Annie McKee

Research

Annie’s research focusses on transdisciplinarity, rural governance and institutions, land management and land use policy, agricultural transitions, gender equality in land governance, the impact of land reform, rural community development, and achieving sustainable development in rural areas. Annie is particularly interested in the development and implications of land reform legislation and policy in Scotland, as well as social justice issues relating to land internationally.

Annie has considerable experience of qualitative data collection (including in-depth interviewing, participant observation, and ethnographic techniques) and analysis (including content, thematic, and discourse analysis), stakeholder engagement, and facilitation techniques. She has a strong reputation within the Institute and externally for high quality workshop organisation and facilitation. Annie pursues diverse pathways to impact for research projects and integrate her role as a researcher with active participation in rural community development projects. She aligns closely with the Hutton Science Challenge: to ‘deliver technical and social innovations that support sustainable and resilient communities’.

On-going and recent projects

• Topic lead for ‘E3 – Land Reform’ and Principal Investigator for ‘Scottish Land Reform Futures’ project within the Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme 2022-2027.
• Contributing to sub-project on rural housing within the Rural Futures theme, Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme 2022 – 2027.
• Principal Investigator for ‘Social and Economic Impacts of ‘Green’ Land Investment in Rural Scotland’ (Scottish Government-commissioned research; 2022 – 2023).
• OECD Cooperative Research Fellowship within Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems Programme, hosted by the University of Otago (April – May 2023) on the topic of carbon positive land use in New Zealand.
• Connected Treescapes: A portfolio approach for delivering multiple public benefits from UK treescapes in the rural-urban continuum (Co-Investigator; project led by University of York); funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (2021-2023).

PhD supervision

• Rosalind Corbett: The role of community landownership in increasing access to land for new entrants to agriculture in Scotland (MDT-funded studentship, 2020-2023).
• Christopher Murray: The housing ‘trilemma’: geographies of precarity in rural Scotland, (ESRC-funded studentship, 2021-2024).
• Peter Ballantine: The implications of the Just Transition for the sustainable development of rural communities in Scotland (MDT-funded studentship, 2022 – 2026)

Past research

• Hutton project lead for the H2020 NEFERTITI project: ‘Networking European Farms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake Through Demonstration’ (2018-2022), including ‘Hub Coach’ role, initiating and facilitating on-farm and virtual demonstration events on the topic of ‘farm attractiveness’ and supporting new entrants to agriculture.
• Principal investigator: ‘Shifting power in rural Scotland? A longitudinal analysis of post-land reform community-landowner engagement’. British Academy Small Research Grant (2019-2022).
• Land acquisition for carbon: opportunities and risks – Special Advisory Group, funded by SEFARI Gateway (part of research team; project led by SRUC) (2021-2022).
• Project team contributing to the Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme (2016 – 2022), under the themes of ‘rural economy adaptation to key external drivers’ (Work Package 2.4.2) and ‘local assets, local decisions and community resilience’ (Work Package 3.4.4); both projects funded under the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division of the Scottish Government.
• Project team contributing to the Scottish Government’s commissioned research on ‘Women in Farming and the Agricultural Sector‘ (published 2017), including facilitating and reporting on impact focus groups with women and men in Scottish agriculture in 2021.
• Various projects commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission, including a ‘review of international experience of community, communal, and municipal ownership of land’ (2018; collaboration with SRUC), a ‘review of the effectiveness of current community ownership mechanisms and of options for supporting the expansion of community ownership in Scotland’ (2018, collaboration with SRUC), and ‘increasing the availability of farmland for new entrants to agriculture in Scotland’ (2018, Principal Investigator).
• Project team contributing to the Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) project on community resilience to flood events (2017-2020).
• Leading a Macaulay Development Trust project to facilitate an international discussion on Scottish land reform (2019) and undertaking a discourse analysis on the ‘The right to buy land to further sustainable development’ (2021).
• Fellowship received from the OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems in 2016, building links with Ruralis, the Centre for Rural Research, Trondheim, Norway.
• FarmPath, REFRESH, PROAKIS, and ‘HUNTing for Sustainability’ projects, funded under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), as well as contributing to the H2020 NEWBIE project.
• Scottish Government-funded projects exploring the barriers to community land-based activities and how to overcome these barriers, as well as contributing to an exploration of the ‘impact of diversity of ownership scale on social, economic and environmental outcomes’.
• Theme 8, Work Package 8.2 “Governance and decision-making for community empowerment in rural communities” and Theme 3, Work Package 3.6 “Understanding land managers’ attitudes and behaviour towards the management of environmental assets and responding to climate change “, both projects funded under the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division set up by the Scottish Government (Strategic Research Programme 2011-2016).
• Undertaking social research within the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise for Livestock Disease Outbreaks (EPIC), in particular focussing on the impact of farmer behaviour on disease control and biosecurity.
• Developing Learning Landscapes for Scotland’s Protected Areas – A European Perspective (funded by the Macaulay Development Trust).
• How can we employ citizen science to determine the extent of soil erosion in Scotland? Report commissioned by SNIFFER (2014).
• A methodology for assessing the public interest economic impacts of deer management. Report commissioned by SNH (2013).
• ‘Sustainable Estates for the 21st Century’: The role of private landownership in facilitating sustainable rural communities in upland Scotland, funded by The Henry Angest Foundation (PhD awarded November 2013).
• Sustainable Estates for the 21st Century: Knowledge Exchange Project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Scottish Government and Scottish Land & Estates (2011).

Publications

Journals

• Sutherland, L-A.; McKee, A.; Hopkins, J.; Hasler, H. (2023) Breaking Patriarchal Succession Cycles: How Land Relations Influence Women’s Roles in Farming, Rural Sociology, 88(2), 512-545
• Glass, J.; Mc Morran, R.; Currie, M.; McKee, A.; Pinker, A.; Reed, M.; Meador, E.; Markantoni, M. (2022) Translating community resilience theory into practice: A deliberative Delphi approach, Sociologia Ruralis, 62(4), 675-698
• Currie, M.; McKee, A.; Glass, J.; Markantoni, M.; Pinker, A.; Mc Morran, R.; Meador, E. (2022) Understandings and applications of rural community resilience amongst Scottish stakeholders: Introducing dual discourses, Community Development, 54(2), 187-205
• 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
• Barnaud, C.; Fischer, A.; Staddon, S.; Blackstock, K.L.; Corbera, E.; Hester, A.J.; Mathevet, R.; McKee, A.; Moreau, C.; Reyes, J.; Sirami, C.; Eastwood, A. (2021) Is forest regeneration good for biodiversity? Exploring the social dimensions of an apparently ecological debate., Environmental Science and Policy, 120, 63-72
• Shortall, S.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) The performance of occupational closure: the case of agriculture and gender., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 40-57.
• Shortall, S.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A. (2019) Why do farm accidents persist? Normalising danger on the farm within the farm family., Sociology of Health and Illness, 41, 470-483.
• McKee, A.J.; Blackstock, K.L.; Azcón, J.M.B.; Ciucci, P.; Hosek, M.; Huber, M.; Neubert, M.; Ritchie, C.; Sovinc, A.; Trench, H.; Végvári, Z.; Velander, K. (2018) Developing learning landscape partnerships: Why and how to work with protected area managers., Parks, 24, 63-78.
• Fischer, A.; McKee, A. (2017) A question of capacities? Community resilience and empowerment between assets, abilities and relationships., Journal of Rural Studies, 54, 187-197.
• Duckett, D.; McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Kyle, C.; Boden, L.A.; Auty, H.; Bessel, P.R.; McKendrick, I.J. (2017) Scenario planning as communicative action: lessons from participatory exercises conducted for the Scottish livestock industry., Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 114, 138-151.
• Prager, K.; McKee, A. (2015) Co-production of knowledge in soils governance., International Journal of Rural Law and Policy, No.1., Article No.4352.
• McKee, A. (2015) Legitimising the laird? Communicative action and the role of private landowner and community engagement in rural sustainability., Journal of Rural Studies, 41, 23-36.
• Boden, L.A.; Auty, H.; Bessell, P.; Duckett, D.; Liu, J.; Kyle, C.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.A.; Reynolds, J.; Bronsvoort, B.M.D.; McKendrick, I.J. (2015) Scenario planning: The future of the cattle and sheep industries in Scotland and their resiliency to disease., Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 121, 353-364.
• Guimaraes, M.H.; McKee, A.; Lima, M.L.; Vasconcelos, L.; Boski, T.; Dentinho, T. (2015) Putting transdisciplinarity into practice: a mixed mode procedure for stakeholder participation in natural resource management., Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58, 1827-1852.
• McKee, A.; Guimarães, M.H.; Pinto-Correia, T. (2015) Social capital accumulation and the role of the researcher: An example of a transdisciplinary visioning process for the future of agriculture in Europe., Environmental Science and Policy, 50, 88-99.
• Martin-Ortega, J.; Perni, A.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Balana, B.B.; Dunn, S.M.; McKee, A.; Helliwell, R.C.; Psaltopoulos, D.; Skuras, D.; Cooksley, S.; Slee, B. (2015) A transdisciplinary approach to the economic analysis of the European Water Framework Directive., Ecological Economics, 116, 34-45.
• Warren, C.R.; McKee, A.J. (2011) The Scottish revolution? Evaluating the impacts of post devolution land reform., Scottish Geographical Journal, 127, 17-39.

