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Gareth Jones
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsUrban geography

Gareth Jones is a professor of urban geography in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE),[1] and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London.[2]

Jones is a joint editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies,[3] a member of The British Academy Area Studies Panel for Latin America and the Caribbean,[4] and an invited member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Governance, Public Security and Justice, at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (Mexico).[1]

Jones has edited and authored of a number of books, as well as many academic articles.[5][6][7] His most recent book as editor (2009) is Youth Violence in Latin America: Gangs and Juvenile Justice in Perspective (edited with D. Rodgers).[8] His most recent co-authored book (2010) is Bringing Youth into Development.[9] He also has an advance contract with Temple University Press for a book tentatively titled Street Corners in a Global World: Everyday Life and Identities of Mexican Street Youth.[1]

His research interests are urban geography,[10] international development, youth, gated communities, gentrification, and identity.[1][5] He has conducted research in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Ghana, and South Africa.[1][5]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Gareth A Jones Profile". LSE Department of Geography and Environment: Who's Who. London School of Economics. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ^ "List of Associates". UCL Institute of the Americas. UCL. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Journal of Latin American Studies". Institute of Latin American Studies. University of London School of Advanced Study. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Latin America and the Caribbean Panel: Regional Expertise". British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "LSE Research and Expertise: Gareth Jones". London School of Economics. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  6. ^ Wil Pansters (30 May 2012). Violence, Coercion, and State-Making in Twentieth-Century Mexico: The Other Half of the Centaur. Stanford University Press. pp. 361–. ISBN 978-0-8047-8447-4.
  7. ^ "https://pages.wustl.edu/files/pages/imce/wuir/journal2014.pdf "Co-oped space and resistance in modern Brasil" Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The Washington University International Review, Sprin 2014.
  8. ^ 'Youth Violence in Latin America: Gangs and juvenile justice in perspective'
  9. ^ 'Bringing Youth Into Development'
  10. ^ University of Kwazulu-Natal. School of Development Studies (2006). Annual Report. School of Development Studies. p. 15.
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