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
My research focuses on socio-economic impacts of land use and ownership change on rural peoples. My interests include property theory, food systems, multi-stakeholder decision making, and environmental land management. I have substantial experience with qualitative data collection and analysis, community research and engaged scholarship through my PhD and MA research and a three-year position managing a social science and humanities-based community research institute in a Canadian university.
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.
- Research team member, Reversing the Gaze: Knowledge stories on community land rights, funded by an ESRC New Investigator Grant.
Bibliography
- Beingessner, N.; Sutherland, L.; Creaney, R.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Thompson, C. (2023) Scottish Stakeholder Visions of Rural Land Use in a ‘Just Transition’, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 29 August - 1 September 2023, London, UK
- Beingessner, N. (2023) Alternative Land Tenure Models: International Case Studies and Lessons for Scotland, Scotland's Land Reform Futures project, Rural Futures theme, Zenodo
- 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, 41(4), 637-655
- 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, Art. 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, 41(4), 637-655
- 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, Art. 683544
- Beingessner, N. (2021) Narrating values, persuading government: The unsettled stories of agricultural land ownership in the rural Canadian Prairies, Geoforum, 123, 56-65
- Beingessner, N. (2021) Narrating values, persuading government: The unsettled stories of agricultural land ownership in the rural Canadian Prairies, Geoforum, 123, 56-65
- Beingessner, N.; Fletcher, A.J. (2020) "Going local": farmers' perspectives on local food systems in rural Canada, Agriculture and Human Values, 37, 129-145
- Beingessner, N.; Fletcher, A.J. (2020) "Going local": farmers' perspectives on local food systems in rural Canada, Agriculture and Human Values, 37, 129-145
- 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
- Beingessner, N. (2023) Alternative Land Tenure Models: International Case Studies and Lessons for Scotland, Scotland's Land Reform Futures project, Rural Futures theme, Zenodo
- Beingessner, N.; Sutherland, L.; Creaney, R.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Thompson, C. (2023) Scottish Stakeholder Visions of Rural Land Use in a ‘Just Transition’, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 29 August - 1 September 2023, London, UK
