This paper represents a small but deeply impressive and genuinely important achievement by the much maligned British state in what is probably the most important global issue of our era.
Hear me out ( 🧵) 1/
www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-eva...
New SG report published!
Very interesting themes: place-based policy, community empowerment governance, funding decision making.
For other community governance nerds, I recommend the comparative tables, particularly the 11.3 which compares CLLD to the SAFER model for land market regulation. :-)
Time flies! That’s great. Good luck with the last write up push.
👍🏼 hope the report is some use! Would be great to get an update on your research at some point. And I should have guessed you would also enjoy the Zealand Act 😆
New report out, in which I become a fan of the 1974 Zetland Act, and employee owned resorts.
I've published a Community Right to Buy application database, due to ongoing interest. Of particular importance is it's value to communities trying to use the rights, as well as researchers, and the Scottish Government Community Right to Buy review.
doi.org/10.58073/SRU...
Glad to hear the data set is not just focused on England. I was noting the speakers seem to be England focused. What’s your approach to facilitating the discussion to include perspectives from the devolved administrations of the UK?
Event next Wednesday (8 Oct) on food systems in rural Scotland, you can join online or in person in Parliament.
Includes #Knoydart farms speaker on their food growing projects 👍🏼
Interesting event— although from speakers it looks like Who Owns England would be more accurate?
I’m in Knoydart this week doing fieldwork. A gentleman dropped off his personal buyout archive for us to have a look at— an ideal evening of drinking tea and reading land reform archives 👌 😂
New title, new slides… enjoyed sharing my research on Community Right to Buy at the #UKIPRC2025. Good feedback, I think this paper’s almost ready to go out into the world
Meanwhile, in Scotland...
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
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Scottish Land Fund closed to applications yesterday, no new money for new purchases until after the election in May— probably a year atleast 😬
Excited for this! @hannawheatley.bsky.social @cdoyle34.bsky.social @academyofurbanism.bsky.social @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social @neilmcinroy.bsky.social @planningaidscot.bsky.social
Interested in rural community development? There are many opportunities to get involved in the Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review! bit.ly/4lzZaqL
The Youth Survey is now live, please complete and share: bit.ly/46Gldbr
Oh no! Sending love
In the 1930s, J.A. Dempster and Hugh Smith designed over 50 pithead baths for Scotland and northern England for the Miners' Welfare Fund. Influenced by German pithead baths, they were strikingly modern in appearance. All were demolished between the 1960s and 1980s.
#LostHeritage
7 years ago today I officially got my PhD— with 2 PhD babies (who are now big!) #QueensUniversityBelfast
Slide titled “War on feudalism, 1912”
Finishing up an excellent conference on Scottish Law: Land, Environment, power. Some great presentations— very helpful to dig into history and legal philosophy, and lots of planning chat as well. Also a first airing of my CRtB paper!
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New blog post! 🏙️ Explore the results of this Seminar Series on urban vacancy, occupation, & commoning by Dr. Suraya Scheba, Dr. Cian O’Callaghan, & Dr. Andreas Scheba – a project supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAward.
🔗 www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/06/17/u...
#Vacancy #Commoning #Occupation
We have just published a new episode!
urbanpolitical.online/92-radically...
Joanna Kusiak recently published ‘Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future’ and offers a brilliant insight perspective on the beginning and movement of Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Enteignen. Enjoy!
The algorithmic societies team map the emerging political logics of generative AI across: generativity, latency, broken sequences, & zero shot www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
£150k grant to private developer as sweetener for development of Compulsory Purchase Order property …
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2525603...
Same for Scottish local authorities negotiating with wind farm developers…
Just published in Earth Stewardship:
U.S. Parks and Protected Area Power Structures: From Historic Policies to Indigenous Futurities
doi.org/10.1002/eas2...
@ashrececo.bsky.social
@scholarmelinda.bsky.social
@tasmitchell.bsky.social
@ndn2s.bsky.social
@kalanicarlson.bsky.social
An inspiring few days at @communityland conference.
There are live streamed sessions, including the one I facilitated on community landownership and town planning. www.youtube.com/live/TESeWWW...
WE WON!
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
Change of scenery this week! Not quite the N Highlands.
Looking forward to this event on British Land Commons tomorrow, great line up of speakers @tomchance.bsky.social
Still time to join if you’re in London www.kairos.london/event/revivi...
