Dr Timothy Hodgetts

Timothy is an environmental geographer whose research examines the ways in which nonhuman life is governed across different spatial scales and situations. Past projects have ranged from: exploring how people live with the microbial life in their homes, to the politics and practices of conservation and rewilding for woodland mammals in the UK, to the cross-border legal protections for large carnivores under international treaties. Current interests include how nonhuman life is made present within engineering practices, infrastructures and landscapes. His research has been funded by the ESRC and through Research Fellowships at Oxford University.

Timothy re-joined the School of Geography and the Environment in 2021, having completed his DPhil at the school some years previously. He has a BA (Hons, first class) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford, an MA in Environment, Policy and Society from the Open University, and an MPhil in Geography & the Environment (BCM) 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.