diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts
index ec562842aa..d2ad39d70d 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import { ItemPageResolver } from './item-page.resolver';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { getItemModulePath } from '../app-routing.module';
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
+import { ItemBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbsService } from '../core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumbs.service';
+import { LinkService } from '../core/cache/builders/link.service';
 
 export function getItemPageRoute(itemId: string) {
   return new URLCombiner(getItemModulePath(), itemId).toString();
@@ -25,14 +28,16 @@ const ITEM_EDIT_PATH = ':id/edit';
         component: ItemPageComponent,
         pathMatch: 'full',
         resolve: {
-          item: ItemPageResolver
+          item: ItemPageResolver,
+          breadcrumb: ItemBreadcrumbResolver
         }
       },
       {
         path: ':id/full',
         component: FullItemPageComponent,
         resolve: {
-          item: ItemPageResolver
+          item: ItemPageResolver,
+          breadcrumb: ItemBreadcrumbResolver
         }
       },
       {
@@ -44,6 +49,9 @@ const ITEM_EDIT_PATH = ':id/edit';
   ],
   providers: [
     ItemPageResolver,
+    ItemBreadcrumbResolver,
+    DSOBreadcrumbsService,
+    LinkService
   ]
 })
 export class ItemPageRoutingModule {
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts
index e7de31c06c..463aa8e7c4 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@ import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import { ConfigurationSearchPageGuard } from './configuration-search-page.guard';
 import { ConfigurationSearchPageComponent } from './configuration-search-page.component';
 import { SearchPageComponent } from './search-page.component';
-import { Breadcrumb } from '../breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.model';
+import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { I18nBreadcrumbsService } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumbs.service';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forChild([
-      { path: '', component: SearchPageComponent, data: { title: 'search.title', breadcrumb: new Breadcrumb('Search', '/search') } },
+      { path: '', component: SearchPageComponent, resolve: { breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver }, data: { title: 'search.title', breadcrumbKey: 'Search' } },
       { path: ':configuration', component: ConfigurationSearchPageComponent, canActivate: [ConfigurationSearchPageGuard] }
     ])
+  ],
+  providers: [
+    I18nBreadcrumbResolver,
+    I18nBreadcrumbsService
   ]
 })
 export class SearchPageRoutingModule {
diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 471609745d..ede1879894 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from './core/auth/authenticated.guard';
 import { Breadcrumb } from './breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from './core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Community } from './core/shared/community.model';
+import { getCommunityPageRoute } from './+community-page/community-page-routing.module';
+import { Collection } from './core/shared/collection.model';
+import { Item } from './core/shared/item.model';
+import { getItemPageRoute } from './+item-page/item-page-routing.module';
+import { getCollectionPageRoute } from './+collection-page/collection-page-routing.module';
 
 const ITEM_MODULE_PATH = 'items';
 
@@ -29,6 +36,17 @@ export function getAdminModulePath() {
   return `/${ADMIN_MODULE_PATH}`;
 }
 
+export function getDSOPath(dso: DSpaceObject): string {
+  switch ((dso as any).type) {
+    case Community.type.value:
+      return getCommunityPageRoute(dso.uuid);
+    case Collection.type.value:
+      return getCollectionPageRoute(dso.uuid);
+    case Item.type.value:
+      return getItemPageRoute(dso.uuid);
+  }
+}
+
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forRoot([
@@ -41,7 +59,7 @@ export function getAdminModulePath() {
       { path: COLLECTION_MODULE_PATH, loadChildren: './+collection-page/collection-page.module#CollectionPageModule' },
       { path: ITEM_MODULE_PATH, loadChildren: './+item-page/item-page.module#ItemPageModule' },
       { path: 'mydspace', loadChildren: './+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.module#MyDSpacePageModule', canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard] },
-      { path: 'search', loadChildren: './+search-page/search-page.module#SearchPageModule', data: { breadcrumb: new Breadcrumb('Search', '/search') } },
+      { path: 'search', loadChildren: './+search-page/search-page.module#SearchPageModule' },
       { path: 'browse', loadChildren: './+browse-by/browse-by.module#BrowseByModule' },
       { path: ADMIN_MODULE_PATH, loadChildren: './+admin/admin.module#AdminModule', canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard] },
       { path: 'login', loadChildren: './+login-page/login-page.module#LoginPageModule' },
diff --git a/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb-config.model.ts b/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb-config.model.ts
index cb43415d70..17ec96e2bd 100644
--- a/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb-config.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb-config.model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { BreadcrumbsService } from '../../core/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service';
 
