Dr. Timothy Hodgetts

Biography

Timothy Hodgetts is a Senior Departmental Lecturer and Programme Director for the MSc in Nature, Society, and Environmental Governance at the University of Oxford. His research interests focus on environmental geography, particularly the governance of nonhuman life and its interactions with spatial scales and societal situations. Over the years, he has engaged in various projects that explore the relationships between people and microbial life in their homes, the politics of conservation practices, and the rewilding of woodland mammals in the UK. He has also investigated cross-border legal protections for large carnivores under international treaties. Hodgetts' current research revolves around understanding how nonhuman life is represented within engineering practices and the landscapes that they inhabit. His work has been supported by ESRC Research Fellowships at Oxford University. He has been teaching in the School of Geography and the Environment since 2021, after completing his DPhil there. His academic qualifications include a BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford, an MA in Environment, Policy and Society from the Open University, and an MPhil in Geography & Environment from Oxford. In his teaching capacity, he leads the Environment, Governance, and Politics module, as well as the Research Methods and Practice module.

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