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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hutton at the ESP Europe 2026 tinyurl.com/398b7593 - Simone Martino, Kirsty Blackstock, Kerry Waylen (SEGS) & Alessandro Gimona (ICS) - presenting on Nature-based Solutions, justice, transformation, natural capital & participatory valuation. Insights from ScotGov and Horizon projects. #esp2026

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

How can alternative land ownership models support a sustainable food transition? This new TABLE essay explores examples from the Netherlands for Scotland - Europe's most private land-concentrated country - with unique legal infrastructure for recognizing community ownership. tinyurl.com/3my52h9f

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Great #Hutton #SEGS presence at the 100th #Agricultural Economics Society conference in Oxford. Colleagues discussed #JUSTLANZ on farmers’ capacity for Net Zero, Scottish farmers’ agri-environment scheme preferences, and H2020 FoodLAND on links between farming, migration and food security in Africa.

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

'Rural futures start at the European Rural Parliament, where local insights meet European policymaking'. Glad to contribute with the #GRANULAR Horizon Europe project, exploring how data, dialogue, and local knowledge can shape more inclusive and sustainable rural futures. #ERP2025 #RuralInnovation

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

As part of Scotland’s Land Reform Futures Project, our @hannahbudge.bsky.social joined @srucnews.bsky.social and the Stakeholder Advisory Group in the Netherlands to learn from alternative land models and sector leaders on #landaccess, land-use decision-making and collaboration.

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MERLIN project @merlin-project.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The MERLIN Symposium brought together diverse voices from across sectors to share four years of learning from the Forth Catchment. Check @forthriverstrust.bsky.social's post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/forth-... 🔗 Forth Catchment case study (MERLIN CS17): project-merlin.eu/cs-portal/ca...

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#merlinproject #naturerestoration #forthcatchment #riverrestoration #peatlandrestoration #naturebasedsolutions #collaboration #euhorizon | Forth Rivers Trust

🌿 MERLIN Symposium – Sharing Four Years of Learning in the Forth Catchment 🌿 On 26th September, partners and stakeholders gathered for the MERLIN Symposium, celebrating three years of work in the Fo...

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Call for abstracts! Submit your work to the CORDiALL Conference on Digital Agriculture — April 14–17, 2026, Montpellier, France. Explore AI, low-cost tech, policy, inclusion & more. Deadline: Oct 14, 2025 👉 tinyurl.com/3y4r62tz #DigitAg #CORDiALL2026

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CORDiALL - Digital Agriculture Conference

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Professor Tialda Haartsen's gave a seminar in our Department a few weeks ago about internal #migration patterns of rural young adults in the Netherlands and it's now available on YouTube, posted by the @rgsibg.bsky.social Population Geography Research Group. Watch the Seminar 👉 youtu.be/6cyqfxAt8SQ

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JHI Hosts Inspiring Population Conversation with Prof. Tialda Haartsen

YouTube video by Population Geography Research Group

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#KnowledgeExchange amongst #Nature-based Solutions policymakers and practitioners during National @merlin-project.bsky.social Day. From leaky dams to blended finance, we discussed how to upscale freshwater #NbS @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @forthriverstrust.bsky.social

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Some of our team members were at the Rural Sociology Congress #ESRS2025 this week, discussing some of our top-notch work on rural population, island communities, socio-ecological transformations, agricultural policy, living labs and games methods. Did you catch any of their presentations?

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Have you recently obtained an undergraduate social science degree? Are you interested in sustainability, natural resources, climate change, land use or community vibrancy? You could be our next colleague! 📢We’re #hiring 4 Graduate #ResearchAssistants 👉Apply by 18 July ow.ly/eZC350WfwEG

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Graduate Research Assistant - Aberdeen

The work undertaken by The James Hutton Group is at the top of the global agenda tackling problems such as the impact of climate change and threats to food, biodiversity, soils, and water security. T...

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Last week at a science-policy event organised by Network Nature on Nature-based Solutions (NbS), our Esther Carmen presented insights from @merlin-project.bsky.social on the institutional changes for mainstreaming barrier removal within the EU Hydropower Sector. 👉 project-merlin.eu/outcomes/sec...

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Our colleague @samposkitt.bsky.social contributes to explore how indigenous knowledge could be better incorporated into future scenarios for the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: www.hutton.ac.uk/blog/hutton-...

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Hutton researcher visits Philippines for indigenous knowledge workshop

Hutton researcher Dr Sam Poskitt recently visited the Philippines to attend a workshop on local and indigenous knowledge.

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

SEGS colleagues (and many others) recently published a paper on #ValueChains and Sustainable #Mountain Development: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... It highlights a large amount of qualitative work across 23 European land-based mountain value chains from the recent MOVING Horizon2020 project.

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Value chains for sustainable mountain development: a qualitative understanding of 23 European cases

This paper presents findings using a novel, qualitative and interpretative approach to value chain assessment. The approach was used to further unders…

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SEGS James Hutton @huttonsegs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We're proud to see our colleague @kgjura.bsky.social featured on page 12 of the new @royalsoced.bsky.social ReSourcE magazine with 'Rethinking Rural: Why the City Isn't Always the Centre! We're delighted to recognize her valuable contribution to #RuralResearch! 👏 👉 rse.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · 07/04/2025

Great to see our @huttonsegs.bsky.social research used in the Scottish Government’s 2024 National Islands Plan Report! 🗣️🌊 It highlights our 2020 & 2023 island surveys and our 2023 #ScottishIsland Regions geography. Thanks to all who completed the survey! 👏 Report: ow.ly/TLkV50VvJaS

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The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · 06/03/2025

Colleagues from @huttonsegs.bsky.social recently ran an event focused on ‘Finding Circular Solutions’. The event brought together circular economy practitioners to identify solutions and actions for enabling and scaling up the positive work driving the #CircularEconomy 🌍♻️

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