Dr Timothy Hodgetts

Timothy is an environmental and animal geographer whose research focuses on the politics of wildlife in the UK. Past projects have investigated: politics and practices of connectivity conservation and rewilding for animals in the UK; how people live with the microbial life in their homes; cross-border legal protections for large animals under international treaties. Current interests include how animal life is enabled within built infrastructures and associated landscapes. His research has been funded by the ESRC and through Research Fellowships at Oxford University.

Since 2021, Timothy has been the Course/Programme Director for the MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance. He has a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford, an MA in Environment, Policy and Society from the Open University, and an MPhil and DPhil in Geography and the Environment from Oxford.

Timothy is the Programme Director for the MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance, on which he convenes and teaches in the Environment, Governance and Politics module and the Research Methods and Practice module. Timothy has previously taught human geography through positions at Jesus College and St Hilda's College.

Timothy welcomes enquiries from individuals wishing to undertake doctoral research in the following areas: animal geographies, particularly relating to animals and infrastructure, built environment, wildlife conservation, environmental management, or planning regimes; cultural/historical animal geographies relating to storytelling about animals; historical geographies of English landscapes.