Conference Agenda

Session
C2: Place Attachment and Staying Decisions
Time:
Wednesday, 18/June/2025:
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
Location: Conference Room II


Presentations

(Im)mobility patterns of older adults living in small rural Iowa towns

Ilona Matysiak

Maria Grzegorzewska University, Poland



Rooted in Place: The Influence of Place Attachment and Well-Being on Staying Intentions in Rural Southeast Europe

Arbnora Shala, Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Antje Jantsch

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany



Inertia, place attachment and staying intentions of rural youth in the Western Balkans

Thomas Dufhues1, Möllers Judith1, Ana Simonovska2, Emelj Tuna2, Iliriana Miftari3, Desjana Grymshi1

1IAMO, Germany; 2University Ss Cyril and Methodius in Skopje; 3University of Pristina



’You Can Have a Very Good Life Here if You Want!’ Four Typologies of Stayers Explaining Rural Immobility

Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Antje Jantsch

Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies, Germany