Michael Winter (professor)

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'Professor Michael Winter', OBE, PhD, BSc, (born 1955), is a prominent expert on rural politics and economics. He is Director of the Centre for Rural Research at the University of Exeter. He is also a Board member of the Commission for Rural Communities, formerly the Countryside Agency, and also a member of the Governing Body of IGER (The Institute for Grassland and Environment Research). His previous roles have included being Chair of the South West Rural Affairs Forum, a member of the Government's Inquiry into fox hunting, President of the Devon Rural Network, Vice-Chair of the Hatherleigh Area Project and Chair of Exbourne C of E Primary School Governors.

Publications: Prof. Winter has written a book on Rural Politics which is published by Routledge: Rural Politics: Policies for Agriculture, forestry and the Environment.

[edit] Ancestry

Professor Winter is a descendant of Robert Wintour, a member of the Gunpowder Plot and also of the Earls of Shrewsbury, and therefore of the Plantaganent Kings.