Rhys Dafydd Jones

BA (Hons.) MA PhD (Wales) PGCtHE FRGS SFHEA

Rhys Dafydd Jones

Senior Lecturer

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

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Rhys is a social geographer interested in migration, multiculturalism, civic participation, and belonging. He is co-convenor of the WISERD research network Migration Research Wales, and co-director of the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society.

Co-director, Centre for Welsh Politics and Society

Programme Co-ordinator, BA Human Geography, BSc Daearyddiaeth, BSc Physical Geography.

DGES Welsh language provision coordinator

  • Tuesday 09:30-10:30

Rhys' research interests are broadly concerned with migration, multiculturalism, civic participation, and belonging. Specifically, he is interested in lifestyle migration and regional inequalities, transnational belonging and non-beloning in minority nations (largely focussing on EU migration and Brexit in Wales), international migration and religious diversity in rural regions, and civic participation as place-making activities.

A Welcoming Nation? Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. / Edwards, Catrin Wyn (Editor); Shobiye, Laura (Editor); Jones, Rhys Dafydd (Editor).
Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press, 2025.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

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

Divisive Nostalgia: How do Dialogues of National Nostalgia Impact on Civil Society’s Relationship with Populism? / Caerwynt, Flossie; Sanders, Amy; Woods, Michael et al.
In: Journal of Dialogue Studies, Vol. 12, 01.02.2025, p. 95-124.

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

EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome? / Drinkwater, Stephen; Goodwin-Hawkins, Bryonny; Guma, Taulant et al.
A Welcoming Nation? : Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. ed. / Catrin Wyn Edwards; Laura Shobiye; Rhys Dafydd Jones. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press, 2025.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

From City to Nation of Sanctuary? Moving Scalar Imaginaries of Citizenship and National Identity in Wales. / Bernhardt, Franz; Edwards, Catrin Wyn; Jones, Rhys Dafydd.
A Welcoming Nation?: Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. 2025. p. 77-102.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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