Lindsay Stringer
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Lindsay C. Stringer is Professor in Environment and Development at the University of Leeds.[1]
Early life
Stringer was born in 1979 and grew up near Gravesend in Kent.[citation needed] She holds a BSc in Geography (2000), an MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment in Drylands (2001), and a PhD in Geography (2004) all from the University of Sheffield.[2][3]
Academic career
After completing her PhD, Stringer worked as research fellow for the University of Manchester.[3] She then moved to be a lecturer at the University of Leeds before becoming co-Director of the Sustainability Research Institute (March 2011) and subsequently Director (August 2012 - October 2014).[1] She was appointed Professor in Environment and Development in May 2013.
Stringer's research is interdisciplinary and uses theories and methods from both the natural and social sciences to understand environmental change and livelihood dynamics.[2] She is an advisory board member for DesertNet International and an IPCC reviewer.[4][5] Stringer has also conducted research on behalf of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.[6][7]
In 2013, Stringer was a recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize for her research on environmental change and sustainable development in drylands.[8]
In March 2015, Stringer was named as one of the University of Leeds' Women of Achievement for 2015.[9]
References
- ^ a b "University of Leeds profile". http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/people/l.stringer.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ a b "Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy member profile". http://www.cccep.ac.uk/whosWho/Staff/members/LindsayStringer.aspx.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ a b "University of Manchester profile". http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/staff/stringer_lindsay.htm.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "DesertNet International member search". http://www.desertnet-international.org/member_dni_list.php.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "IPCC Working Group II". http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/contributors/reviewers/P1100.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ ""UN CCD Impulse Report"". http://www.unccd.int/Lists/SiteDocumentLibrary/Publications/Climate_Desertification_3sc.unccd_impulse_report_Stringer_Reed.pdf.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "UN Convention to Combat Desertification". http://www.igs-north-south.ch/Public%20Files/Module4-2_Lindsay_Stringer.pdf.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners 2013". http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/templates/asset-relay.cfm?frmAssetFileID=1548.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "University of Leeds, Women of Achievement". http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/news/news-inner/see-staff-celebrated-as-2015-women-of-achievement/.
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