Richard wyn jones biography

Professor Richard Wyn Jones

Research

My current research interests are contemporary Welsh politics, territorial governance in the UK, and nationalism.

My latest books are Englishness: The political force transforming Britain (co-written with Ailsa Henderson) first published in 2021, The Welsh Criminal Justice System: on the jagged edge (co-written with Rob Jones) published in 2022, and Putting Wales first: The political thought of Plaid Cymru, Volume 1, published in 2024.

RESEARCH AWARDS

  • Principal Investigator, ‘Welsh Election Survey 2021,’ ESRC (ES/V009559/1). Sum awarded £736,401
  • Principal Investigator, ‘Welsh Election Survey 2019,’ ESRC (ES/T01556X/1). Sum awarded £63,573
  • Co-investigator ‘Wales Fiscal Analysis’ project, 2018-2021: jointly funded by Welsh Local Government Association, SOLACE and the Welsh Government: £150,000.
  • Principle investigator for ‘Justice and Juridiction’ 2018-2020: ESRC & Welsh Government (ES/S008454/1) £296,783
  • Co-investigator, ‘2016 Welsh Election St

    Richard Wyn Jones

    British academic

    Richard Wyn JonesFAcSSFLSW (born 26 May 1966) is a Welsh academic at Cardiff University, where he is Director of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre and Dean of Public Affairs. Jones was a former Professor of Welsh Politics at Cardiff as well as the founding Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics and Critical Security Studies at Aberystwyth University.[2][3]

    Since 1997, he has led election surveys helping to detail the attitudes of electors in Wales in the immediate aftermath of Westminster and National Assembly elections. Jones joined the staff of Cardiff University in February 2009 as Director of the Wales Governance Centre.[4] He has written extensively on contemporary Welsh politics, devolved politics in the UK, and nationalism. He is often featured on BBC appearing on both Welsh and English-language broadcasts.[2]

    In 2011, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[5]

    Jones' latest contribution was in August 2021 where he was part of a panel discussing Dra

    About: Richard Wyn Jones

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    • Richard Wyn Jones is a Welsh academic at Cardiff University, where he is Director of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre and Dean of Public Affairs. Jones was a former Professor of Welsh Politics at Cardiff as well as the founding Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics and Critical Security Studies at Aberystwyth University. Since 1997, he has led election surveys helping to detail the attitudes of electors in Wales in the immediate aftermath of Westminster and National Assembly elections. Jones joined the staff of Cardiff University in February 2009 as Director of the Wales Governance Centre. He has written extensively on contemporary Welsh politics, devolved politics in the UK, and nationalism. He is often featured on BBC appearing on both Welsh and English-language broadcasts. Jones' latest contribution was in August,2021 where he was part of a panel discussing Drakeford's secret for Welsh Labour success on the Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. The panel consisted of Jones, Chris Bryant, Labour MP f

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