Books / chapters

• McKee, A.; Vinge, H.; Bjørkhaug, H.; Almås, R. (2020) Agricultural models in Scotland and Norway – a comparison, In: Combe, M., Glass, J. & Tindley, A. (eds.). Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, Chapter 17, pp 388-409
• McKee, A.; Vinge, H.; Bjørkhaug, H.; Almås, R. (2019) Landownership and land management: Can Norway be a model for policy reform in Scotland?, In: Vittuari, M., Devlin, J., Pagani, M. & Johnson, T.G. (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy. Routledge, 519-524
• Pinto-Correia, T.; McKee, A.; Guimaraes, H. (2015) Transdisciplinarity in deriving sustainability pathways for agriculture., In: Sutherland, L-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 12, pp171-188.
• McKee, A. (2013) The laird and the community., In: Glass, J., Price, M.F., Warren, C. & Scott, A. (eds.). Lairds, Land and Sustainability. Edinburgh University Press, Chapter 5.
• McKee, A.; Warren, C.; Glass, J.; Wagstaff, P. (2013) Scottish private estate., In: Glass, J., Price, M.F., Warren, C. & Scott, A. (eds.). Lairds, Land and Sustainability: Scottish Perspectives on Upland Management. Edinburgh University Press, Chapter 3.
• Glass, J.; McMorran, R.; Price, M.; McKee, A. (2012) Working together for sustainable estate communities: exploring the potential of collaborative initiatives between private estates, communities and other partners., Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, University of Highlands and Islands.

