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Andy Wightman
Email: Andy.Wightman@ed.ac.uk
Academic Qualifications
- BSc Forestry from Aberdeen University
- Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen
Professional Qualifications
- Director, Caledonia Centre for Social Development
- Member, New Opportunities Fund Scottish Land Fund Committee
- Special Adviser to Land Reform Scotland
- Special Adviser to Scottish Land Reform Convention
- Member Scottish Executive Panel on Landownership
- Member Scottish Executive Panel on Land Information
Current Research Interests
- Landownership in Scotland
- Land Reform
- Recreational Land Use
- Land Tenure and Rural Development
Recent Publications
- Wightman, A., Higgins, P., Jarvie, G., & Nicol, R. (in press, Culture, Sport, Society). The Cultural Politics of Hunting. Sporting Estates and Recreational Land Use in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
- Wightman, A. & Higgins, P. (2001). Sporting Estates and Outdoor Recreation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In: Michael B. Usher (Ed.) Enjoyment and Understanding of the Natural Heritage. Scottish Natural Heritage & the Stationery Office, Edinburgh pp. 171-176.
- Wightman, A., & Higgins, P. (2000) "Sporting Estates and the Recreational Economy in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland". Scottish Affairs 31 pp18-36.
- Wightman, A. (1999). Land Reform: a leverage for what?. In: Hassan, G. A Moderniser's Guide to Scotland.
- Wightman, A. (1999). Land Reform: Politics, Power and the Public Interest. The 1999 McEwen Memorial Lecture, Edinburgh International Book Festival. Rural Forum, Perth.
- Wightman, A. (1999) "Scotland: Land and Power". Luath Press, Edinburgh 128pp.
- Callander, R.F. & Wightman, A. 1998. (eds). Understanding Land Reform in Scotland. Proceedings of a Conference organised by the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland, University of Edinburgh.
- Wightman, A. (1998). The Wider Land Reform Agenda. In: Callander & Wightman (1998)
- Wightman, A. (1996) "Who Owns Scotland". Canongate Books, Edinburgh 238pp.
