James Meadowcroft
{{Short description|Canadian sustainability scientist (born 1954)}}
James R. Meadowcroft (born 15 January 1954) is a Canadian sustainability scientist. He was a reader at the University of Sheffield,{{cite journal |date=2005 |title=Notes on contributors |journal=New Political Economy |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=609–610 |doi=10.1080/13563460500344559}} before returning to Canada, where held a Tier I Canada Research Chair for fourteen years at Carleton University. At Carleton, Meadowcroft also held a Chancellor's Professorship.
Education
Meadowcroft earned his Bachelor of Arts at McGill University, followed by a DPhil at the University of Oxford.{{cite news |title=James Meadowcroft |url=https://carleton.ca/polisci/people/meadowcroft-james/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |publisher=Carleton University Department of Political Science}}{{cite news |title=James Meadowcroft |url=https://carleton.ca/sppa/james-meadowcroft/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |publisher=Carleton University School of Public Policy and Administration}}
Career
Meadowcroft has served as chair of the Earth System Governance Project which has a team of two rotating co-chairs since 2019. He is also a member of its scientific steering committee.{{Cite web |title=History of the ESG Project |url=https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/who-we-are/history/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Earth System Governance Project |language=en-US}}
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Category:McGill University alumni
Category:Sustainability scientists
Category:Academics of the University of Sheffield
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:Canada Research Chairs
Category:Academic staff of Carleton University
Category:Canadian expatriate academics in the United Kingdom