Technical / contract reports

• Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; McKee, A. (2024) Assessment of the feasibility of accessing and integrating land ownership data in Scotland, Deliverable D1.1 for Scotland’s Land Reform Futures project (JHI-E3-1), pp37, Online
• Martino, S.; Mzek, T.; McKee, A. (2023) A literature review of the potential benefits and costs of proposed land reform measures, Unpublished report for the SG Land Reform Team
• McKee, A.; Beingessner, N. (2023) A literature review of the social and economic impacts of land use change, Published on SEFARI Gateway website
• McKee, A.; Beingessner, N.; Pinker, A.; Marshall, A.; Currie, M.; Hopkins, J. (2023) The Social and Economic Impacts of Green Land Investment in Rural Scotland, Published on Scottish Government website
• McKee, A.; Marshall, A. (2023) Understanding community access to land data, Scotland’s Land Reform Futures webpage, The James Hutton Institute
• Daniels-Creasey, A.; McKee, A. (2022) Understanding the impact of scale and concentration of landownership: community perspectives from the south of Scotland, The James Hutton Institute
• Martinat, S.; McKee, A. (2022) Afforestation among Scottish farmers as reflected in the Farmer Intentions Survey (2018), The James Hutton Insitute
• Hopkins, J.; McKee, A.; Flanigan, S.; Barlagne, C.; Somervail, P. (2022) Scottish Farmers Intentions to Develop Agritourism ,
• Somervail, P.; Flanigan, S.; McKee, A.; Hopkins, J. (2022) Agritourism in Scotland a review of literature, current context, and trajectory ,
• Currie, M.; Mc Morran, R.; Hopkins, J.; McKee, A.; Glass, J.; Wilson, R.; Meador, E.; Noble, C.; Craigie, M.; Piras, S.; Bruce, F.; Williams, A.; Pinker, A.; Jones, S.; Maynard, C.; Atterton, J. (2021) Understanding the response to Covid-19 – Exploring options for a resilient social and economic recovery in Scotland’s rural and island communities, SEFARI
• McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A. (2021) The Changing Role of Women in Farming, Crofting, and the Agricultural Industry 20162021, Report published online and circulated to Scottish Government policy team (briefing to Cabinet Secretary).
• McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A. (2021) The Changing Role of Women in Farming, Crofting, and the Agricultural Industry 20162021, Report published online and circulated to Scottish Government policy team (briefing to Cabinet Secretary).
• Blackstock, K.L.; Calo, A.; Currie, M.; Dinnie, L.; Eastwood, A.; MacLeod, K.; Matthews, K.B.; McKee, A.; Miller, D.R.; Nijnik, M.; Sutherland,L-A.; Waylen, K.A. (2020) Issues arising from SLC’s Interim Report on Regional Land Use Partnerships – Evidence from the Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021, Scottish Land Commission, Advice to Scottish Government on Regional Land Use Partnership, Appendix 3, 33pp.
• Atterton, J.; McMorran, R.; Glass, J.; McKee, A.; Combe, M.; Xu, T.; Jones, S.; Perez Certucha, E. (2019) Review of international experience of community, communal and municipal ownership of land., To be published on Scottish Land Commission website.
• McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A.; Triste, L., Moschitz, H.; Marchand, F. (2018) NEFERTITI Conceptual Framework: Concepts and key factors for successful network establishment., Internal Project Publication (via collaborative platform).
• Mc Morran, R.; Lawrence, A.; Glass, J.; Hollingdale, J.; McKee, A.; Campbell, D.; Combe, M. (2018) Review of the effectiveness of current community ownership mechanisms and of options for supporting the expansion of community ownership in Scotland., Scottish Land Commission, Commissioned Report, 80pp.
• Philip, L.; Currie, M.; Dowds, G.; McKee, A. (2018) Impacts of winter 2015/16 flooding in and around Ballater and in the Garioch: overview of findings from Project Year 1., End of Year 1 Project, Final Summary Report to CREW, April 2018, 14pp.
• McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L.; Hopkins, J.; Flanigan, S.; Rickett, A. (2018) Increasing the availability of farmland for new entrants to agriculture in Scotland., Final Report to the Scottish Land Commission, 76pp.
• Zagata, L.; Hrabak, J.; Lostak, M.; Ratinger, T.; Sutherland, L-A.; McKee, A. (2017) Research for AGRI Committee – Young farmers – policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform., Scientific Report to European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies. Policy Department B Structure and Cohesion Policies. Agriculture and Rural Development, Brussels, 72pp.
• Shortall, S.; Sutherland, L-A.; McKee, A.; Hopkins, J. (2017) Women in farming and the agriculture sector., Final Report for the Environment and Forestry Directorate, Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division, Scottish Government, 9 June 2017, 184pp.
• Thomson, S.; Moxey, A.; Wightman, A.; McKee, A.; Miller, D.G.; Brodie, E.; Glass, J.; Hopkins, J.; Matthews, K.B.; Thomson, K.; McMorran, R.; Bryce, R. (2016) The impact of diversity of ownership scale on social, economic and environmental outcomes: Exploration and case studies., Final Report to the Scottish Government, March 2016, 110pp.
• Blackstock, K.L.; McKee, A.D. (2015) Main messages from the Learning Landscape Partnership Project., Research Summary available from Project Webpage.
• Creaney, R.; McKee, A.; Prager, K. (2015) Designing, implementing and maintaining (rural) innovation networks to enhance farmers’ ability to innovate in cooperation with other rural actors. Monitor farms in Scotland., Report for AKIS on the Ground: Focusing Knowledge Flow Systems (WP4) of the PRO AKIS Project, February 2015.
• McKee, A.J.; Blackstock, K.L.; Barea, J.M. ; Njornstad, K.; Ciucci, P.; Hosek, M.; Huber, M.; Neubert, M.; Ritchie, C.; Sovic, A.; Trench, l.H.; Vegvari, Z.; Velander, K. (2015) European workshop on developing learning landscape partnerships., Published on the James Hutton Website for Learning Landscape Partnerships.
• McKee, A.J. (2014) Cairngorms Local Action Group – enterprise focus groups., Report from Focus Groups, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, 12 June 2014, and Glen Lui Hotel, Ballater, 19 June 2014. Unpublished report.
• Blackstock, K.L.; McKee, A.J.; Anderson, D.; Ciucci, P.; Dick, J.; Meagher, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Price, M.F.; Pritchard, S.; Ritchie, C.; Tims, P.D.W.; Trench, H.; Vegvari, Z.; Velander, K. (2014) Developing learning landscape partnerships., Report from Scottish Workshop, Edinburgh, 28 April 2014.
• McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Lilly, A.; Aitkenhead, M.; Campbell, C. (2014) On-farm assessment of soil carbon status., Self-published Report for Quality Meat Scotland and research participants; to be published on JHI website.
• Baggaley, N.; Prager, K.; Donnelly, D.; McKee, A.; Lilly, A.; Cooksley, S. (2014) How can we employ citizen science to determine the extent of soil erosion in Scotland?, SNIFFER Project Report: Knowledge Hubs: Environmental Regulation: Tools and Guidance.
• Prager, K.; McKee, A. (2014) Use and awareness of soil data and information among local authorities, farmers and estate managers., Report to Soil Focus Group, RESAS, Scottish Government.
• Roberts, D.; Thomson, K.; Dinnie, L.; Brown, K.; Martin-Ortega, J.; McKee, A.; Prager, K.; Pages, M.; Towers, W.; Munoz-Rojas, J.; Slee, B. (2013) Improving implementationn and increasing uptake of measures to improve water quality in Scotland: key messages for informing policy makers., Scottish Government Land Reform Review Group (LRRG): Call for Evidence – Submission on behalf of the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, 11 January 2013.

