The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) is a collaboration between the University of Gloucestershire, the University of the West of England, the Royal Agricultural College and Hartpury College. Based in Gloucester, it is one of the leading specialist rural research centres in the UK with programmes of research in rural community development, rural poverty, agri-environment policies, agri-tourism, local sustainability, local economic development, EU and UK rural development, and the planning system in the countryside.

CCRI staff members working on the project are Dr. Matt Reed, Dr. Damian Maye, and Prof. Nigel Curry.