Dr. Jonathan David Prior

Team Profile: Society-Environment Research Group

Dr Jonathan Prior is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University and Visiting Researcher in the Society-Environment Research Group.

His research spans cultural geography, environmental philosophy, sound studies, and landscape research. He has published work on the geographies of sound and sonic perception; environmental aesthetics; and ecological restoration and rewilding strategies. Together with Sandra Jasper, he is principal investigator on a three-year project titled ‘Networked through Sound: Listening to 20th Century Wildlife Sound Archives’, funded by the AHRC-DFG Funding Initiative in the Humanities (2025-28).