Personal profile
Biography
I am an interdisciplinary scholar: trained in ethics and philosophical theology with a background in the humanities, particularly literature and music. I also have a decade of prior experience working in the high-tech sector. My work explores the problems facing our societies and ecologies without deference to disciplinary silos and as a result it is both critical and constructive, data driven and humanistic. I hope that my work can participate in a broader effort to stitch back together the themes of "nature" and "culture" in the mode of a field philosopher allowing an ethnographic and quantitatively generated understanding of grassroots problems and interests to illuminate my constructive ethical reflections.
Research interests
I have a number of active research projects underway with a variety of collaborators around the world. You can view a list of current and past projects on my website.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Is religion an institution? Configuring ecological religion for political and social analysis
Kidwell, J. H., 17 Feb 2026, Handbook of Religion and the Environment. Bratton, S. P., Boddie, S. C. & Özdemir, I. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 198-208 11 p. (Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Myth, Religion and Popular Beliefs
Kidwell, J., 1 Jul 2025, (Accepted/In press) A Cultural History of Nature in the Modern Era. Bloomsbury Academic, Vol. 6.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Absence and (Unexpected) Presences: Reflecting on Cosmopolitical Entanglements across Time
Kidwell, J., 1 Jan 2024, Religion & Extinction. Indiana University Press, p. 60-97Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Ecology and the Digital
Kidwell, J. H., 1 May 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Oxford Handbook of Digital Theology. Kurlberg, J., Chow, A. & Phillips, P. M. (eds.). Oxford University Press, (Oxford Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Personal knowledge: teaching place-based religious ethics for our climate emergency
Kidwell, J., 3 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Moral Education. 12 p., 2362996.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AHRC IAA (26-27) UEF: Worldbuilding and Ethical Game Design
Butchard, D. (Co-Investigator), Kidwell, J. (Principal Investigator) & Bodi, B. (Co-Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/11/25 → 31/10/26
Project: Research Councils
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Part II: Developing School RE Resources On Religious And Ethical Understandings Of Environment And Climate Crisis
Kidwell, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/06/21 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Part I: Developing School RE resources on Religious and Ethical Understandings of Environment and Climate Crisis
Kidwell, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/06/21 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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Religion and Extinction Network
Kidwell, J. (Principal Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
3/09/18 → 31/03/22
Project: Research Councils
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Finding Common Ground (AH/P005063/1)
Kidwell, J. (Principal Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/09/16 → 31/08/17
Project: Research Councils
Datasets
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Permaculture UK
Kidwell, J. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 31 Mar 2016
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.231324, https://jeremykidwell.info/resources/
Dataset
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Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN)
Kidwell, J. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 8 Nov 2016
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.165519, https://jeremykidwell.info/resources/
Dataset
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Development Trust Association Scotland
Kidwell, J. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 9 Dec 2016
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198703, https://jeremykidwell.info/resources/
Dataset
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Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN) 2016
Kidwell, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 8 Nov 2016
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.165519, https://zenodo.org/record/165519
Dataset
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Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens 2016
Kidwell, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 8 Nov 2016
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.165520, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165520
Dataset
Activities
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UUK CPD Presentation
Kidwell, J. (Advisor)
6 Oct 2025Activity: Engagement and Public events › Engagement event
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RE:Connect Teacher Fellowship Workshop Series II
Kidwell, J. (Advisor)
1 Sept 2023 → 1 Aug 2024Activity: Consultancy, CPD, training and secondments › Providing training or delivering CPD
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COP26
Kidwell, J. (Advisor)
3 Nov 2021 → 7 Nov 2021Activity: Engagement and Public events › Engagement event
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Climate Sunday (COP26)
Kidwell, J. (Advisor)
1 Apr 2020 → 1 Mar 2022Activity: Collaboration with an external institution or individual › Collaboration
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Consultancy to Eco-Congregation Scotland Board of Directors re: strategic review
Kidwell, J. (Member)
30 Sept 2016Activity: Consultancy, CPD, training and secondments › Consultancy
Prizes
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Booth-Shapley Fellowship
Kidwell, J. (Recipient), 25 Jul 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)