Owain Jones FGS (born 1957, Newport, Wales) is a Professor of Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University (UK).
He was previously Reader in Cultural Geography: Place, Nature and Landscape (previously Senior Research Fellow) at the Countryside & Community Research Institute (which is a joint Institute of the Universities of the West of England and Gloucestershire and the Royal Agricultural College and Hartpury College) and member of staff of the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England.
[3] Jones undertook a BA in 3D Design/Construction at Bristol Polytechnic, graduating in 1981, an MA /Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Policy and Geography, University of the West of England, 1993, MSc.
Because of his work in this field, Owain Jones was selected to write the "Nature-Culture"[13] and "Dwelling"[14] entries for the International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography.
[17] He has also been an invited speaker at a number of major international academic conferences on rurality,[18] human-animal interactions,[19] and geographies of forests, places and landscapes.