jonathon.turnbull@ouce.ox.ac.uk Bluesky Account

Jonathon is a cultural, environmental, and urban geographer from Newcastle upon Tyne. His research examines how understandings of nature are produced and contested across geographical contexts and why this matters for more-than-human social, political, and economic life.

Beyond ‘technical fixes’: Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery conference provokes debate at the interface between theory and application

Noemi Duroux, Lotti Jones, Caitlin Hafferty, and Jonathon Turnbull reflect on the 2024 Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery conference,

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Rewilding the City… A new discourse on urban rewilding.

Noting a dearth of research on urban rewilding, researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery proffer an agenda for future geographical research into this emerging mode of urban nature conservation.

Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery conference explores the potential, pitfalls, and diverse futures of technological innovation

Noemi Duroux, Lotti Jones, Caitlin Hafferty, and Jonathon Turnbull reflect on the 2024 Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery conference, which created a vibrant, interdisciplinary space for knowledge sharing and debate across science, policy, and practice.

Society

Encompassing the governance and socio-cultural dimensions of nature recovery.

Youth-led Nature Recovery

What are the barriers and opportunities for young peoples' ability to lead and act on nature recovery in the UK, and how can their participation be supported?

Rewilding The City

Investigating urban rewilding initiatives, from top-down governance schemes to local community-based practices.

Publications LCNR associated Society

(Re)wilding London: Fabric, politics, and aesthetics

Jonathon Turnbull, Tom Fry, Jamie Lorimer

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2025)

Noting a dearth of research on urban rewilding, this paper proffers an agenda for future geographical research into this emerging mode of urban nature conservation.

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Publications LCNR supported Society

Just nature recovery: A framework for centring multispecies and multi-dimensional justice in land management

Theo Stanley , Mark Hirons , Jonathon Turnbull , Jamie Lorimer , Eric Mensah Kumeh , Caitlin Hafferty , Lea May Anderson , Constance L. McDermott

Environmental Science & Policy (2025)

Highlights Justice considerations can be overlooked in the planning and delivery of nature recovery projects. Multispecies justice and multi-dimensional justice offer alternative framings of justice and how it can be achieved. Integrating MSJ and MDJ approaches can inform nuanced analyses of nature recovery projects. We consider the different justice concerns in a range of examples […]

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