Richard Wyn Jones

Institution

Cardiff University

Job title

Professor of Welsh Politics and Director of the Wales Governance Centre

Email address

wynjonesr@cardiff.ac.uk

Biography

Richard Wyn Jones joined the staff of Cardiff University in February 2009 as Director of the Wales Governance, having previously worked as Professor of Welsh Politics and founding Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. He has written extensively on contemporary Welsh politics, devolved politics in the UK and nationalism. In addition, Richard was one of the founders of Critical Security Studies.

Richard is a regular and widely respected broadcaster, commentating on Welsh politics in both Welsh and English for the BBC in Wales and across the UK. He has also presented two TV series and is a regular columnist for the Welsh language current affairs magazine Barn.

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Posts by this author

Brexit, Independence and the Union

Future of England Survey reveals public attitudes towards Brexit and the union

27 October 2019 | Richard Wyn Jones, Ailsa Henderson

Deep divides fuelled by the Brexit debate have been laid bare in new research from Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University and the University of Edinburgh.

Independence and the Union

Remembering Rhodri

21 May 2017 | Richard Wyn Jones

Rhodri Morgan did more than steady the Welsh Assembly's early steps, writes Richard Wyn Jones, he led Wales to a point where devolution seems the natural state of affairs.

Independence and the Union

Brexit Reflections - Why did Wales shoot itself in the foot in this referendum?

27 June 2016 | Richard Wyn Jones

Richard Wyn Jones looks at the reasons contributing to a leave vote in a part of the UK that benefits most from EU membership.

Independence and the Union

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Wales

9 June 2016 | Richard Wyn Jones

The UK Government's response to criticism of the draft Wales Bill is more of a staging post than a destination, says Richard Wyn Jones.

Independence and the Union

The impact of ‘The Vow’ is being felt in Wales too

10 February 2015 | Richard Wyn Jones

Wales has been squeezed harder than Scotland under the Barnett Formula. The challenge now facing First Minister Carwyn Jones is to explain to the Welsh electorate why it is fair that poorer Wales receives less privileged treatment that that given to more prosperous Scotland, writes Richard Wyn Jones.

Independence and the Union

Ever looser Union: What Smith means for rUK?

27 November 2014 | Richard Wyn Jones

The implications of the Smith Commission's report for the rest of the UK were highlighted both by the Prime Minister and leaders of English local government within a few hours of its publication. Richard Wyn Jones suggests that Smith may well have serious implications on the other side of the Tweed - and the Severn.