1. Khoesan Resilience: Surviving Drought in the 19th Century Cape Colony • Benjamin Chatterton, Lund University; Calumet Links, Stellenbosch University; Erik Green, Lund University.

2. ‘Credit Democratization’ and Land Reform: Remaking Rural Colombia (1930 – 1965) • Mariana Diaz Chalela, Yale University.

3. Elite Capture in Rural Development Programs: Investigating Long Run Path Dependency of Local Elites Using Historical Surname Data in Ireland • Conor Judge, Department of Sociology, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

4. Between Tradition and the Welfare State – Local, Rural Modernization in Sweden 1863-1919 • Sofia Carlfjord, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.