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I am a social researcher with a background in human geography specialising in diversity and inclusion. As Research Fellow I work in areas relating to disability and Future Flight, airport security and spaces of aviaiton, and the REF. I have published in the areas of aviaiton, disability, sexaulity, gender, and religion. I recently completed my PhD at the University of Leicester which focused on the geographies of LGBTQIA+ identity and sacred space. 

• Budd, L., Jones, P., & Ison, S. (2024). Future Flight: an opportunity for more accessible air travel? Disability & Society, 1–6.
• Jones, P. (2024). Queerly Beloved: Bridging Spaces of Christian Faith and LGBTQIA+ Identity through Creativity. University of Leicester. Thesis.

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Space and Place
• Aviation
• Sexuality, Gender and Faith

• BSc (1st Class Hons) Geography, Aberystwyth University, 2015
• MA Contemporary Human Geography Research Methods, 2018
• PhD, Human Geography, University of Leicester, 2024

UKRI/ESRC (2023-2024) Embedding disabled passenger needs into the UK’s Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem

Jones, P., Budd, L., and Ison, S. (2024) Final call for more accessible aviation? An investigation into disabled passengers’ experience of flight. UTSG 2024, Huddersfield, 1-3 July 2024.