Jonathan Oates (b.1974) is a British writer and producer currently based in Bath, England (UK).
His productions include Regional Rides (2019), a 12-part podcast series documenting a 2,500 mile road trip around the United Kingdom, The Earth System and How It Works (2021), and Universe (2004). He is currently developing a newsletter on current affairs, with an accompanying guide and resources.
Oates has studied the world for the most part outside of formal settings, after reading economics and politics at the University of Bath in the 1990s and returning to study international public policy analysis for a master’s degree in 2011/2012 (with a further two years in graduate school). He was a Fellow of the Schumacher Institute from 2019 to 2024.
His labour market history includes employment, and self-employment, in the public and private sectors, as well as periods of unemployment. He was a member of the University and College Union from 2013 to 2017. He has worked in parties and other community organisations as well as founding local media/political projects. He was a member of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2015 to 2023, serving as co-chair of the local party from 2021 to 2022.
Email : jonathanoates74 [at] gmail [dot] com
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