Room: G3A, Thoday Building, School Natural Sciences, Bangor University 

Email: rebecca.jones@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 388086

I gained a first-class honours degree in Geography and a Distinction within my MBA Environmental Management Masters degree at Bangor University. I joined the School of Natural Sciences in 2014 and am currently a Teaching Associate and PhD researcher. My main research interests focus on the role of food and place making in Wales.

I contribute to teaching and learning activities covering geographical themes such as place and space, food systems and processes, sustainable development and policy. I specifically contribute to the Food Geography (DXX3600) & Food Geography: Enterprise and Innovation (DXX3601), and the Advanced Fieldwork module to Barcelona (DXX/C-3003*). I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Postgraduate Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). I also hold the committee role of digital officer for the RGS Food Geographies Working Group FGWG.

I am also currently the School Placement Experience Officer for both short term (DXX/C-3009*, DXX/C-4102*) and long term (DXX-9000) opportunities, and my role involves the promotion and administration of degree-related student placements.

*Modules can be undertaken through the medium of Welsh.

Module Contributor

DXX-3003 (Level 6) Fieldcourse:Barcelona

DXX-3009 (Level 6) & DXX-4100 (Level 7) Professional Placement

DXX-3600 & DXX-3601 (Level 6) Food Geographies

DXX-41014 (Level 7) Geographical Thought 

DXX-4525 (Level 7) Strategic Environmental Management 

DXX-9000 Sandwich Placement 

Position: PhD Student

Supervisors: Dr Eifiona Thomas Lane & Ms Sian Pierce

I am currently undertaking a PhD in 'Regenerative Placemaking through the geographies of food'. The research aims to describe a range of profiles of case study foods and food innovations using space and place based initatives within Wales. 

2022

• PublishedCoronavirus’ exposure of food, place and community resilience: a Welsh local authority perspective
  Jones, R., Lane, E. & Prosser, L., 23 Sept 2022, In: Journal of Place Management and Development. 15, 4, p. 476-492
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedCollaboration for innovative routes to market: COVID-19 and the food system
  Prosser, L., Lane, E. & Jones, R., 1 Mar 2021, In: Agricultural Systems. 188
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEncounters in Geography Field-Based Learning: Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Andrews, W., 2021, Experiential Learning in Geography: Experience, Evaluation and Encounters. Wessell, J. (ed.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 167-193
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedTourism, food events and Welsh authenticity
  Jones, R. & Thomas Lane, E., 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2019

• PublishedDiverse Paths Towards Good Food Places
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Devenish, P., 7 Aug 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedMarketing the Markets – supporting re-localisation of rural food economy through facilitation of local produce markets
  Jones, R., Lane, E. & Prosser, L., 29 Aug 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2018

• PublishedCimwch a Chwrw lleol, Bara Brith, Chaws Pob a Seidr: initial reflections on localised innovation in developing sustainable food and drink tourism in Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Jones, A., 13 Jun 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedCraft Cider Production and Community – celebrating traditional rural heritage and building new social capital
  Prosser, L., Lane, E. & Jones, R., 29 Aug 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedDelivering authentic Welsh produce to a global market
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 29 Aug 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2017

• PublishedExploring the potential of rural pesca-tourism in Wales
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 22 Aug 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedFoods from catchment to coast – responsible development of rural foodscapes
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Ricketts Hein, J., 4 May 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe ‘three Rs’ of regeneration through place based food systems in Wales
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 7 Dec 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedUpland entrepreneurs in post-European Wales
  Lane, E., Ricketts Hein, J. & Jones, R., 14 Jun 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2016

• PublishedA Tale of Two Fishes: Exploring the Delivery of Wales’ Rural Food Tourism Strategy
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Jones, A., 15 Jun 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedExploring the potential of local food and drink entrepreneurship in rural Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R., Jones, A. & Mitchelmore, S., Aug 2016, In: Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 31, 5, p. 602-618
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published‘<3 Your Local Market ‘: local produce markets as hubs of place based food expertise and community capacity
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 22 Aug 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2015

• PublishedExploring the potential of local food and drink entrepreneurship in rural Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Jones, A., 7 Jun 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2019

• Wales Real Food and Farming Conference

  The Wales Real Food and Farming Conference, taking its lead from the Oxford Real Farming Conference, explores diverse issues across sustainable food and farming, bringing together farmers, food producers, environmentalists and people involved in public health, food education, sovereignty and justice. It aims to open conversations between those interested and involved in the future of food in the country, mapping out what a sustainable 21st century food system for Wales might look like and how we might begin to build it.

  11 Nov 2019 – 12 Nov 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)