Dr David Clelland
- Lecturer in Rural Regeneration (School of Social & Environmental Sustainability)
telephone:
01387 345381
email:
David.Clelland@glasgow.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1081-1478Biography
David is Lecturer in Rural Regeneration at the School of Interdisciplinary Studies in Dumfries. He joined the School as a researcher in 2013; previously he was with the Training and Employment Research Unit where he specialised in local economic development, labour market analysis and evaluations of employment programmes.
His doctoral research was on the role of governance and agency in regional economic development, looking at the experience of Dumfries and Galloway over the past two decades, and tracing the emergence of new initiatives for the South of Scotland and the 'Borderlands'.
He is currently engaged in two international research projects with Professor Fabrice Renaud concerned with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic - looking at the effects of border closures on economic activity and land use in northern Vietnam, and responses, resilience and recovery of the 'Blue Economy' in Scotland, Germany, Costa Rica and Massachusetts.
His other recent work has included:
- Research to support the development of a Regional Economic Strategy and Anti-Poverty Strategy for Dumfries and Galloway, and socio-economic profiles of the region's different areas.
- A survey of community councils in Scotland to explore their engagement with community resilience activity
- Research into the measurement of poverty and deprivation in rural areas, and how it is used in policymaking
David has also worked with the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group, contributing to the publication of the third World Map of Palliative Care Development.
Research interests
- Local and regional economic development
- Multi-scalar governance
- The measurement of poverty and deprivation in rural areas
- Community resilience
Publications
2025
Hartmann, L., Walz, Y., Clelland, D. , Esquivel-Rodriguez, C., Riganti, P., Vicarelli, M. and Renaud, F. G. (2025) A conceptual framework for a post-COVID-19 green recovery of the Blue Economy. Marine Policy, 171, 106446. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106446)
2024
2023
2021
Clelland, D. (2021) In a straightjacket? Targeting deprivation in rural Scotland in the context of localism and austerity. Journal of Rural Studies, 83, pp. 155-164. (doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.02.008)
Connor, S. R., Centeno, C., Garralda, E., Clelland, D. and Clark, D. (2021) Estimating the number of patients receiving specialized palliative care globally in 2017. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(4), pp. 812-816. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.036) (PMID:33010338) (PMCID:PMC8012880)
2020
Clelland, D. , van Steijn, D., Macdonald, M. E., Connor, S., Centeno, C. and Clark, D. (2020) Global development of children’s palliative care: the picture in 2017. Wellcome Open Research, 5, 99. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15815.3)
Clark, D. , Centeno, C., Clelland, D. , Garralda, E., López-Fidalgo, J., Downing, J., Varghese, C. and Connor, S. (2020) How are palliative care services developing worldwide to address the unmet need for care? In: Connor, S. R. (ed.) Global Atlas of Palliative Care. 2nd Edition. Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance: London, UK, pp. 45-58. ISBN 9780992827724
Clelland, D. , van Steijn, D., Whitelaw, S. , Connor, S., Centeno, C. and Clark, D. (2020) Palliative care in public policy: results from a global survey. Palliative Medicine Reports, 1(1), pp. 183-190. (doi: 10.1089/pmr.2020.0062) (PMID:32954376) (PMCID:PMC7497719)
Clelland, D. (2020) Economic Impacts of Covid-19 in the South of Scotland: Emerging Evidence and Future Prospects. [Research Reports or Papers]
Clark, D. , Baur, N., Clelland, D. , Garralda, E., López-Fidalgo, J., Connor, S. and Centeno, C. (2020) Mapping levels of palliative care development in 198 countries: the situation. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(4), 794-807.e4. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.11.009) (PMID:31760142) (PMCID:PMC7105817)
Adekola, J. and Clelland, D. (2020) Two sides of the same coin: business resilience and community resilience. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 28(1), pp. 50-60. (doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12275)
Clelland, D. (2020) Beyond the city region? Uneven governance and the evolution of regional economic development in Scotland. Local Economy, 35(1), pp. 7-26. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219899917)
2019
Clelland, D. (2019) Business Engagement in Developing Community Resilience to Natural Hazards. [Research Reports or Papers]
Clelland, D. (2019) The Role of Local Business in Community Resilience to Natural Hazards. [Research Reports or Papers]
Clelland, D. and Hill, C. (2019) Deprivation, policy and rurality: the limitations and applications of area-based deprivation indices in Scotland. Local Economy, 34(1), pp. 33-50. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219827893)
2018
Wild, A., Clelland, D. , Whitelaw, S. , Fraser, S. and Clark, D. (2018) Mapping the “housing with care” concept with stakeholders: insights from a UK case study. Journal of Integrated Care, 26(4), pp. 257-266. (doi: 10.1108/JICA-12-2017-0046) (PMID:30464723) (PMCID:PMC6195168)
Wild, A. and Clelland, D. (2018) Current and Potential Future use of Facilities on the Crichton Estate by Students Attending Academic Institutions located on, and adjacent to, it. [Research Reports or Papers]
