Richard Wyn Jones (original) (raw)
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British academic
| Richard Wyn Jones | |
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 Wyn Jones in 2016 |
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| Born | (1966-06-26) 26 June 1966 (age 58)Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, United States[1] |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, lecturer, author |
| Known for | Director of the Wales Governance Centre |
| Title | Professor |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Critical security studies, Welsh politics, Devolution in the United Kingdom |
| Website | cardiff.ac.uk |
Richard Wyn Jones FAcSS FLSW (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 Drakeford's secret for Welsh Labour success on the Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. The panel consisted of Jones, Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda, and Ruth Mosalski, political editor at Wales online.[6]
- Jones, Richard Wyn (2013). ‘Y Blaid Ffasgaidd yng Nghymru’: Plaid Cymru a’r Cyhuddiad o Ffasgaeth. (‘The Fascist Party in Wales’: Plaid Cymru and the Accusation of Fascism.)
- Jones, Richard Wyn; Scully, Roger (2012). "Wales Says Yes: Welsh Devolution and the 2011 Referendum".
- Jones, Richard Wyn (2007). "Rhoi Cymru’n Gyntaf: Syniadaeth Wleidyddol Plaid Cymru", Cyfrol 1. ("Putting Wales First: The political thought of Plaid Cymru", Volume 1.)
- Jones, Richard Wyn, ed. (2001). Critical Theory and World Politics.
- Jones, Richard Wyn (1999). Security, Strategy and Critical Theory.
- ^ Shipton, Martin (7 April 2020). "Martin Shipton Meets: Richard Wyn Jones". acast. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Professor Richard Wyn Jones". Cardiff University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Floyd, Rita (2007) ‘Towards a consequentialist evaluation of security: bringing the Copenhagen and Welsh Schools of security studies’, British International Studies Association, 33/1: 328
- ^ Martin Shipton (3 February 2009). "Professor Richard Wyn Jones appointed as director of Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Richard Wyn Jones". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Mosalski, Presented by Rowena Mason With Ruth; Jones, Richard Wyn; Goffin, Chris Bryant Produced by Joleen (25 August 2021). "Drakeford's secret for Welsh Labour success: Politics Weekly podcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 November 2021.