Tim Jackson

Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Defra/ESRC-funded Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group. From 2004 to 2011 he was Economics Commissioner on the UK Sustainable Development Commission, where his work culminated in the publication of Prosperity without Growth – economics for a finite planet (Routledge 2009/11) which became an internationally renowned text in sustainability and was subsequently published in 16 foreign languages. In addition to his academic work, Tim is an award-winning dramatist with numerous radio writing credits for the BBC.