New Research Network on Community Assets

Posted on by Dr Kathryn A. Burnett

New Research Network Launched!

Research Network Title: Regional Studies Association Research Network: Acquiring Community Assets, the Role of Social Capital and the Establishment of Alternative Energy Resources

The research network will investigate the issues which arise when ‘communities’ have been given the opportunity to manage and/or purchase resources for ‘development’ purposes. The resources can be anything from land and physical structures, such as a particular building, to institutional resources, such as organisations, joint / community ownership / community commons and community stewardship to safeguard or promote development. The ‘development’ may consist of socio-economic development, sustainable development or for the pursuit of sport and recreational usage.

If you wish to be involved in this network please contact any of the organisers below:

Geoff Whittam

Business School

University of the West of Scotland

Paisley PA12BE

Geoffrey.whittam@uws.ac.uk

0044 (0) 1418483368

Max Munday

Cardiff Business School

Welsh Economy Research Unit

Cardiff Business School

Colum Dr

Cardiff CF103EU

mundaymc@Cardiff.ac.uk

0044 (0) 2920875089

Published by Dr Kathryn A. Burnett

With a background in social anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, Kathryn’s research interests include the mediatization and representation of remote and island spaces; identity, ecologies and place narratives of Scotland’s rural communities, coasts and islands; cultural work, precarity and creative enterprise; Scottish cultural heritage and arts contexts including Gaelic and Scots for applied creative practice; sustainable communities, resilience, development, entrepreneurship, cultural policy and the commons in small island, remote, peripheral and rural contexts. Current external activity includes UWS representative on the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Network (ASAD); and Kathryn is an organising group member for UK wide MSIG in Participatory and Collaborative Methods. Contact: kathryn.burnett@uws.ac.uk

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