2017
Clelland, D. (2017) Geographies of Deprivation: Insights from Mapping Administrative Data in a Rural Area. Administrative Data Research Network Conference 2017, Edinburgh, UK, 01-02 Jun 2017. (Unpublished)
Wild, A., Clelland, D. , Gillespie, S. and Hill, C. (2017) Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere: Socio-Economic Baseline Study. [Research Reports or Papers]
2015
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Annandale and Eskdale Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Baseline Study and Regional Economic Profile for Dumfries and Galloway Regional Economic Strategy 2014-2020. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Nithsdale Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Poverty and Deprivation in Dumfries and Galloway: A Spatial Approach. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Stewartry Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Wigtownshire Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
2013
Glass, A., McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2013) North East LEP Skills Action Plan Evidence Base: Final report. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2013) Evaluation of Certificate of Work Readiness Pilot Programme. [Research Reports or Papers]
McTier, A., Clelland, D. , Quashie, A. and McGregor, A. (2013) Evaluation of Social Enterprise and Third Sector Challenge Fund. [Research Reports or Papers]
2012
McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2012) Evaluation of Community Jobs Scotland Programme. [Research Reports or Papers]
2011
Glass, A., Macdougall, L., Quashie, A., Sutherland, V. and Clelland, D. (2011) Evaluation of the Scottish Center for Healthy Working Lives support to employers and Healthy Working Lives Award programme: Monitoring Briefing Paper. [Research Reports or Papers]
Glass, A., Sutherland, V., McGregor, A. , Clelland, D. and Quashie, A. (2011) Evaluation of the SCHWL Support to Employers and Healthy Working Lives Award Programme Telephone Survey Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2011) Evaluation of the Personal Best (Scotland) Pilot Programme in Glasgow. [Research Reports or Papers]
Sutherland, V., Clelland, D. , Macdougall, L. and McGregor, A. (2011) Evaluation of Community Renewal's Area Focus Projects in Edinburgh. [Research Reports or Papers]
2010
McTier, A., Glass, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2010) Review of East of England ESF and mainstream worklessness funding. [Research Reports or Papers]
2008
Glass, A., Botham, R., Clelland, D. , Docherty, I. , McGregor, A. and Quashie, A. (2008) Stirling Economic Positioning Study: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
Sutherland, V., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2008) Review of Scotland’s Tourism Labour Market. [Research Reports or Papers]
2007
Glass, A., McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2007) Sharing the Benefits of Growth: Linking Opportunity and Need in North East Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]
Articles
Hartmann, L., Walz, Y., Clelland, D. , Esquivel-Rodriguez, C., Riganti, P., Vicarelli, M. and Renaud, F. G. (2025) A conceptual framework for a post-COVID-19 green recovery of the Blue Economy. Marine Policy, 171, 106446. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106446)
Clelland, D. (2024) ‘One central purpose’? Tracking the evolution of strategic approaches to economic development in Scotland. Scottish Affairs, 33(2), pp. 178-198. (doi: 10.3366/scot.2024.0499)
Clelland, D. (2023) What would it take to level up the UK's rural areas? Economics Observatory, 6 Jun.
Clelland, D. (2022) New regions in the periphery: agency and politics in shaping the governance of regional development in the Scotland–England border region. Local Economy, 37(6), pp. 421-439. (doi: 10.1177/02690942231169519)
Clelland, D. (2021) In a straightjacket? Targeting deprivation in rural Scotland in the context of localism and austerity. Journal of Rural Studies, 83, pp. 155-164. (doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.02.008)
Connor, S. R., Centeno, C., Garralda, E., Clelland, D. and Clark, D. (2021) Estimating the number of patients receiving specialized palliative care globally in 2017. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(4), pp. 812-816. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.036) (PMID:33010338) (PMCID:PMC8012880)
Clelland, D. , van Steijn, D., Macdonald, M. E., Connor, S., Centeno, C. and Clark, D. (2020) Global development of children’s palliative care: the picture in 2017. Wellcome Open Research, 5, 99. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15815.3)
Clelland, D. , van Steijn, D., Whitelaw, S. , Connor, S., Centeno, C. and Clark, D. (2020) Palliative care in public policy: results from a global survey. Palliative Medicine Reports, 1(1), pp. 183-190. (doi: 10.1089/pmr.2020.0062) (PMID:32954376) (PMCID:PMC7497719)
Clark, D. , Baur, N., Clelland, D. , Garralda, E., López-Fidalgo, J., Connor, S. and Centeno, C. (2020) Mapping levels of palliative care development in 198 countries: the situation. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(4), 794-807.e4. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.11.009) (PMID:31760142) (PMCID:PMC7105817)
Adekola, J. and Clelland, D. (2020) Two sides of the same coin: business resilience and community resilience. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 28(1), pp. 50-60. (doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12275)
