Rhys Dafydd Jones

BA (Hons.) MA PhD (Wales)

Rhys Dafydd Jones

Lecturer

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

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Profile

I am a social and political geographer interested in migration and multiculturalism in minority nations and rural societies.  I graduated with a BA in Geography and International Politics in 2006, before taking an MA in Space, Place & Politics in 2007.  I completed my PhD, Faith, Identity, and the everyday: the quotidian geographies of Muslims in west Wales in 2011, under the supervision of Professor Mike Woods and Professor Rhys Jones.  After seven years as a student here, I formally joined the DGES staff as a Teaching Fellow in 2010, and was appointed to a Lectureship in Human Geography  (initially funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol) in 2011.

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Research

My research areas can be categorised under three distinct fields, which broadly address questions of cohesion, inclusivity, and conviviality.  Firstly, I am interested in migration and multiculturalism in rural regions and in minority nations.  Secondly, I am fascinated by questions about the (continued) role of religion and religious diversity in society, including motivation for participation in civil society.  Finally, I am eager to explore 'more-than-civic' participation in civil society, including actions which may be considered radical and extreme.  A final, emerging field of interest is related to uncertainty and hostility in the context of Brexit.

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Office Hours (Student Contact Times)

  • Monday 16:10-17:00
  • Thursday 10:10-11:00

Publications

Jones, RD 2019, 'Book review: Religion and Space: Competition, Conflict and Violence in the Contemporary World' Cultural Geographies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474018811665
Jones, RD, Gawlewicz, A, Heley, J & Neal , S 2019, 'LA CAMPAGNA INGLESE NON È UN QUADRO DI CONSTABLE' Revista Italiana Di Geopolitica .
Goodwin-Hawkins, B & Jones, RD 2019, 'Negotiating citizenships: German citizens, European Union citizenship, and the limits of denizenship' Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland , Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 04 Sep 2019 - 06 Sep 2019, .
Jones, RD 2019, 'The makeshift and the contingent: Lefebfre and the production of precarious sacred space' Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775818806513
Guma, T & Jones, RD 2019, '“Where are we going to go now?” European Union migrants' experiences of hostility, anxiety, and (non‐)belonging during Brexit' Population, Space & Place, vol. 25, no. 1, e2198. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2198
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