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Calvin Jones

Professor Calvin Jones

(he/him)

Professor of Economics

Cardiff Business School

Overview

Calvin is a specialist in regional development, sustainability and energy economics. He holds a PhD in the Economics of Tourism and Major Events and is a specialist in economic and environmental accounting and modelling. He has been involved in the development of a number of measurement tools for sustainability. 

Calvin is a Visiting Fellow at the World Tourism Organisation, and a member of UN statistical Task Teams as well as a Director at Natural Resources Wales. He has written and spoken extensively on sustainable development, regional policy and energy transformations. Possibly too extensively.

Calvin is a failed novelist, rock star and screen writer, but served a successful and rewarding (if short) period in Nelson Mandela's security detail. He is a winner of both the Moss Madden Medal in regional science, and the People's Choice Award at the 1996 Milwaukee International Snow Sculpting Championships, representing Cymru.

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Thesis

Websites

Research

PhD supervision research interests

  • Environmental & Ecological economics,
  • Impact of non-traditional economic activities on the environment
  • Tourism economics & sustainability
  • AI, Automation, future skills and regional development

 

Teaching

BST901 - Global Challenges & Strategic Decision Making (MBA)

Biography

Additional activities

  • Visiting Academic Fellow, UN World Tourism Organisation Committee
  • Board Member, Natural Resources Wales
  • Academic Advisor, Welsh Government

Honours and awards

  • Best Paper, Regions, 2022
  • Moss Madden Memorial Medal, 2013
  • Lifetime Fellow, Institute of Welsh Affairs

Professional memberships

  • Regional Science Associaton, British & Irish Section

Supervisions

Current supervision

Marina Kacar

Marina Kacar

Graduate Tutor

Conor Mockridge

Conor Mockridge

Research student

Contact Details

Email JonesC24@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 75470
Campuses Aberconway Building, Room T02, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
sbarc|spark, Room 03.14, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ

Specialisms

  • Sustainability
  • Impacts of tourism
  • Urban and regional economics