Conference papers

• Creaney, R.; McKee, A. (2022) Digitalising the future of housing: Exploring options and opportunities for digitalised homes in rural Scotland, ESRS Scottish Satellite Event, 20- 23rd June 2022, Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld.
• McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.-A. (2021) Why land ownership matters Land ownership, land reform and new entrant access to land in Scotland , Conference presentation at Royal Geographical Society Conference – Session: Value/s, space and place in geography.
• Currie, M.; Pinker, A.; McKee, A. (2021) Do community buyouts of private land(scapes) lead to spatial justice The case of Lewis, Scotland, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference 2021.
• McKee, A.; Philip, L.; Currie, M.; Dowds, G. (2018) Assessing the impacts of flooding on people and communities:
  Learning from the experiences of the 2015/16 flooding in North-East Scotland., SNIFFER Flood Risk Management Conference, Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 5-6 February 2018.
• Duckett, D.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.A.; Kyle, C. (2015) Scenario planning as a communicative action., Policy and Politics Annual Conference, University of Bristol, 15-16 September 2015.
• Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Yang, L.; Murphy, F.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Welsh, L.; Hein, I.; Zhan, J.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Pumped up on (brassino) steroids: multiple Phytophthora infestans effectors manipulate the Brassinosteroid pathway in potato., FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress, The Convention Centre, Dublin, 22-26 June 2014.
• McKee, A.J. (2014) Legitimising the Laird? Communicative action and the role of private landowner and community engagement in rural sustainability., Draft paper for Trans-Atlantic Rural Research Network Conference, Newcastle, 2-4 April 2014.
• McKee, A.; Holstead, K.L.; Sutherland, L.A.; Pinto-Correia, T.; Guimaraes, H. (2014) ‘Shift happens’: co-constructing transition pathways towards the regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe., 11th European IFSA (International Farming Systems Association) Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 1-4 April 2014
• Sutherland, L.A.; Flanigan, S.; McKee, A.; Holstead, K.L. (2013) FarmPath Consortium Meeting., Evora, Portugal, 13-16 March 2013.
• Glass, J.H.; Price, M.; McMorran, R.; McKee, A. (2012) Working together for sustainable estate communities: exploring the potential of collaborative initiatives between privately-owned estates, communities and other partners., Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands.
• McKee, A. (2012) Building sustainable rural communities: land ownership and affordable housing., Rural Housing Service 10th Annual Conference, Birnam, 24 February 2012.
• McKee, A.J.; Sandstrom, C.; Dinnie, E.; Fischer, A.; Tibebe, Y.; Lowassa, A.; Msuha, M.; Kerezi, V., Majic Skrbinsek, A.; Marinko, U. (2012) Changing the rules of ‘the game’: reflections on the problems and prospects of the scenario workshop method in wildlife and natural resource governance., International Conference on Hunting for Sustainability: Ecology, Economics and Society, Ciudad Real, Spain, 27-29 March 2012.
• McKee, A.; McMorran, R. (2012) Working together for sustainable rural communities: comparing and contrasting different models of land-based stakeholder cooperation and rural governance – lessons from case studies of private landownership in the Scottish Highlands., Royal Geographical Society-IBG Annual International Conference, Edinburgh, 4 July 2012.
• Mckee, A. (2012) The ‘Incomer’ Impact: reflections on the influence of new rural dwellers in Scottish upland estate communities., XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Lisbon, 29 July – 4 August 2012.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Ver, A.; McKee, A.; Moriarty, J.; Honegger, S.; O’Dwyer, T. (2021) NEFERTITI and Farm Attractiveness How social media can spread positive messages about farming careers, Poster presented at the European Forum for Agricultural and Rural Advisory Services (EUFRAS) conference, 10-11th June 2021.
• McKee, A.; McMorran, R.; Currie, M.; Pinker, A.; Meador, E.; Markantoni, M. (2018) What does rural community resilience mean to you? Results from a Delphi survey of experts in Scotland., 5th Nordic Rural Research Conference, Vingsted, Denmark, 14-16 May 2018. Conference Book, Challenged Ruralities: Nordic Welfare States under Pressure, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, p41. Abstract.
• Prager, K.; McKee, A. (2014) Co-construction of ‘problem’ and ‘solution’ with policy makers., Royal Geographic Society Annual International Conference 2014, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, 28 August 2014.
• Martin-Ortega, J.; Balana, B.; Cooksley, S.; Dunn, S.M.; Helliwell, R.C.; Jackson-Blake, L.; McKee, A.; Perni, A.; Slee, B. (2014) A transdisciplinary approach to the economic analysis of the water framework directive., Well-being and Equity within Planetary Boundaries. Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, University of Iceland, 13-15 August 2014.
• Pinto-Correia,T.; Guimarães, H.; McKee, A. (2013) Regional sustainability transitions: FarmPath visioning process., Final Conference of the FarmPath and Solinsa 7th Framework Projects, Brussels, 3 December 2013.
• McKee, A.; Fischer, A.; Dinnie, L. (2013) Community activity nodes Investigating the role of community activity nodes in enhancing community vibrancy and resilience, RESAS Theme 8 Knowledge Exchange Meeting, Birnam, Dunkeld, 20 November 2013. (Poster)
• McKee, A.J. (2011) Legitimising the Laird: the role of private landownership in facilitating sustainable rural communities in upland Scotland., Royal Geographical Society-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 31 August 2011.
• McKee, A.J. (2011) Changing the rules of “the game”: outcomes and reflections on stakeholder-developed scenarios for the future of deer management in Scotland., Deer and People: Past, Present and Future, University of Lincoln, 8-10 September 2011.