Publications

Resources

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Books
  1. Osborne T & Jones P eds. (2023) A research agenda for digital geographies.  Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
  2. Jones P & Osborne T with Gadsby E, Keen N & Sullivan-Drage C (2022) Virtual reality methods: a guide for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.  Policy Press, Bristol. [available as open access]
  3. Jones P (2020) Bodies, technologies & methods.  Routledge, Abingdon
  4. Jones P, Long P & Perry B eds. (2019) Cultural intermediaries connecting communities: revisiting approaches to cultural engagement.  Policy Press, Bristol
  5. Warren S & Jones P eds. (2015) Creative economies, creative communities: rethinking place, policy and practice Ashgate, Farnham
  6. Jones P & Evans J (2013) Urban regeneration in the UK: boom, bust and recovery Second Edition Sage, London
  7. Jones P & Evans J (2008) Urban regeneration in the UK: theory and practice Sage, London

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Many of these papers, particularly the older ones, require a subscription.  Some of them appear on my Researchgate page as manuscript copies.  If you want to read something and can't get hold of a copy, feel free to drop me a line.

  1. Rzeszewski M, Osborne T, Jones P, Evans L, Weitkamp G (2024) Interviewing in the metaverse: the renewed importance of location and embodiment. Applied Geography 167, art. 103295, 1-9. [open access]
  2. Moran D, Jordaan J & Jones P (2024) Toxic prisons? Local environmental quality and the wellbeing of incarcerated populations.  Land 13;2 art. 223, 1-16 [open access]
  3. Andres L, Denoon Stevens S & Jones P (2024) Planners, blended (in)formality and fragmented public interest.  Planning Practice & Research 39;2 207-222 [open access].
  4. Moran D, Jordan J & Jones P (2024) Green space in prison improves wellbeing irrespective of prison/er characteristics, with particularly beneficial effects for younger and unsentenced prisoners, and in overcrowded prisons.  European Journal of Criminology 21;2, 301-325 [open access].
  5. Denoon-Stevens SP, Andres L, Nel V and Jones P (2022) Unpacking planners' views of the success and failure of planning in post-apartheid South Africa. Cities 130: 103867 [open access]
  6. Osborne T & Jones P (2022) Embodied virtual geographies: linkages between bodies, spaces, and digital environments.  Geography Compass 16;6, e12648, 1-10 [open access]
  7. Moran D, Jones P, Jordaan J & Porter A (2022) Does prison location matter for prisoner wellbeing? The effect of location within greenspace on self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales.  Wellbeing, Space & Society 3, 100065 [open access]
  8. Moran D, Jones P, Jordaan J & Porter A (2022) Nature contact and wellbeing in the workplace: Greenspace and staff sickness absence in prisons in England and Wales.  Environment & Behaviour 54;2 276-299. [open access]
  9. Jones P, Andres L, Denoon-Stevens S & Melgaço L (2022) Planning out abjection? The role of the planning profession in post-apartheid South Africa.  Planning Theory 21;1 35-55 [open access]
  10. Denoon-Stevens S, Andres L, Melgaço L, Jones P, Massey R, Nel V (2022) Theory versus practice in planning education: the view from South Africa.  Planning Practice and Research. 37;4 509-525 [open access]
  11. Moran D, Jones P, Jordaan J & Porter A (2021) Does nature contact in prison improve wellbeing? Mapping land cover to identify the effect of greenspace on self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales.  Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 111;6 1779-1795 [manuscript available]
  12. Van Loon A, Lester-Moseley I, Rohse M, Jones P & Day R (2020) Creative practice as a tool to build drought and flood resilience in the Global South.  Geoscience Communication 3;2 453-474 [open access]
  13. Andres L, Jones P, Denoon-Stevens S & Melgaço L (2020) Negotiating polyvocal strategies: re-reading de Certeau through the lens of urban planning in South Africa.  Urban Studies 57;12 2440-2455. [open access]
  14. Jones P & Osborne T (2020) Analysing virtual landscapes using postmemory. Social & Cultural Geography. 21;2 186-206 [open access]
  15. Disney, T., Warwick, L., Ferguson, H., Leigh, J. T., Cooner, T., Beddoe, L., Jones, P. & Osborne, T. (2019) Isn’t it funny the children that are further away we don’t think about as much? Using GPS to explore the mobilities and geographies of social work and child protection practice.  Children & Youth Services Review 100, 39-49 [open access]
  16. Osborne T, Warner E, Jones P & Resch B (2019) Performing social media.   Geohumanities 5;1 282-294 [subscription required].
  17. Warren S & Jones P (2018) Cultural policy, governance and urban diversity: resident perspectives from Birmingham, UK.  Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 109;1 22-35 [open access]
  18. Osborne T & Jones P (2017) Biosensing and geography: a mixed methods approach.  Applied Geography 87, 160-169 [open access]
  19. Zandieh R, Flacke J, Martinez J, Jones P & van Maarseveen M (2017) Do inequalities in neighbourhood walkability drive disparities in older adults’ outdoor walking?  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14;7 1-22 [open access]