-export interface BreadcrumbConfig {
-    provider: BreadcrumbsService;
-    key: string;
+export interface BreadcrumbConfig<T> {
+    provider: BreadcrumbsService<T>;
+    key: T;
     url?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component.ts b/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component.ts
index c8ee9f5a1b..944af9b55d 100644
--- a/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationEnd, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { Breadcrumb } from './breadcrumb/breadcrumb.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotUndefined } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { filter, map, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { combineLatest, Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { combineLatest, Observable, Subscription, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { BreadcrumbConfig } from './breadcrumb/breadcrumb-config.model';
 
 @Component({
@@ -32,22 +32,22 @@ export class BreadcrumbsComponent implements OnDestroy {
 
   resolveBreadcrumb(route: ActivatedRoute): Observable<Breadcrumb[]> {
     const data = route.snapshot.data;
+    const last: boolean = route.children.length === 0;
+
+    if (last && isNotUndefined(data.showBreadcrumbs)) {
+      this.showBreadcrumbs = data.showBreadcrumbs;
+    }
+
     if (hasValue(data) && hasValue(data.breadcrumb)) {
-      const { provider, key, url }: BreadcrumbConfig = data.breadcrumb;
-      if (route.children.length > 0) {
+      const { provider, key, url } = data.breadcrumb;
+      if (!last) {
         return combineLatest(provider.getBreadcrumbs(key, url), this.resolveBreadcrumb(route.firstChild))
           .pipe(map((crumbs) => [].concat.apply([], crumbs)));
       } else {
-        if (isNotUndefined(data.showBreadcrumbs)) {
-          this.showBreadcrumbs = data.showBreadcrumbs;
-        }
         return provider.getBreadcrumbs(key, url);
       }
     }
-    if (route.children.length > 0) {
-
-      return this.resolveBreadcrumb(route.firstChild)
-    }
+    return !last ? this.resolveBreadcrumb(route.firstChild) : observableOf([]);
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service.ts
index 8ad2ed0334..30c6c44cf7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Breadcrumb } from '../../breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
-export interface BreadcrumbsService {
-  getBreadcrumbs(key: string, url: string): Observable<Breadcrumb[]>;
+export interface BreadcrumbsService<T> {
+  getBreadcrumbs(key: T, url: string): Observable<Breadcrumb[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec48e89421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbsService } from './dso-breadcrumbs.service';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../data/item-data.service';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbResolver } from './dso-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { Collection } from '../shared/collection.model';
+import { CollectionDataService } from '../data/collection-data.service';
+
+/**
+ * The class that resolve the BreadcrumbConfig object for a route
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class CollectionBreadcrumbResolver extends DSOBreadcrumbResolver<Collection> {
+  constructor(protected breadcrumbService: DSOBreadcrumbsService, protected dataService: CollectionDataService) {
+    super(breadcrumbService, dataService);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3080823b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbsService } from './dso-breadcrumbs.service';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbResolver } from './dso-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { CommunityDataService } from '../data/community-data.service';
+import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
+
+/**
+ * The class that resolve the BreadcrumbConfig object for a route
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class CommunityBreadcrumbResolver extends DSOBreadcrumbResolver<Community> {
+  constructor(protected breadcrumbService: DSOBreadcrumbsService, protected dataService: CommunityDataService) {
+    super(breadcrumbService, dataService);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
index 4d8afcf1cc..6e90d8d123 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ import { BreadcrumbConfig } from '../../breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb-config
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
 import { DSOBreadcrumbsService } from './dso-breadcrumbs.service';
+import { DataService } from '../data/data.service';
+import { getRemoteDataPayload, getSucceededRemoteData } from '../shared/operators';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { ChildHALResource } from '../shared/child-hal-resource.model';
 
 /**
  * The class that resolve the BreadcrumbConfig object for a route
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class DSOBreadcrumbResolver implements Resolve<BreadcrumbConfig> {
-  constructor(private breadcrumbService: DSOBreadcrumbsService) {
+export class DSOBreadcrumbResolver<T extends ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject> implements Resolve<BreadcrumbConfig<T>> {
+  constructor(protected breadcrumbService: DSOBreadcrumbsService, protected dataService: DataService<T>) {
   }
 
