Professor Jonathan Oldfield PhD

Professor Jonathan Oldfield

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor in Russian Environmental Studies

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 2943
Email
j.d.oldfield@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Jon Oldfield’s research is primarily focussed on an exploration of Russian understandings of physical natural systems. His current research has three main strands: Soviet climate science and its intellectual legacies, the science of geoengineering in the Soviet /Russian contexts, and Russian engagements with the Anthropocene as an empirical and conceptual entity. This research is funded by the AHRC, ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, and British Academy.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), PGCE, PhD

Biography

Jonathan Oldfield has worked at a number of universities within departments of areas studies and geography. These include: University of Nottingham, Queen Mary University of London, University of Glasgow.聽

Teaching

  • Various teaching at Years 1 and 2
  • Most recently, Jon Oldfield has taught a Year 3 module - 'Nature-Society Relations: The Ecological Century'.

Postgraduate supervision

Jonathan Oldfield's research explores Soviet and Russian understandings of physical natural systems with a focus on geoengineering, global environmental change, climate change, and related areas of scientific thought. Jon is very happy to discuss related research areas - feel free to email.

Research

Jonathan Oldfield's research explores Soviet and Russian understandings of physical natural systems with a focus on geoengineering, global environmental change, climate change, and Russian engagements with the Anthropocene as an empirical and conceptual entity. Recent publications include: The Soviet Union and Global Environmental Change (2021, Routledge) and The Development of Russian Environmental Thought (with Denis Shaw, 2016, Routledge). His work is funded by the AHRC, ESRC, Leverhulme Trust and British Academy.

Other activities

  • Editorial Board, New Area Studies
  • National Advisory Board, Europe-Asia Studies
  • Peer Review College member (academic), Art & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  • Peer Review College member (academic), Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • Executive Committee (Secretary), UK Association for Area Studies Associations

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Oldfield, J 2021, . Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe, 1st edn, Routledge, London.

Oldfield, J & Shaw, D 2015, . Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series, 1st edn, Routledge.

Article

Xu, J, Guan, Y, Oldfield, J, Guan, D & Shan, Y 2024, '', Applied Energy, vol. 360, 122837.

Serrano, BA, Gheorghe, LC, Exner, TE, Resch, S, Wolf, C, Himly, M, Falk, A, Bossa, N, Vazquez, S, Papadiamantis, AG, Afantitis, A, Melagraki, G, Maier, D, Saramveis, H, Willighagen, E, Lobaskin, V, Oldfield, JD & Lynch, I 2024, '', RSC Sustainability.

Oldfield, J & Poberezhskaya, M 2023, '', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, vol. 14, no. 4, e829.

Oldfield, J 2018, '', Journal of Historical Geography, vol. 60, pp. 41-51.

Oldfield, JD 2016, '', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 682鈥�692.

Oldfield, JD & Shaw, DJB 2015, '', Journal of Historical Geography, vol. 49, pp. 75-84.

Oldfield, J & Shaw, D 2015, '', Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 1-15.

Shaw, DJB & Oldfield, J 2015, '', Journal of Historical Geography, vol. 47, pp. 40-49.

Chapter

Oldfield, J 2021, . in M Domosh, M Heffernan & C Withers (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Historical Geography. 1 edn, vol. 1, SAGE Publications, pp. 100-116. <>

Oldfield, J 2019, . in International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition. Elsevier Korea, pp. 113-118.

Oldfield, J & Doose, K 2018, . in M Poberezhskaya & T Ashe (eds), Climate Change Discourse in Russia: Past and Present. Routledge.

Oldfield, J & Tickle, A 2017, . in Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union: A Collection of Essays in Memory of Professor Francis 'Frank' Carter. Taylor and Francis, pp. 123-139.

Oldfield, J, O'Hara, S & Shaw, D 2016, . in East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union: The Post-Socialist States. Taylor and Francis, pp. 137-160.

Expertise

Russian environment; climate change; politics of climate science; environmental policy