  20. Jones P, Isakjee A, Lorne C, Jam C & Warren S (2017) Urban landscapes and the atmosphere of place. Urban Morphology 21;1 29-40 [open access]
  21. Zandieh R, Martinez J, Flacke J, Jones P & van Maarseveen M (2016) Older adults’ outdoor walking: inequalities in neighbourhood safety, pedestrian infrastructure and aesthetics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13;12 1-24 [open access]
  22. Jones P & Jam C (2016) Creating ambiances, co-constructing place: a poetic transect across the city.  Area. 48;3 317-324 [open access]
  23. Jones P & Warren S (2016) Time, rhythm & the creative economy. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 41;3 286-296 [open access]
  24. Ryder H, Maltby J, Rai L, Jones P, & Flowe H  (2016). Women's fear of crime and preference for formidable mates: How specific are the underlying psychological mechanisms? Evolution and Human Behavior 37;4 293-302 [subscription required].  
  25. Jones P, Layard A, Speed C & Lorne C (2015) MapLocal: use of smartphones for crowdsourced planning. Planning Practice & Research 30;3 322-336. [open access]
  26. Warren S & Jones P (2015) Local governance, disadvantaged communities and cultural intermediation in the creative urban economy.  Environment & Planning C: Government and Policy 33;6 1738-1752 [open access]
  27. Jones P (2014) Performing sustainable transport: a RIDE across the city. Cultural Geographies 21;2 282-287 [subscription required]
  28. Jones P (2012) Sensory indiscipline and affect: a study of commuter cycling Social & Cultural Geography 13;6 645-658 [subscription required]
  29. Jones P & Evans J (2012) The spatial transcript: analysing mobilities through qualitative GIS. Area 44;1 92-99 [subscription required]
  30. Jones P & Evans J (2012) Rescue Geography: place making, affect and regeneration.  Urban Studies 49;11, 2315–2330 [subscription required]
  31. Kingston D, Eastwood W, Jones P, Johnson R, Marshall S & Hannah D (2012) Experiences of using mobile technologies and virtual fieldtrips in Physical Geography: implications for hydrology education. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16;5, 1281–1286 [open access]
  32. Jones P & Burwood D (2011) Cycling and the city: reflections of commuting practices.  Liminalities: A journal of performance studies 7;4 no pagination [open access]
  33. Jones P & Evans J (2011) Creativity and project management: a comic. ACME 10;3 585-632 [open access]
  34. Evans J & Jones P (2011) The walking interview: methodology, mobility and place. Applied Geography 31;2 849-858 [subscription required]
  35. Jones P, Drury R & McBeath J (2011) Using GPS-enabled mobile computing to augment qualitative interviewing: two case studies. Field Methods 23;2 173-187 [subscription required]
  36. Antonsich M & Jones P (2010) Mapping the Swiss referendum on the minarets’ ban. Political Geography 29;2 57-62 [subscription]
  37. Evans J, Jones P & Krueger R (2009) Organic regeneration and sustainability or Can the credit crunch save our cities? Local Environment 14;7 683-698  [subscription]
  38. Jones P (2008) Different but the same? Post-war slum clearance and contemporary regeneration in Birmingham, UK. CITY 12;3 356-371 [subscription]
  39. Jones P, Bunce G, Evans J, Gibbs H & Ricketts Hein J (2008) Exploring space and place with walking interviews. Journal of Research Practice 4;2  [open access]
  40. Ricketts Hein J, Jones P & Evans J (2008) Mobile methodologies: theory, technology and practice. Geography Compass 2;5 1266-1285 [subscription]
  41. Evans J & Jones P (2008) Towards Lefebvrian socio-nature? A film about rhythm, nature and science. Geography Compass 2;3 659-670 [subscription]
  42. Evans J & Jones P (2008b) Sustainable urban regeneration as a shared territory. Environment and Planning A 40;6 1416-1434  [subscription]
  43. Jones P & Macdonald N (2007) Getting it wrong first time: building an interdisciplinary research relationship. Area 39;4, 490-498 [subscription]
  44. Jones P & Macdonald N (2007) Making space for unruly water: sustainable drainage systems and the disciplining of surface runoff. Geoforum 30;3, 534-544 [subscription]
  45. Macdonald N & Jones P (2006) The inclusion of sustainable drainage systems in flood management in the post industrial city. Scottish Geographical 122;3, 233-246 [subscription]
  46. Jones P & Evans J (2006) Urban regeneration, governance and the state: exploring notions of distance and proximity. Urban Studies 43;9, 1491-1509 [subscription]
  47. Jones P (2005) Performing the city: a body and a bicycle take on Birmingham, UK.  Social and Cultural Geography 6;6, 813-830 [subscription]
  48. Jones P (2005) The suburban high flat in the post-war reconstruction of Birmingham, 1945-71. Urban History 32;2, 323-341 [available via free JSTOR account]
  49. Jones P (2004) Historical continuity and post-1945 urban redevelopment: the example of Lee Bank, Birmingham, UK. Planning Perspectives 19;4, 365-389 [subscription]
  50. Jones P (2004) Paying the price for high hopes: UK public sector high-rise and the Housing Subsidies Act, 1956. Planning History 26;1-2, 12-16 [open access]

