food bugs me to death
Events about microbiological hazards in the food chain at Rhyl High School, Glan-y-Môr Secondary School in Pwllheli, Sir Hugh Owen Secondary School, Caernarfon and Creuddyn Secondary School, Llandudno.

Political Pathogen
A short film exploring diverse views on the risk of E coli O157 shown in schools and community venues.