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Rhys Jones

Rhys Jones FLSW is a Professor of Human Geography and former Head of Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University. His research interests focus on a range of interrelated themes linked to political geography, including the geography of group identities, focusing in particular on the geography of Welsh nationalism and the way this is shaped by place- and community- based practices, language, and the practices of young people. He is also an expert on devolution in the UK, particularly in relation to Wales. He has published eleven books and over eighty articles and book chapters.