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UHI hosts world’s first academic conference on community landownership
The first ever academic conference on community landownership was held at UHI Perth from the 16th -17th of June 2026. The CLAN Gathering was organised by the…
CLAN Gathering
Jul 03, 2026
‘Community’ in Community Land
I have been living in Scotland for nearly two years now, and I have never been a member of any community. By community, I refer to a geographic community or…
Poorvi Kulkarni
Jul 03, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- ‘Reversing the Gaze’ Panel
Lungisile Ntsebeza Professor Ntsebeza is a Senior Research Scholar, and Emeritus Professor of African Studies and Sociology, Centre for African Studies,…
CLAN Gathering
Jun 03, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- History Panel
Annie Tindley Annie Tindley is Professor of British and Irish Rural History and since 2020 the Head of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at…
CLAN Gathering
Jun 03, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- Policy Panel
James Mackessack-Leitch James leads the Commission’s work around land and human rights, governance, and ownership. This touches upon a range of land reform…
CLAN Gathering
May 29, 2026
Wild land, land use, resource control, land reform: Thoughts from 1984
Introduction The paper reproduced here was written 42 years ago. I was then an Aberdeenshire-based freelance journalist and broadcaster specialising in rural…
James Hunter
May 25, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- Oral Presentation Session 3
Informal collaborative artmaking considered as a re-commoning process in rural Stirlingshire Michael Bowdidge (WHALE Arts Agency / Independent Artistic…
CLAN Gathering
May 25, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- Oral Presentation Session 2
Supporting Community Land Ownership in Wester Ross Biosphere: Unpacking Tensions and Opportunities for the Future Zoe Malcolm (University of Edinburgh) Although…
CLAN Gathering
May 25, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- Oral Presentation Session 1
Understanding chronological differences in largescale community land acquisitions in Scotland Bobby Macaulay (University of the Highlands and Islands), Alys…
CLAN Gathering
May 25, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026- A life of community land research
This session is an 'In Conversation' format between two of the biggest names in community land research. Prof James (Jim) Hunter has literally written the book…
CLAN Gathering
Apr 22, 2026
Local Place Plans and Community Ownership
Background What follows is a condensed version of a dissertation which I undertook as part an MSc in Sustainable Rural Development with the University of…
Beth Landon
Apr 01, 2026
Multi-level cases of community-led land tenure and governance initiatives in rural Scotland
In the 5-year ‘Scotland’s Land Reform Futures’ project, the first research I carried out explored how alternative models of land tenure and governance in other…
Naomi Beingessner
Mar 12, 2026
Practical Pathways to Community Asset Transfer (of Ownership) of Green Spaces
In the context of green spaces, community asset transfer of ownership is fraught with added complexities. With increased financial pressures on Local…
Poorvi Kulkarni
Mar 11, 2026
CLAN Gathering 2026
Introduction The rise of contemporary community landownership in Scotland over the past thirty-five years has far outpaced systematic research into it.…
CLAN
Dec 16, 2025
Who plans Scotland: Exploring the role of Local Place Plans in a just transition to net zero
Local Place Plans were introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 to enable local communities to influence Local Development Plans. By the end of 2024 there…
Kathie Pollard
Dec 04, 2025