   /**
@@ -17,10 +23,17 @@ export class DSOBreadcrumbResolver implements Resolve<BreadcrumbConfig> {
    * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
    * @returns BreadcrumbConfig object
    */
-  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): BreadcrumbConfig {
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<BreadcrumbConfig<T>> {
     const uuid = route.params.id;
-    const fullPath = route.url.join('');
-    const url = fullPath.substr(0, fullPath.indexOf(uuid)) + uuid;
-    return { provider: this.breadcrumbService, key: uuid, url: url };
+    return this.dataService.findById(uuid).pipe(
+      getSucceededRemoteData(),
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((object: T) => {
+        const fullPath = route.url.join('');
+        const url = fullPath.substr(0, fullPath.indexOf(uuid)) + uuid;
+        return { provider: this.breadcrumbService, key: object, url: url };
+      })
+    );
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumbs.service.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumbs.service.ts
index 452c6c5678..30344a3a77 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumbs.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-breadcrumbs.service.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
 import { Breadcrumb } from '../../breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.model';
 import { BreadcrumbsService } from './breadcrumbs.service';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { ChildHALResource } from '../shared/child-hal-resource.model';
+import { LinkService } from '../cache/builders/link.service';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { followLink } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { filter, find, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { getDSOPath } from '../../app-routing.module';
+import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
-export class DSOBreadcrumbsService implements BreadcrumbsService {
-  getBreadcrumbs(key: string, url: string): Observable<Breadcrumb[]> {
-    return undefined;
+@Injectable()
+export class DSOBreadcrumbsService implements BreadcrumbsService<ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject> {
+  constructor(private linkService: LinkService) {
+
+  }
+
+  getBreadcrumbs(key: ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject, url: string): Observable<Breadcrumb[]> {
+    const crumb = new Breadcrumb(key.name, url);
+    const propertyName = key.getParentLinkKey();
+    return this.linkService.resolveLink(key, followLink(propertyName))[propertyName].pipe(
+      filter((childRD: RemoteData<ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject>) => childRD.isSuccessful === true && childRD.requestPending === false && childRD.responsePending === false),
+      switchMap((childRD: RemoteData<ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject>) => {
+        if (hasValue(childRD.payload)) {
+          const child = childRD.payload;
+          return this.getBreadcrumbs(child, getDSOPath(child))
+        }
+        return observableOf([]);
+
+      }),
+      map((breadcrumbs: Breadcrumb[]) => [...breadcrumbs, crumb])
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
index 6b5d344bc6..800a7b75d0 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
  * The class that resolve the BreadcrumbConfig object for a route
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class I18nBreadcrumbResolver implements Resolve<BreadcrumbConfig> {
+export class I18nBreadcrumbResolver implements Resolve<BreadcrumbConfig<string>> {
   constructor(private breadcrumbService: I18nBreadcrumbsService) {
   }
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class I18nBreadcrumbResolver implements Resolve<BreadcrumbConfig> {
    * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
    * @returns BreadcrumbConfig object
    */
-  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): BreadcrumbConfig {
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): BreadcrumbConfig<string> {
     const key = route.data.breadcrumbKey;
     if (hasNoValue(key)) {
       throw new Error('You provided an i18nBreadcrumbResolver for url \"' + route.url + '\" but no breadcrumbKey in the route\'s data')
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumbs.service.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumbs.service.ts
index 8aefa04802..6a9c8916a2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumbs.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumbs.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { Breadcrumb } from '../../breadcrumbs/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.model';
 import { BreadcrumbsService } from './breadcrumbs.service';
 import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 export const BREADCRUMB_MESSAGE_PREFIX = 'breadcrumbs.';
 
