Research areas
I am a critical human geographer and researcher within the interdisciplinary field of Political Ecology. By examining how natures are made by politics, history and culture, Political Ecology challenges the enduring idea of a fundamental separation between humans and natures. Instead of viewing ‘Nature’ as external and apolitical, it therefore interprets nature(s) as inherently political and deeply social. This makes Political Ecology an essential critical response to sustainability, one that strengthens social and environmental justice.
I currently lead a 5-year ERC Starting Grant, Roads to Sustainability: exploring the infrastructures of a sustainable future. This investigates how new roads in the Amazon change environmental knowledges and politics, using these roads as a new conceptual entry point for understanding the global sustainable development project.
Completed projects investigated the early-take of the SDGs in Bolivia (a place where there are both intensifying commitments to resource extraction and radical alternatives) and the political ecology of post-neoliberalism in Bolivia (specifically, in the TIPNIS).
I previously held positions as a Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, Lecturer at the University of Cambridge & Teaching Fellow at UCL. I was awarded my PhD in 2015 from the Global Development Institute (GDI), University of Manchester, supervised by Prof Dan Brockington & Dr Tanja Bastia
Outside of 58³Ô¹Ï I am:
An Editor at
External Examiner at The University of Edinburgh (Sustainable Development) & LSE (Geography)
PhD supervision
- StaciaÌýCarrington
- NourÌýMatar
Selected publications
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Helmcke, C., Hooker, S., Roney-Dougal, C., Skrzypek, E., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Russell, S., High, M., Lawson, I., Cole, L. E. S., Hope, J., Sfrappini, E., Christie, E., Paul, F., Mallows, C., Auxtova, K., Twist, B. & Gregnanin, G., 2026
Research output: Other contribution
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Helmcke, C., Hooker, S., Roney-Dougal, C., Skrzypek, E., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Russell, S., High, M., Lawson, I., Cole, L. E. S., Hope, J., Sfrappini, E., Christie, E., Paul, F., Auxtova , K., Gregnanin, G., Twist, B. & Mallows, C., 2026
Research output: Other contribution
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Open access
Helmcke, C., Christie, E., Twist, B., Mallows, C., Roney-Dougal, C., Sfrappini, E., Skrzypek, E., Paul, F., Gregnanin, G., Joubert, G., Lawson, I., Hope, J., Auxtova, K., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Cole, L. E. S., High, M., Conlan, P. J., Hooker, S. & Russell, S., 27 Mar 2026, Online: University of 58³Ô¹Ï. 11 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Hope, J., Bastia, T., Cox, R., Jenkins, K., Lemanski, C., Mendo, T., Meth, P., Moeller, N., Okafor-Yarwood, I., O'Hare, P., Ray, C. & Williams, G., 28 Jul 2025, The Routledge handbook of field research. Hammett, D. & Holmes, N. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 129-138 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Hope, J. (Editor), Apostolopoulou, E. (Editor) & Collins, Y. A. (Editor), 30 Dec 2025, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 532 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Bailey, A., Breines, M., Emmerson, P., Esson, J., Halvorsen, S., Hope, J., Joronen, M., Koh, S. Y., Krishnan, S., Lai, K., McFarlane, C., McLean, J., Reid, L. A. & Sparke, M., 1 Mar 2023, In: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 48, 1, p. 2-8 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Hope, J., 1 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Latin American Geography. 21, 3, p. 188-214 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Hope, J., 1 Jun 2022, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 5, 2, p. 520-542 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hope, J. C. & Arsel, M., 1 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Latin American Geography. 21, 3, p. 8-21 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Open access
Bastia, T., Hope, J., Jenkins, K., Lemanski, C., Meth, P., Moeller, N. & Williams, G., 17 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Area. Early View, 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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