Jonathon is a more-than-human geographer from Newcastle upon Tyne with a broad interest in the geographies of nature.
His research examines how environmental knowledges are produced and contested across diverse geographical contexts from the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine to urban rewilding initiatives in London. Jonny was a Postdoctoral Researcher in More-Than-Human Geography at the LCNR between 2023 and 2025 and is now an LCNR Honorary Fellow since beginning as Assistant Professor of Human Geography at Durham University in 2025.
His research explores urban rewilding, with a recent focus on nocturnal urban ecologies as part of his British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. He is currently developing an Urban Beaver Management Toolkit with his collaborators in London, Berlin, and Newcastle for implementation in UK and European cities.
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