Today we welcome participants from across Scotland, community representatives, academics and others, to an event in Skye organised in partnership with the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The event on “Valuing local communities in research and policy-making”, at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Skye, will reflect on how we can create better research that truly values local knowledge, experience and voices, giving local communities much greater control and ownership. It has been inspiring to work in genuine collaboration with the Royal Society, and with the backing of the Williamson Trust, whose trustees are attending the event.
Some of the research outputs that CoDeL will be reflecting on are:
- Demographic research on young people returning, settling or staying in Uist (2018), which launched CoDeL and generated significant policy debates.
2. Islands Revival Blog and Declaration (with James Hutton)
3. Young island voices in Scotland and Ireland
4. Economic Impacts of Covid on Peripheral Communities across the Northern Periphery and Arctic (from Canada to Finland, including Scotland and Ireland) (EU funded)
5. Contributions of local social enterprises to Uist
6. Close to 100 stories and reels created for Uist Beò digital platform
7. Casestudies of community action in Uist and the Glenkens
8. Review of Rural Education in the Glenkens in Dumfries and Galloway
9. Addressing Depopulation in D&G: Theme 2 on communities and Theme 3 on best interventions + overall report