Prof Rhys Jones
Professor
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: raj@aber.ac.uk
- Office: K2, Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622594
- Personal Website: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/dges/staff-profiles/listing/profile/raj/
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Rhys Jones FLSW is a Professor of Human Geography and former Head of Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University. His research interests focus on a range of interrelated themes linked to political geography:
1. the geography of group identities focusing in particular on the geography of Welsh nationalism and the way in which this is shaped by place- and community- based practices, language, as well as the practices of young people;
2. the geography of the state, where he specialises on the territoriality of the state, its peopled character. He is also an expert on devolution in the UK, particularly in relation to Wales;
3. the use made of behavioural insights in public policy in a range of different countries. His work in this area has examined the practical challenges associated with developing behaviourally-informed interventions, as well as the more ethical issues arising from their deployment.
He has published widely on these themes, including eleven books and over eighty articles and book chapters. His work has been supported by research grants from the ESRC, the AHRC, the Leverhulme Trust, Horizon 2020, INTERREG and the Welsh Government.
His current research projects focus on: ideas of territorial cohesion and spatial justice in the EU (Horizon 2020); the geographies of regional movements in the EU (ESRC); heritage tourism, identity and mobility between Ireland and Wales (INTERREG).
Teaching
Module Coordinator
Tutor
- GS17120 - Researching the Social World
- GS23020 - Placing Politics
- EAM4420 - Behaviour Change in a Changing Environment
- GS24220 - Understanding (in)equality and (in)justice
- DA34220 - Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/Prif Bwnc
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS25020 - Introduction to Social Theory
- DA34200 - Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/Prif Bwnc
- GS13000 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS17100 - Researching the Social World
- DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
- DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
- DA34000 - Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
- GS15120 - Understanding Sameness and Difference
- DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
- GS34000 - Geography Dissertation
- GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
Lecturer
- GS23020 - Placing Politics
- DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
- DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
- EAM4660 - Dissertation in Environmental Change Impacts and Adaptation
- GGM3120 - Key Concepts and Debates in Human Geography
- GS31240 - Sociology Dissertation
- EAM1120 - Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis