Rhys Dafydd Jones

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

Rhys Dafydd Jones

Senior Lecturer

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.

Civil society in crisis times: new geographies of governance in an era of AI. / Hardill, Irene; Milnes, Sophie; Mills, Sarah et al.
In: Space and Polity, 06.04.2026.

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

Resilient rurals: New Zealand, Mid Wales and differentiated community agency within a global economy  . / Heley, Jesse; Nel, Etienne; Jones, Rhys Dafydd.
In: Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 127, 104352, 08.08.2026.

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

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

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