Overview
Ihnji Jon is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University. I am an interdisciplinary scholar drawing on human geography, environment planning, and political philosophy. I am committed to expanding our discussions on political ecology with and beyond distributive justice, by bringing in feminist relational approach to identity, politics, and space. I am currently exploring practical purchase of poststructuralist political philosophy, inclusive of post-essentialist feminism and postcolonial thought.
My current research programme includes green urban development, spatial consequences of circular economy (waste), and politics of knowledge-making. I believe that local culture and customary practices are the living carriers of human history and collective wisdom, and our contemporary urban challenges—navigating the waters of economism and ecologism—cannot and should not ignore their important everyday spatial presence.
Prior to this post, I was a Lecturer in International Urban Politics at the University of Melbourne; and a Chateaubriand Fellow at École Normale Supérieure (Paris Ulm). I completed my interdisciplinary PhD at the University of Washington (Seattle; planning and geography), and master’s degree at Sciences Po Paris (urban governance and politics).
I am the author of the book Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics (Pluto Press, 2021), which a reviewer called "a thoughtful and compelling argument for an anti-essentialist ecology that links environmental concerns with inequality and centers the necessary political action in the fertile complexity of cities".
Publication
2024
- Woodley, E. et al. 2024. The future of geography field course pedagogy in UK Higher Education. Geo: Geography and Environment 11(2), article number: e00158. (10.1002/geo2.158)
- Jon, I. 2024. Reassembling the politics of "Green" urban redevelopment in East Garfield Park: A Polanyian approach.. Environment and Planning A 56(4), pp. 1005-1023. (10.1177/0308518X231221019)
- Jon, I. 2024. “Regarding the pain of others”: urban geography after empathy. Urban Geography 45(3), pp. 484-494. (10.1080/02723638.2023.2279415)
- Jon, I., Guma, P. and Simone, A. 2024. "Humanistic" city in the age of "Capitalocene". Annals of the American Association of Geographers 114(1), pp. 107-122. (10.1080/24694452.2023.2239893)
2023
- Jon, I. 2023. Bubble clash: Identity, environment, and politics in a multicultural suburb.. Dialogues in Urban Research 1(1), pp. 11-33. (10.1177/27541258221130318)
- Jon, I. 2023. Stories, contingent materialities, and moral inquiry: Response to Simone, MacLeavy, Kim and Lake. Dialogues in Urban Research 1(1), pp. 58-62. (10.1177/27541258231159127)
2022
- Jon, I. 2022. Is it true that we’re actually living in separate universes?. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 26(5-6) (10.1080/13604813.2022.2124728)
- Jon, I. 2022. Hope and care in dark times: a follow-up essay.. Planning Theory 21(4), pp. 407-411. (10.1177/14730952221131873)
- Jon, I. 2022. Reimagining the future with liminal agents : Critical interdisciplinary STS as manifestos for anti-essentialist solidarities. Culture, Theory and Critique 63(2-3), pp. 136-153. (10.1080/14735784.2022.2098152)
2021
- Jon, I. 2021. Lake-ian pragmatism and the path to engaged practice. Urban Geography 42(10), pp. 1410-1414. (10.1080/02723638.2021.1940709)
- Field, C. and Jon, I. 2021. E-Scooters: a new smart mobility option? The case of Brisbane, Australia. Planning Theory & Practice 22(3), pp. 368-396. (10.1080/14649357.2021.1919746)
- Jon, I. 2021. The city we want: Against the banality of urban planning research. Planning Theory & Practice 22(2), pp. 321-328. (10.1080/14649357.2021.1893588)
- Jon, I. 2021. Cities in the Anthropocene. London: Pluto Press. (10.2307/j.ctv1sjwpwp)
2020
- Jon, I. 2020. A manifesto for planning after the coronavirus: towards planning of care. Planning Theory 19(3), pp. 329-345. (10.1177/1473095220931272)
- Jon, I. 2020. Reframing postmodern planning with feminist social theory: Toward “anti-essentialist norms”. Planning Theory 19(2), pp. 147-171. (10.1177/1473095219851214)
- Jon, I. 2020. Deciphering posthumanism: why and how it matters to urban planning in the Anthropocene. Planning Theory 19(4), pp. 392-420. (10.1177/1473095220912770)
- Jon, I. 2020. Scales of political action in the Anthropocene: Gaia, networks, and cities as frontiers of doing earthly politics. Global Society 34(2), pp. 163-185. (10.1080/13600826.2019.1676702)
- Jon, I. and Reghezza-Zitt, M. 2020. Late modernity to postmodern? The rise of global resilience and its progressive potentials for local disaster planning (Seattle and Paris). Planning Theory & Practice 21(1), pp. 94-122. (10.1080/14649357.2019.1692896)
- Jon, I. 2020. Pragmatism and contemporary planning theory. In: Wills, J. and Lake, R. eds. The power of pragmatism: Knowledge production and social inquiry. Manchester: Manchester University Press, (10.7765/9781526134950.00021)
2018
