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New report by Ian Merrell Mary O’Shaughnessy uncovers a potential blueprint for remote working hubs in Scotland's rural communities. Featured in The Scotsman scotsman.com/business/scotl… Funded by Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Irish Academy #RuralEconomies #Scotland #Ireland #coworking

It was great to see Mary O’Shaughnessy yesterday and hear more about social enterprises. On the same day her previous work with Ian Merrell and Anna Sellars was reported in The Scotsman! Read more: shorturl.at/AoVGE Royal Society of Edinburgh SRUC UCC Research Cork University Business School (CUBS) Royal Irish Academy

Our researcher Ian Merrell and @ConsultingSAC's Anna Sellars have recently concluded research on Ireland and Scotland's rural remote working hubs. This research was in collaboration with UCC Ireland's Mary O’Shaughnessy and funded by Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Irish Academy. ruralexchange.scot/blog/rural-rem…

New paper out with @BecsWheeler The Health and Well-Being of Women in Farming: A Systematic Scoping Review tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our 2nd Insights Report! @cdoyle34 explores how a 'Sites of Community Significance' designation could better support the land needs of communities in the Land Reform Bill. sruc.figshare.com/ndownloader/fi… #LandReform #RuralExchange

This important research was published today which uses Q methodology to explore the influence of different land use policies in Scotland. I could not be prouder of the ECRs who led this work!

The ESRS - European Society of Rural Sociology 's 2025 Conference is open for paper submissions! We have two Working Groups; Land Reform and Community-Owned Land for Liveable Futures (Ian Merrell and @cdoyle34) and Studying Islands on their Own Terms (Ana Vuin, PhD). See you in Riga! esrs2025.rsu.lv/deep-dive

SG's Approaches to Rural Proofing published today w/ intl examples from Spain, NZ & Korea gov.scot/publications/a… Informed by Jane Atterton's work on rural proofing & SEFARI Gateway Specialist Advisory Group on the Rural Lens ruralexchange.scot/policy/the-rur… RESAS #RuralDeliveryPlan

ICYMI Rural Poverty - National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise State of the Art report by Mark Shucksmith & Jane Atterton now available. Newcastle University Centre for Rural Economy Rural Policy Centre ACRE RSN Online Defra Rural Rural Labour Jayne Glass Polly Chapman Free download nicre.co.uk/media/oa2awzgu…

This year the Rural Entrepreneurship Conference will be held in Wales for the first time at Bangor University. With DrEifionaThomasLane at the helm it's sure to be a good one! More details here: bangor.ac.uk/events/22nd-ru… Abstract submission is 28th February

📢 New book: Postcapitalist Countrysides UCL Press! From land commoning and rural social enterprises, to experimental food commons, Indigenous collectives & land art practices. And more! Co-edited with Nick Gallent, Mark Scott & A Purves #OpenAccess uclpress.co.uk/book/postcapit…

Such a pleasure to be invited to contribute to this bold new vision of rural areas in a post-capitalist world from a star-studded line up of amazing Academics ♥️

DEADLINE APPROACHING! 4 days left to get your abstracts in for the ESRS - European Society of Rural Sociology conference in Riga. Working groups and all manner of interesting topics esrs2025.rsu.lv including ones hosted by Rural Policy Centre and James Hutton Institute on land reform and island populations

New publication: 'Food and Rural Entrepreneurship' chapter, co-written with DrEifionaThomasLane and Rebecca Jones (Bangor University) now available in 'Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds' emerald.com/insight/conten…

New Research Briefing on factors influencing capital investment into Scottish farms published today. Clear correlation with profitability, succession planning, younger farmers and external factors. ruralexchange.scot/blog/new-resea…