Rhys Dafydd Jones

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

Rhys is a social geographer interested in migration, multiculturalism, civic participation, and belonging. He completed his BA (2006), MA (2007) and PhD (2011) at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He was appointed to a lectureship in human geography at DGES in 2011. Rhys is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is co-convenor of the WISERD research network Migration Research Wales, and co-director of the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society executive.

Module Coordinator

• DA20510 - Ymchwilio i bobl a lle
• DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
• DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
• GS10220 - Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
• DA10520 - Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol
• GS23020 - Placing Politics

Coordinator

• GS10220 - Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
• DA10520 - Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol
• DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
• GS23020 - Placing Politics
• DA20510 - Ymchwilio i bobl a lle
• DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth

Lecturer

• GS23020 - Placing Politics
• DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
• DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
• GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
• GS21520 - Human Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
• DA25420 - Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
• GS20020 - Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

Tutor

• GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
• GS25020 - Sociological Theory
• GS31240 - Sociology Dissertation
• GS14220 - Place and Identity

Grader

• GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
• GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
• GS10020 - Living in a Dangerous World
• GS25210 - Catchment Systems
• GS20410 - Concepts for Geographers
• GS22720 - Fundamentals of Geochemistry
• GSS0360 - Work Placement

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.

Rhys led the Work Package 'Migrants and minorities in civil society' for the ESRC Research Centre WISERD Civil Society (2014-2019), and was Co-I on the Horizon2020 project IMAJINE, working on the work package 'Migration, territorial inequalities, and spatial injustice' led from the University of Groningen. He is also involved in two work pacakages of WISERD's current incarnation as an ESRC Research Centre, WISERD Civic Stratification and Civil Repair (2019-2024): 'Borders, boundary mechanisms, and migration' (led from Bangor University) and 'Populism, conflict, and political polarisation'. Rhys was also co-I on the ESRC research project 'Mobilising Voluntary Action in the four UK jurisdictions: learning from today, prepared for tomorrow', serving as the academic lead for Wales.

Co-director, Centre for Welsh Politics and Society

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

DGES Welsh language provision coordinator

• Monday 16:30-17:30
• Tuesday 12:30-13:30