- Jon, I. and Purcell, M. 2018. Radical resilience: Autonomous self-management in post-disaster recovery planning and practice. Planning Theory & Practice 19(2), pp. 235-251. (10.1080/14649357.2018.1458965)
Articles
- Woodley, E. et al. 2024. The future of geography field course pedagogy in UK Higher Education. Geo: Geography and Environment 11(2), article number: e00158. (10.1002/geo2.158)
- Jon, I. 2024. Reassembling the politics of "Green" urban redevelopment in East Garfield Park: A Polanyian approach.. Environment and Planning A 56(4), pp. 1005-1023. (10.1177/0308518X231221019)
- Jon, I. 2024. “Regarding the pain of others”: urban geography after empathy. Urban Geography 45(3), pp. 484-494. (10.1080/02723638.2023.2279415)
- Jon, I., Guma, P. and Simone, A. 2024. "Humanistic" city in the age of "Capitalocene". Annals of the American Association of Geographers 114(1), pp. 107-122. (10.1080/24694452.2023.2239893)
- Jon, I. 2023. Bubble clash: Identity, environment, and politics in a multicultural suburb.. Dialogues in Urban Research 1(1), pp. 11-33. (10.1177/27541258221130318)
- Jon, I. 2023. Stories, contingent materialities, and moral inquiry: Response to Simone, MacLeavy, Kim and Lake. Dialogues in Urban Research 1(1), pp. 58-62. (10.1177/27541258231159127)
- Jon, I. 2022. Is it true that we’re actually living in separate universes?. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 26(5-6) (10.1080/13604813.2022.2124728)
- Jon, I. 2022. Hope and care in dark times: a follow-up essay.. Planning Theory 21(4), pp. 407-411. (10.1177/14730952221131873)
- Jon, I. 2022. Reimagining the future with liminal agents : Critical interdisciplinary STS as manifestos for anti-essentialist solidarities. Culture, Theory and Critique 63(2-3), pp. 136-153. (10.1080/14735784.2022.2098152)
- Jon, I. 2021. Lake-ian pragmatism and the path to engaged practice. Urban Geography 42(10), pp. 1410-1414. (10.1080/02723638.2021.1940709)
- Field, C. and Jon, I. 2021. E-Scooters: a new smart mobility option? The case of Brisbane, Australia. Planning Theory & Practice 22(3), pp. 368-396. (10.1080/14649357.2021.1919746)
- Jon, I. 2021. The city we want: Against the banality of urban planning research. Planning Theory & Practice 22(2), pp. 321-328. (10.1080/14649357.2021.1893588)
- Jon, I. 2020. A manifesto for planning after the coronavirus: towards planning of care. Planning Theory 19(3), pp. 329-345. (10.1177/1473095220931272)
- Jon, I. 2020. Reframing postmodern planning with feminist social theory: Toward “anti-essentialist norms”. Planning Theory 19(2), pp. 147-171. (10.1177/1473095219851214)
- Jon, I. 2020. Deciphering posthumanism: why and how it matters to urban planning in the Anthropocene. Planning Theory 19(4), pp. 392-420. (10.1177/1473095220912770)
- Jon, I. 2020. Scales of political action in the Anthropocene: Gaia, networks, and cities as frontiers of doing earthly politics. Global Society 34(2), pp. 163-185. (10.1080/13600826.2019.1676702)
- Jon, I. and Reghezza-Zitt, M. 2020. Late modernity to postmodern? The rise of global resilience and its progressive potentials for local disaster planning (Seattle and Paris). Planning Theory & Practice 21(1), pp. 94-122. (10.1080/14649357.2019.1692896)
- Jon, I. and Purcell, M. 2018. Radical resilience: Autonomous self-management in post-disaster recovery planning and practice. Planning Theory & Practice 19(2), pp. 235-251. (10.1080/14649357.2018.1458965)
Book sections
- Jon, I. 2020. Pragmatism and contemporary planning theory. In: Wills, J. and Lake, R. eds. The power of pragmatism: Knowledge production and social inquiry. Manchester: Manchester University Press, (10.7765/9781526134950.00021)
Books
- Jon, I. 2021. Cities in the Anthropocene. London: Pluto Press. (10.2307/j.ctv1sjwpwp)
Research
My current research programme includes green urban development, spatial consequences of circular economy (waste), and politics of knowledge-making. I believe that local culture and customary practices are the living carriers of human history and collective wisdom, and our contemporary urban challenges—navigating the waters of economism and ecologism—cannot and should not ignore their important everyday spatial presence.
I am the author of the book Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics (Pluto Press, 2021), which a reviewer called "a thoughtful and compelling argument for an anti-essentialist ecology that links environmental concerns with inequality and centers the necessary political action in the fertile complexity of cities".
Biography
I completed my interdisciplinary PhD at the University of Washington (Seattle; planning and geography), and master's degree at Sciences Po Paris (urban governance and politics). Prior to this post, I was a Lecturer in International Urban Politics at the University of Melbourne; and a Chateaubriand Fellow at École Normale Supérieure (Paris Ulm).
Contact Details
JonI@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29225 14556
Glamorgan Building, Room Room 1.78, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
+44 29225 14556
Glamorgan Building, Room Room 1.78, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA