Naomi Beingessner
Naomi Beingessner is a social researcher in the Social Economic and Geographical Sciences Department (SEGS) and a member of the 'Land and People' Group. Naomi has a BEd and an MA in Justice Studies, both from the University of Regina, Canada, and a PhD in Environment and Geography from the University of Manitoba, Canada. Her dissertation, "Changing relations of agricultural land tenure and access in the Canadian Prairies", advances the understanding of the social construction of property and contestation over the meaning and consequences of private property in land, particularly as it relates to sustainable land management and the public good.
Current research interests
Ongoing and recent projects
- Project team member contributing to the Scotland's Land Reform Futures project under the umbrella of the 'Rural Futures' theme in the Scottish Government's Strategic Research Programme (2022-2027), funded under the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division of the Scottish Government.
- 'Supporting Scotland's Land Use Transformations' project, under the umbrella of the 'Human Impacts on the Environment' theme in the Scottish Government's Strategic Research Programme (2022-2027), funded under the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division of the Scottish Government.
- 'The Socio-Economic Impacts of “Green” Land Investment in Rural Scotland', funded under the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division of the Scottish Government.
Bibliography
- Beingessner, N.; Magnan, A.; Wendimu, M. (2022) "Land imaginaries" in Western Canada (financial) neoliberalism, agrarianism, and the contemporary politics of agricultural land, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
- Calo, A.; McKee, A.; Perrin, C.; Gasselin, P.; McGreevy, S.; Sippel, S. R.; Desmarais, A. A.; Shields, K.; Baysse-Laine, A.; Magnan, A.; Beingessner, N.; Kobayashi, M. (2021) Achieving Food System Resilience Requires Challenging Dominant Land Property Regimes., Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, Article No.683544.
- Beingessner, N.; Magnan, A.; Wendimu, M. (2022) "Land imaginaries" in Western Canada (financial) neoliberalism, agrarianism, and the contemporary politics of agricultural land, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
- Calo, A.; McKee, A.; Perrin, C.; Gasselin, P.; McGreevy, S.; Sippel, S. R.; Desmarais, A. A.; Shields, K.; Baysse-Laine, A.; Magnan, A.; Beingessner, N.; Kobayashi, M. (2021) Achieving Food System Resilience Requires Challenging Dominant Land Property Regimes., Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, Article No.683544.
- N. Beingessner (2021) Narrating values, persuading government: The unsettled stories of agricultural land ownership in the rural Canadian Prairies, Geoforum
- N. Beingessner; A. J. Fletcher (2020) "Going local": farmers' perspectives on local food systems in rural Canada, Agriculture and Human Values
- N. Beingessner; A. J. Fletcher (2020) "Going local": farmers' perspectives on local food systems in rural Canada, Agriculture and Human Values
- N. Beingessner (2019) Owning the Island: The question of land in Prince Edward Island, Frontline farmers: How the National Farmers Union resists agribusiness and creates our food future
