Jonathan was awarded a PhD in March 2013 from the Department of Social Anthropology. His research maps the interchange between land and labour in East Anglia; how working in a particular landscape shapes both the people and the places concerned. His research also traces the influence of systemic changes in British rural life on wider cultural attitudes – particularly the concept of “common sense”, and the relations between diverse publics and the state. His thesis is based on fieldwork conducted between August 2014-August 2015, in the Broadland region of Norfolk working with land management professionals, local residents, and local officials. His current interests involve the cultural contexts surrounding pollution, climate change, and risk management in Britain and Nepal.

A member of Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research on the Environment (CIRE), and an active participant in the Climate Histories Seminar Series, Jonathan is currently a Postdoctoral Affiliate at the Department of Social Anthropology.

He is currently engaging with potential users of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (CEA); an open-access, peer-reviewed resource for policymakers and commercial researchers seeking to draw on the insights academic anthropology can provide, regarding key challenges and themes in the world today.

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Research Interests: Land Management and the Environment; Local Government; Materiality; Bureaucracy; Social Movements and Social Change; Common Sense; Environmental Risk, Sustainability, and Resilience; Pollution; Eco-Activism; Political Economy; Europe; Nationalism and Citizenship; Environmental Spiritualities; The Anthropology of Experience.