Jamie is an environmental geographer whose research examines the production of environmental knowledge, and how this knowledge comes to shape the world around us. He focuses on powerful understandings of Nature and their consequences for human and nonhuman life across different spatial scales. Past projects have examined human relations with a range of organisms – from elephants to hookworms – and policy domains – including conservation, health, and agriculture. He combines concepts and approaches from more-than-human geography with those from science studies, using ethnographic, participatory, and historical methods. His research has been funded by the ESRC, The British Academy and the Wellcome and Leverhulme Trusts, amongst other sources. He currently co-directs the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Humans and the Microbiome Program.

Jamie joined the School of Geography and the Environment in October 2012. He has a BSc (Hons, first class) and a PhD in Geography from the University of Bristol. Prior to coming to Oxford, he lectured for four years at Kings College London.