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Professor Karen Jones is a prominent academic in environmental and cultural history, affiliated with the University of Kent's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. She holds a doctorate from the University of Bristol and joined Kent in 2004 after prior roles at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on environmental history, historical geography, and human-animal relations, with notable works including Wolf Mountains (2002) and Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane (2020). She leads the Wellcome Trust-funded Lungs of the City project examining urban parks' role in health and civic memory. Current research includes studies on taxidermy, rewilding, and transnational conservation.
Professional activities include roles as a trustee of the Landscape Research Group and collaborations with media organizations like the BBC. She supervises numerous PhD candidates in environmental history and animal studies, with alumni working on diverse topics such as frontier societies and species preservation. Her teaching spans environmental and cultural histories across global contexts, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches. Recent publications address rewilding, urban green spaces, and animal symbolism in historical contexts.
Grants & Projects: Wellcome Trust-funded Lungs of the City, Beastly Britain book project (Yale UP), and interdisciplinary research on taxidermy and conservation communication. Her work bridges academic, public, and policy spheres, advocating for historical perspectives in ecological challenges.
