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Research interests
Jesse's research is situated within the broad fields of political geography, economic geography & spatial planning, being particularly concerned with rural restructuring & shifting class dynamics in the British countryside. Currently, Jesse's research addresses; the nature & impact of globalization in rural localities; rural governance and regional institutions; the role of older volunteers in shaping & maintaining rural services & development; & ethnography & the ethical implications of undertaking 'native', 'local' & 'insider' research.
Current Funded Research Projects:
- Co-Director, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD)
Selected Past Funded Projects:
- 'Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies (ROBUST)', European Union Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges (Co-I), Website: www.rural-urban.eu
- ESRC Civil Society Research Centre (WISERD) Theme 'Leader, Polarization, Austerity & Civic Deficits' www.wiserd.ac.uk
- 'The Global Countryside: Rural Change and Development in Globalization (GLOBAL-RURAL)', European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2014-19 (Co-I, with Michael Woods). Website: www.global-rural.org
Profile
Jesse Heley was awarded a BA and MA from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Having completed his Ph.D. at the same institution on the subject of 'Rurality, Class, Aspiration and the Emergence of a New Squirearchy', Jesse was appointed as a Research Associate in DGES in 2009. He took up a Lectureship in Human Geography in the same department in April 2012.
Responsibilities
Director of Undergraduate Studies, DGES
WISERD Civil Society Theme Leader, Polarisation, Austerity and Civic Deficit
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Brexit’s Afterlife: Rural Superdiversity, New International Mobilities and the Micro Social Management of Brexit Talk in the British Countryside
Neal , S., Heley, J., Jones, R. D., Gawlewicz, A. & Weber Lawson, K., 25 Apr 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The privilege of virtue and the need for reward: An examination of patronage, elites and power relations within civil society
Sanders, A. & Heley, J., 25 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Voluntary Sector Review. 16, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Privilege, place, and patronage: ‘Giving something back’ to Wales
Power, S., Caerwynt, F., Heley, J., Sanders, A. & Zaidi, N., 31 Jul 2024, In: International Sociology. 39, 4, p. 510-525 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The royal Welsh agricultural society: Patronage and the reproduction of elites in rural Wales
Heley, J., Sanders, A., Caerwynt, F., Zaidi, N. & Power, S., 03 May 2024, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 108, 12 p., 103291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Warship 2023: Edited by John Jordan, London, Osprey, 2023, 224 pp., Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, £45 (hbk), ISBN: 9781472857132
Heley, J., 02 Jan 2024, In: Intelligence and National Security. 39, 1, p. 190-192 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article Review
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Rural-regionalism in the 21st century: A tale of no cities
Welsh, M. & Heley, J., 2023, In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 11, 7, p. 1439-1458 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Rural Vision for Wales: The Evidence Report
Woods, M., Heley, J., Goodwin-Hawkins, B. & Howells, H., 2021, 107 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Assemblage, place and globalisation
Woods, M., Fois, F., Heley, J., Jones, L., Onyeahialam, A. I., Saville, S. & Welsh, M., 31 May 2021, In: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 46, 2, p. 284-298 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gweledigaeth Ar Gyfer Cymru Wledig: Yr Adroddiad Dystiolaeth
Woods, M., Heley, J., Goodwin-Hawkins, B. & Howells, H., 2021, 109 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Rural Brexit? The ambivalent politics of rural community, migration and dependency
Neal , S., Gawlewicz, A., Heley, J. & Jones, R. D., 01 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 82, p. 176-183 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards more balanced territorial relations: The role (And limitations) of spatial planning as a governance approach
Knickel, K., Almeida, A., Bauchinger, L., Casini, M. P., Gassler, B., Hausegger-Nestelberger, K., Heley, J., Henke, R., Knickel, M., Oostindie, H., Ovaska, U., Pina, C., Rovai, M., Vulto, H. & Wiskerke, J. S. C., 10 May 2021, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 13, 9, 18 p., 5308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thesis
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Rurality, Class, Aspiration, and the Emergence of the New Squierarchy
Heley, J. (Author), Woods, M. (Supervisor), Jones, M. D. (Supervisor) & Dixon, D. P. (Supervisor), 08 Sept 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Projects
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WISERD Civil Society: Interpol (led by project 11438)
Jones, I. R. (PI), Murphy, P. D. (PI), O'Hanlon, F. (PI), Royles, E. (PI), Anderson, J. (CoI), Blackaby, D. (CoI), Bryson, A. (CoI), Chaney, P. (CoI), Cole, A. M. (CoI), Davies, R. (CoI), Davis, H. (CoI), Drinkwater, S. (CoI), Feilzer, M. (CoI), Green, A. (CoI), Heley, J. (CoI), Higgs, G. (CoI), Hyde, M. (CoI), Johns, N. (CoI), Jones, R. (CoI), Jones, R. D. (CoI), Jones, M. (CoI), Jones, M. (CoI), Langford, M. (CoI), Mann, R. (CoI), McVie, S. (CoI), Milbourne, P. (CoI), Moles, K. (CoI), Orford, S. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Power, S. A. (CoI), Ress, G. (CoI), Roberts, G. (CoI), Robinson, C. (CoI), Taylor, C. M. (CoI), Thompson, A. (CoI), Wincott, D. (CoI), Woods, M. (CoI), Jones, L. (Researcher), Stafford , I. (Researcher) & Staneva, A. (Researcher)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Oct 2014 → 30 Sept 2019
Project: Externally funded research
Press/Media
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Rural Vision Podcast 10 - 'Rural Vision for Wales'
01 Nov 2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Unravelling British wool: how the local and global are intertwined in the making of everyday products
Jones, L. & Heley, J.
22 Nov 2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Research featured in national newspaper
09 May 2010
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
Activities
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35 th International Geographical Congress - Dublin
Heley, J. (Organiser), Woods, M. (Organiser) & Mahon, M. (Organiser)
29 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
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Economic and Social Research Council (External organisation)
Heley, J. (Chair)
03 Jun 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review college/ panel
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Reproducing hereditary privilege or sustaining civil society activity? An examination of the role of family in shaping elite patronage within civil society
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Caerwynt, F. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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A discourse analysis of how democratic voice is invoked by civil society actors concerned with polarised communities
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Caerwynt, F. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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An Examination of Privilege in Elite Patronage Role in Civil Society and the Strategies Deployed to Promote Greater Equality of Opportunity – Two Sides of the Coin
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
08 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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'Putting Something Back' - The impact of Welshness on voluntary leaders of Welsh civil society
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
12 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The privilege of virtue and the need for reward: An examination of patronage, elites and power relations within civil society.
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
16 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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What makes me well-placed when other people might struggle? - Elite positions of patronage in Wales
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
06 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Exploring how Wales and Welsh identity shapes charity elites’ accounts of their senior voluntary roles
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Heley, J. (Speaker), Power, S. (Speaker) & Zaidi, N. (Speaker)
08 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Workshop on Rural Citizenship in Ireland and Wales
Woods, M. (Organiser), Mahon, M. (Organiser) & Heley, J. (Participant)
04 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
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Dynamic food procurement
Goodwin-Hawkins, B. (Participant), Heley, J. (Participant), Maye, D. (Participant), Keech, D. (Participant) & Reed, M. (Participant)
30 Sept 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
Prizes
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Campbell Adamson Memorial Prize for Best Paper
Sanders, A. (Recipient), Kingsbury, F. (Recipient), Heley, J. (Recipient), Power, S. (Recipient) & Zaidi, N. (Recipient), 15 Sept 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)