The interuniversity project Roots of Resilience: Rural Knowledge for a Sustainable Future (RESINA) has been launched with the aim of identifying, validating and transferring sustainable ways of living that emerge from the heart of rural Spain. Researchers from three universities (Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, the Public University of Navarre and the University of Cádiz) are leading an initiative that seeks to transform the prevailing narrative about rural areas, highlighting their value as key spaces for social innovation and collective resilience in the face of the major challenges of the 21st century: the ecological emergency, depopulation and social fragmentation.

Funded by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, the project will focus on documenting practices based on neighbourly cooperation, agroecology, the social economy, mutual care and communal resource management that have enabled rural communities to sustain themselves under adverse conditions.