Clelland, D. (2020) Beyond the city region? Uneven governance and the evolution of regional economic development in Scotland. Local Economy, 35(1), pp. 7-26. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219899917)
Clelland, D. and Hill, C. (2019) Deprivation, policy and rurality: the limitations and applications of area-based deprivation indices in Scotland. Local Economy, 34(1), pp. 33-50. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219827893)
Wild, A., Clelland, D. , Whitelaw, S. , Fraser, S. and Clark, D. (2018) Mapping the “housing with care” concept with stakeholders: insights from a UK case study. Journal of Integrated Care, 26(4), pp. 257-266. (doi: 10.1108/JICA-12-2017-0046) (PMID:30464723) (PMCID:PMC6195168)
Book Sections
Clark, D. , Centeno, C., Clelland, D. , Garralda, E., López-Fidalgo, J., Downing, J., Varghese, C. and Connor, S. (2020) How are palliative care services developing worldwide to address the unmet need for care? In: Connor, S. R. (ed.) Global Atlas of Palliative Care. 2nd Edition. Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance: London, UK, pp. 45-58. ISBN 9780992827724
Research Reports or Papers
Clelland, D. (2020) Economic Impacts of Covid-19 in the South of Scotland: Emerging Evidence and Future Prospects. [Research Reports or Papers]
Clelland, D. (2019) Business Engagement in Developing Community Resilience to Natural Hazards. [Research Reports or Papers]
Clelland, D. (2019) The Role of Local Business in Community Resilience to Natural Hazards. [Research Reports or Papers]
Wild, A. and Clelland, D. (2018) Current and Potential Future use of Facilities on the Crichton Estate by Students Attending Academic Institutions located on, and adjacent to, it. [Research Reports or Papers]
Wild, A., Clelland, D. , Gillespie, S. and Hill, C. (2017) Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere: Socio-Economic Baseline Study. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Annandale and Eskdale Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Baseline Study and Regional Economic Profile for Dumfries and Galloway Regional Economic Strategy 2014-2020. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Nithsdale Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Poverty and Deprivation in Dumfries and Galloway: A Spatial Approach. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Stewartry Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hill, C. and Clelland, D. (2015) Wigtownshire Local Area Profile. [Research Reports or Papers]
Glass, A., McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2013) North East LEP Skills Action Plan Evidence Base: Final report. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2013) Evaluation of Certificate of Work Readiness Pilot Programme. [Research Reports or Papers]
McTier, A., Clelland, D. , Quashie, A. and McGregor, A. (2013) Evaluation of Social Enterprise and Third Sector Challenge Fund. [Research Reports or Papers]
McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2012) Evaluation of Community Jobs Scotland Programme. [Research Reports or Papers]
Glass, A., Macdougall, L., Quashie, A., Sutherland, V. and Clelland, D. (2011) Evaluation of the Scottish Center for Healthy Working Lives support to employers and Healthy Working Lives Award programme: Monitoring Briefing Paper. [Research Reports or Papers]
Glass, A., Sutherland, V., McGregor, A. , Clelland, D. and Quashie, A. (2011) Evaluation of the SCHWL Support to Employers and Healthy Working Lives Award Programme Telephone Survey Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2011) Evaluation of the Personal Best (Scotland) Pilot Programme in Glasgow. [Research Reports or Papers]
Sutherland, V., Clelland, D. , Macdougall, L. and McGregor, A. (2011) Evaluation of Community Renewal's Area Focus Projects in Edinburgh. [Research Reports or Papers]
McTier, A., Glass, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2010) Review of East of England ESF and mainstream worklessness funding. [Research Reports or Papers]
Glass, A., Botham, R., Clelland, D. , Docherty, I. , McGregor, A. and Quashie, A. (2008) Stirling Economic Positioning Study: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
Sutherland, V., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2008) Review of Scotland’s Tourism Labour Market. [Research Reports or Papers]
Glass, A., McTier, A., Clelland, D. and McGregor, A. (2007) Sharing the Benefits of Growth: Linking Opportunity and Need in North East Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]
Conference or Workshop Item
Clelland, D. (2017) Geographies of Deprivation: Insights from Mapping Administrative Data in a Rural Area. Administrative Data Research Network Conference 2017, Edinburgh, UK, 01-02 Jun 2017. (Unpublished)
Supervision
I am available for supervision doctoral research projects. If you are a prospective PhD candidate with a research topic related to any aspect of local or regional development I would be happy to discuss.
Teaching
David teaches on the Health and Social Sector Leadership programme.
Research datasets
2020
Clelland, D., van Steijn, D., MacDonald, M., Connor, S. and Clark, D. (2020) Global development of children’s palliative care: the picture in 2017. [Data Collection]
Additional information
- Chair of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies Staff-Student Liaison Committee
- School Lead for Upskilling and Microcredentials courses
- Acting Co-Lead of the College of Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee
- Member of the Regional Studies Association