-export class I18nBreadcrumbsService implements BreadcrumbsService {
+@Injectable()
+export class I18nBreadcrumbsService implements BreadcrumbsService<string> {
   getBreadcrumbs(key: string, url: string): Observable<Breadcrumb[]> {
     return observableOf([new Breadcrumb(BREADCRUMB_MESSAGE_PREFIX + key, url)]);
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdfd3c11f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbsService } from './dso-breadcrumbs.service';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../data/item-data.service';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { DSOBreadcrumbResolver } from './dso-breadcrumb.resolver';
+
+/**
+ * The class that resolve the BreadcrumbConfig object for a route
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ItemBreadcrumbResolver extends DSOBreadcrumbResolver<Item> {
+  constructor(protected breadcrumbService: DSOBreadcrumbsService, protected dataService: ItemDataService) {
+    super(breadcrumbService, dataService);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts b/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
index 3be9248907..4397464055 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ export enum RemoteDataState {
  */
 export class RemoteData<T> {
   constructor(
-    private requestPending?: boolean,
-    private responsePending?: boolean,
-    private isSuccessful?: boolean,
+    public requestPending?: boolean,
+    public responsePending?: boolean,
+    public isSuccessful?: boolean,
     public error?: RemoteDataError,
     public payload?: T
   ) {
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/child-hal-resource.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/child-hal-resource.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7682e2631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/child-hal-resource.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { HALResource } from './hal-resource.model';
+
+export interface ChildHALResource extends HALResource {
+  getParentLinkKey(): keyof this['_links'];
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts
index d5c6221428..ba2f448bba 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ import { License } from './license.model';
 import { LICENSE } from './license.resource-type';
 import { ResourcePolicy } from './resource-policy.model';
 import { RESOURCE_POLICY } from './resource-policy.resource-type';
+import { COMMUNITY } from './community.resource-type';
+import { Community } from './community.model';
+import { ChildHALResource } from './child-hal-resource.model';
 
 @typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
-export class Collection extends DSpaceObject {
+export class Collection extends DSpaceObject implements ChildHALResource {
   static type = COLLECTION;
 
   /**
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ export class Collection extends DSpaceObject {
     itemtemplate: HALLink;
     defaultAccessConditions: HALLink;
     logo: HALLink;
+    parentCommunity: HALLink;
     self: HALLink;
   };
 
@@ -59,6 +63,13 @@ export class Collection extends DSpaceObject {
   @link(RESOURCE_POLICY, true)
   defaultAccessConditions?: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<ResourcePolicy>>>;
 
+  /**
+   * The Community that is a direct parent of this Collection
+   * Will be undefined unless the parent community HALLink has been resolved.
+   */
+  @link(COMMUNITY, false)
+  parentCommunity?: Observable<RemoteData<Community>>;
+
   /**
    * The introductory text of this Collection
    * Corresponds to the metadata field dc.description
@@ -98,4 +109,8 @@ export class Collection extends DSpaceObject {
   get sidebarText(): string {
     return this.firstMetadataValue('dc.description.tableofcontents');
   }
+
+  getParentLinkKey(): keyof this['_links'] {
+    return 'parentCommunity';
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
index 703c4b3eef..e18ec743e8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import { COLLECTION } from './collection.resource-type';
 import { COMMUNITY } from './community.resource-type';
 import { DSpaceObject } from './dspace-object.model';
 import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
+import { ChildHALResource } from './child-hal-resource.model';
 
 @typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
-export class Community extends DSpaceObject {
+export class Community extends DSpaceObject implements ChildHALResource {
   static type = COMMUNITY;
 
   /**
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export class Community extends DSpaceObject {
     collections: HALLink;
     logo: HALLink;
     subcommunities: HALLink;
+    parentCommunity: HALLink;
     self: HALLink;
   };
 
@@ -54,6 +56,13 @@ export class Community extends DSpaceObject {
   @link(COMMUNITY, true)
   subcommunities?: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>>;
 
+  /**
+   * The Community that is a direct parent of this Community
+   * Will be undefined unless the parent community HALLink has been resolved.
+   */
+  @link(COMMUNITY, false)
+  parentCommunity?: Observable<RemoteData<Community>>;
+
   /**
    * The introductory text of this Community
    * Corresponds to the metadata field dc.description
@@ -85,4 +94,8 @@ export class Community extends DSpaceObject {
   get sidebarText(): string {
     return this.firstMetadataValue('dc.description.tableofcontents');
   }
+
+  getParentLinkKey(): keyof this['_links'] {
+    return 'parentCommunity';
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
index 3fd35280da..e7f0ae9e10 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
 import { Relationship } from './item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { RELATIONSHIP } from './item-relationships/relationship.resource-type';
 import { ITEM } from './item.resource-type';
+import { ChildHALResource } from './child-hal-resource.model';
 
 /**
  * Class representing a DSpace Item
  */
 @typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
-export class Item extends DSpaceObject {
+export class Item extends DSpaceObject implements ChildHALResource {
   static type = ITEM;
 
   /**
@@ -100,4 +101,8 @@ export class Item extends DSpaceObject {
     }
     return [entityType, ...super.getRenderTypes()];
   }
+
+  getParentLinkKey(): keyof this['_links'] {
+    return 'owningCollection';
+  }
 }