Dr Kirsteen Shields
Senior Lecturer in International Law and Food Security
- University of Edinburgh, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6095
- Email: Kirsteen.Shields@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, R(D)SVS, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin
- City
- Easter Bush, Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Kirsteen Shields is a human rights law expert with a PhD in international law and governance. She is a senior lecturer in international law and food security at the University of Edinburgh, at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems. She was the recipient of the Royal Society of Edinburgh / Fulbright award for research on food and land reform at Berkeley, University of California 2017/18.
She has published on international human rights law, corporate compliance, European human rights law, UK constitutional law in the contexts of land reform, labour rights and ‘ethical trade’ systems. She has led and authored research for the World Bank, the Scottish Land Commission, the Scottish Parliament, and others. She has extensive experience of teaching on human rights law at European, international and UK levels at postgraduate and undergraduate law.
Research Projects
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Food governance for better access to sustainable diets – a review
(7 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 6, pp. 1-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.784264
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Using property law to expand agroecology: Scotland’s land reforms based on human rights
(37 pages)
In:
The Journal of Peasant Studies, pp. 1 - 37
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2083506
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Achieving food system resilience requires challenging dominant land property regimes
In:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.683544
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Free School Meals and Governmental Responsibility for Food Provision
(7 pages)
In:
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 25, pp. 111-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2021.0678
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Free School Meals and Governmental Responsibility
Blog post › Other contribution (Published) -
Why we must ensure the right to food trumps all
Op-Ed › Other contribution (Published) -
Systematic reform can make food a true human right
Op-Ed › Other contribution (Published) -
If we are to create a just society after COVID-19, we need to talk about property rights
Op-ed › Other contribution (Published) -
Brexit, Rights and Devolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3321685
Research output: › Working paper (Published) -
Rights and Devolution after Brexit
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3274729
Research output: › Working paper (Published)