Dr Jesse Heley

BA, MA and PhD from DGES.

Dr Jesse Heley

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Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

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Jesse Heley was awarded a BA and MA from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Having completed his Ph.D. at the same institution on the subject of 'Rurality, Class, Aspiration and the Emergence of a New Squirearchy', Jesse was appointed as a Research Associate in DGES in 2009. He took up a Lectureship in Human Geography in the same department in April 2012.

 

Employability and Year Abroad Co-ordinator

Co-Director, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data

 

 

 


 


 

Jesse's research is situated within the broad fields of political geography, economic geography & spatial planning, being particularly concerned with rural restructuring & shifting class dynamics in the British countryside. Currently, Jesse's research addresses; the nature & impact of globalization in rural localities; rural governance and regional institutions; the role of older volunteers in shaping & maintaining rural services & development; & ethnography & the ethical implications of undertaking 'native', 'local' & 'insider' research.

Current Funded Research Projects:

  • Co-Director, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD)
  • Co-Investigator,  Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales 

Selected Past Funded Projects: 
Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data

  • 'Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies (ROBUST)', European Union Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges (Co-I), Website: www.rural-urban.eu
  • ESRC Civil Society Research Centre (WISERD) Theme 'Leader, Polarization, Austerity & Civic Deficits' www.wiserd.ac.uk 
  • 'The Global Countryside: Rural Change and Development in Globalization (GLOBAL-RURAL)', European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2014-19 (Co-I, with Michael Woods). Website: www.global-rural.org

 

Brexit’s Afterlife: Rural Superdiversity, New International Mobilities and the Micro Social Management of Brexit Talk in the British Countryside. / Neal , Sarah; Heley, Jesse; Jones, Rhys Dafydd et al.
2025. Paper presented at BSA Annual Conference 2025, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

The privilege of virtue and the need for reward: An examination of patronage, elites and power relations within civil society. / Sanders, Amy; Heley, Jesse.
In: Voluntary Sector Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, 12.05.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Privilege, place, and patronage: ‘Giving something back’ to Wales. / Power, Sally; Caerwynt, Flossie; Heley, Jesse et al.
In: International Sociology, Vol. 39, No. 4, 31.07.2024, p. 510-525.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The royal Welsh agricultural society: Patronage and the reproduction of elites in rural Wales. / Heley, Jesse; Sanders, Amy; Caerwynt, Flossie et al.
In: Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 108, 103291, 03.05.2024.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Warship 2023: Edited by John Jordan, London, Osprey, 2023, 224 pp., Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, £45 (hbk), ISBN: 9781472857132. / Heley, Jesse.
In: Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 39, No. 1, 02.01.2024, p. 190-192.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article Review

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