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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.
Responsibilities
Chair, RGS-IBG Population Geography Research Group
Culture, Heritage, & Community Research Theme Lead
Co-director, Centre for Welsh Politics and Society
Chair, DGES Examination Board
Research interests
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.
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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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Profiles
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Civil society in crisis times: New geographies of governance in an era of AI
Hardill, I., Milnes, S., Mills, S. & Jones, R. D., 06 Apr 2026, In: Space and Polity. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resilient rurals: New Zealand, Mid Wales and differentiated community agency within a global economy
Heley, J., Nel, E. & Jones, R. D., 30 Sept 2026, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 127, 9 p., 104352.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Welcoming Nation? Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales
Edwards, C. W. (Editor), Shobiye, L. (Editor) & Jones, R. D. (Editor), 10 Jun 2025, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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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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Divisive Nostalgia: How do Dialogues of National Nostalgia Impact on Civil Society’s Relationship with Populism?
Caerwynt, F., Sanders, A., Woods, M. & Jones, R. D., 01 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Dialogue Studies. 12, p. 95-124 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome?
Drinkwater, S., Goodwin-Hawkins, B., Guma, T. & Jones, R. D., 2025, A Welcoming Nation?: Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. Edwards, C. W., Shobiye, L. & Jones, R. D. (eds.). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press, p. 165-189Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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From City to Nation of Sanctuary? Moving Scalar Imaginaries of Citizenship and National Identity in Wales
Bernhardt, F., Edwards, C. W. & Jones, R. D., 10 Jun 2025, A Welcoming Nation?: Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. p. 77-102Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Local civil society responses to polarisation: examining the underlying democracy discourses
Sanders, A., Caerwynt, F., Woods, M. & Jones, R. D., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Wales: Towards an Intersectional Approach
Edwards, C. W., Shobiye, L. & Jones, R. D., 05 Jun 2025, A Welcoming Nation?: Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press, p. 1-30 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context
Edwards, C. W. & Jones, R. D., 08 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geographical Journal. 12 p., e70043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Precarious Sacred Space: Presence, Contingency, and Community
Jones, R. D., 2024, Handbook of the Geographies of Religion. Kong, L., Woods, O. & Tse, J. K. H. (eds.). SPRINGER INT PUBL AG, p. 327-346 20 p. (Springer International Handbooks of Human Geography (IHGG)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Datasets
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Migrants, minorities and engagement in local civil society 2016-2017
Drinkwater, S., Guma, T. & Jones, R. D., UK Data Service, 22 Jan 2020
Dataset
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People, Places, and the Public Sphere (WISERD Transition Funding)
Elias, A. (Project Lead), Heley, J. (Project Co‑Lead), Jones, R. D. (Project Co‑Lead) & Woods, M. (Project Co‑Lead)
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University
01 Oct 2024 → 30 Sept 2027
Project: Externally funded research
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COVID 19: Mobilisng Voluntary Action in the four UK jurisdictions: Learning from today, prepared for tomorrow
Jones, R. D. (Project Lead)
Economic and Social Research Council
28 Oct 2020 → 27 Oct 2021
Project: Externally funded research
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WISERD Civil Society: Interpol (led by project 11438)
Jones, I. R. (Project Lead), Murphy, P. D. (Project Lead), O'Hanlon, F. (Project Lead), Royles, E. (Project Lead), Anderson, J. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Blackaby, D. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Bryson, A. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Chaney, P. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Cole, A. M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Davies, R. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Davis, H. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Drinkwater, S. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Feilzer, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Green, A. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Heley, J. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Higgs, G. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Hyde, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Johns, N. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Jones, R. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Jones, R. D. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Jones, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Jones, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Langford, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Mann, R. (Researcher Co‑Lead), McVie, S. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Milbourne, P. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Moles, K. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Orford, S. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Paterson, L. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Power, S. A. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Ress, G. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Roberts, G. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Robinson, C. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Taylor, C. M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Thompson, A. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Wincott, D. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Woods, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Jones, L. (Fellow), Stafford , I. (Fellow) & Staneva, A. (Fellow)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Oct 2014 → 30 Sept 2019
Project: Externally funded research
Press/Media
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Welsh election: why immigration is important to voters in the ‘Nation of Sanctuary’
06 May 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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RGS-IBG
Woods, M. (Organiser), Jones, R. D. (Organiser) & Sanders, A. (Organiser)
30 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Presentation to Population Europe workshop
Jones, R. D. (Speaker) & Woods, M. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Public Lecture on 'Fearful Rural Futures and Disruptive Politics'
Jones, R. D. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The role of community and voluntary organisations in polarisation in local communities
Sanders, A. (Organiser), Woods, M. (Organiser), Caerwynt, F. (Organiser), Jones, R. D. (Organiser) & Grotz, J. (Organiser)
24 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Finding space for post-industrial and colonial memories to exist together
Caerwynt, F. (Speaker), Sanders, A. (Speaker), Jones, R. D. (Speaker) & Woods, M. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Rural Civil Society and Political Polarisation
Woods, M. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Sanders, A. (Speaker) & Jones, R. D. (Speaker)
22 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Divisive Nostalgia: How does the identity building that happens through civil society participation contribute to social cohesion or division?
Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Sanders, A. (Speaker), Jones, R. D. (Speaker) & Woods, M. (Speaker)
07 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Paragons or pariahs? The positioning of children and young people in how local civil society manifests polarisation
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Jones, R. D. (Speaker) & Woods, M. (Speaker)
07 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Examining the navigation, adaptation and resistance of local civil society around discourses of nationalism, populism and polarisation
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Woods, M. (Speaker) & Jones, R. D. (Speaker)
13 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Drawing on the voluntary and community sector and social movement activism to understand how civil society is shaped by and responds to polarisation
Sanders, A. (Speaker), Kingsbury, F. (Speaker), Woods, M. (Speaker) & Jones, R. D. (Speaker)
16 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Keeping up with the Joneses? Middle class migration, quality of life, and complexity in West Wales and the Valleys
Jones, R. D. (Speaker) & Goodwin-Hawkins, B. (Speaker)
14 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Prizes
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Gwobr Adnodd Cyfrwng Cymraeg
Busfield, M. (Recipient), Griffiths, H. (Recipient), Jones, C. (Recipient), Jones, R. (Recipient) & Jones, R. D. (Recipient), 14 Jul 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)