Book Chapters
  1. Moran D, Jones P, Jordaan J & Porter A (2022) ‘Does nature contact in prison improve wellbeing? Greenspace, self-harm, violence and staff sickness absence in prisons in England and Wales’ in Moran D, Jewkes Y, Blount-Hill K, St. John V (eds.) The Palgrave handbook of prison design, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp 657-678
  2. Jones P & Osborne T (2021) ‘Gaming and VR in geographical research’ in Nadia von Benzon, Mark Holton, Catherine Wilkinson & Samantha Wilkinson (eds.) Creative methods for human geographers. Sage, London 285-295.
  3. Osborne T & Jones P (2020) ‘Virtual reality and memorials: (re)building and experiencing the past’ in Micieli-Voutsinas J & Person A (eds.) Affective architecture: more than representational approaches to heritage. Routledge, Abingdon 252-266.
  4. Jones P (2017) ‘Mobile bodies’ in Michael Silk, David L. Andrews and Holly Thorpe (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies Routledge, New York, 304-312
  5. Jones P, Layard A, Lorne C & Speed C (2015) ‘Localism, neighbourhood planning and community control: the MapLocal pilot’ in Dave O’Brien & Peter Matthews (eds.) After urban regeneration: communities, policy and place. Policy Press, Bristol, 165-179
  6. Jones P, Lorne C & Speed C (2015) ‘Using technology to help communities shout louder’ in Catherine Durose & Liz Richardson (eds.) Designing public policy for co-production: theory, practice and change  Policy Press, Bristol, 141-148
  7. Jones P (2007) ‘The dismemberment of modern Birmingham’ in Peter Martyn (ed.) The City in Art ISPAN, Warsaw.

Various funded projects

  • UKRI-NSF Global Centers Track 1 2023: CLEETS - CLean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions £6.19m UKRI, (plus $5m NSF). Co Investigator.
  • GEES Research Support Fund (2023) Empatica EmbracePlus purchase. £2160 (non-FEC).  Principal Investigator.
  • BIRMAC Project & Ideas Fund (2023) Sustainable environments and societies theme visit to McMaster University. £10,000 (non-FEC). Principal Investigator.
  • LES Equipment Fund (2022) Eye tracking glasses and machine learning. £12,840 (non-FEC). Principal Investigator.
  • EUniWell Seed Funding (2021) Urbanity and well-being: co-designing an authentic teaching approach £24,972 (non-FEC).  Co Investigator.
  • West Midlands Rail Network Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (2020) Musical Routes £4500 (non-FEC).  Co Investigator.
  • Institute for Global Innovation, University of Birmingham 2018 Literature review on how hydrological extremes (floods and droughts) are portrayed in the arts in Low and Middle Income Countries £3000 (non-FEC).  Co Investigator.
  • Brigstow seedcorn fund 2018 Buses for justice £4910 (non-FEC).  Co Investigator.
  • Universitas 21 Staff Fellowship 2017 MUST-Map (Methods, Urban Studies, Technology, Mapping) £4974 (non-FEC).  Principal Investigator.
  • ESRC-NRF Higher Education Call 2016 The appropriateness, usefulness and impact of the current urban planning curriculum in South African Higher Education £474k. Co Investigator.
  • AHRC Connected Communities Festival 2015 £10k (non-FEC).  Principal Investigator.
  • AHRC Cardiff Festival funding 2014 £15,325 (non-FEC). Principal Investigator
  • AHRC Edinburgh Showcase funding 2013 £7966 (non-FEC). Principal Investigator
  • AHRC Follow-on Funding 2013 HESTIA 2. £80k Co Investigator
  • AHRC Follow-on Funding 2012 In conversation with...:co-designing with more-than-human communities. £40k Co Investigator
  • AHRC Follow-on Funding 2012 Conserving and Sharing Community Media: The Connected Communities Collection. £40k Co Investigator
  • AHRC Communities, Culture and Creative Economies 2011. Cultural intermediation: connecting communities in the creative urban economy. £1.49m, Principal Investigator. 
  • AHRC Follow-on Funding 2011. Localism and connected neighbourhood planning. £40k, Principal Investigator.
  • AHRC Development Funding 2011.  Connecting Communities in the City: the role of cultural intermediaries and cultural learning.  £15k, Principal Investigator.
  • ESRC Small Grant 2007. Rescue Geography: developing methods for public geographies. £95k, Principal Investigator.
  • RGS-IBG/EPSRC Geographical Research Grant 2006.  An investigation of motorway service stations as exemplar of issues surrounding the maintenance and potential for retrofitting of sustainable drainage technologies.  £2,000 (non-FEC).  Principal Investigator.
  • Carnegie Trust, small grants scheme 2005. Sustainable drainage and planning practice: an investigation of the Clyde Waterfront regeneration. £900 (non-FEC).  Co Investigator
  • RGS-IBG/EPSRC Geographical Research Grant 2004. Death of the modern? The retention and reconfiguration of post-war urban development in Park Central, Birmingham.  £1,000 (non-FEC).  Principal Investigator.