Sir Crispin Tickell
Former Director, Policy Foresight Programme, University of Oxford
Titles
- Distinguished Sustainability Fellow, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Former Director, Policy Foresight Programme, University of Oxford
- Advisor at Large, President, Arizona State University
- Member, Board of Directors of the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at ASU
Biography
Sir Crispin Tickell died January 25, 2022. He was a member of the Advisory Council for Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. He was the former director of the Policy Foresight Programme for the University of Oxford and former chancellor of the University of Kent. He was associated with several British and U.S. universities. His main interests were the fields of environment and international affairs.
Most of his career was in the Diplomatic Service. He was Chef de Cabinet to the President of the European Commission (1977-80), Ambassador to Mexico (1981-83), Permanent Secretary of the Overseas Development Administration (now DFID) (1984-87), and British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1987-90). He then became warden of Green College, Oxford (1990-97), and director of the Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding (1992-2006). He was president of the Royal Geographical Society (1990-93); chairman of the board of the Climate Institute of Washington D.C. (1990-2002); president of the Marine Biological Association (1990-2001); chairman of the International Institute for Environment and Development (1990-94); chairman of the Government’s Advisory Committee on the Darwin Initiative (1992-99); president of the National Society for Clean Air (1997-99); convenor of the Government Panel on Sustainable Development (1994-2000); a trustee of the Natural History Museum (1992-2001); inaugural senior visiting fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment (2002–2004); and advisor-at-large to the president of Arizona State University (2004 -present).
He was author of Climate Change and World Affairs (1977 and 1986) and Mary Anning of Lyme Regis (1996). He contributed to many books on environmental issues including human population problems and conservation of biodiversity. He was a member of two Government Task Forces; one on Urban Regeneration, the other on Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects. He received many honors and distinctions. His interests were wide and ranged from business and charities to climate, pre-Colombian art, and the early history of the Earth.
Education
- Hinchcliffe & Honorary Scholar, Christ Church, Oxford
- King's Scholar, Westminster School
Books
1996
Tickell, C. 1996. Mary Anning of Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis Philpot Museum. ISBN: 978-0952766209.
1986
Tickell, C. 1986. Climate Change and World Affairs. University Press of America. ISBN: 978-0819151056.
1977
Tickell, S. 1977. Climate Change and World Affairs. Harvard University Press.
Book Chapters
2011
Tickell, C. 2011. The view from here. In: Duff, A. ed., Making the Difference: Essays in Honour of Shirley Williams. Biteback Publishing.
2008
Tickell, C. 2008. International action to buffer against the rapid onset of climate change. Pp. 211-216 In: MacCracken, M. C., F. Moore and J. C. Topping Jr eds., Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Tehm. Earthscan from Routledge. ISBN: 978-1844074778.
2004
Kinzig, A. P., W. C. Clark, O. Edonhofer, G. Gallopin, W. Lucht, R. B. Mitchell, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Sreekresh, S. Tickell and O. R. Young. 2004. Science, society, and sustainability. Pp. 409-434 In: Schellnhuber, H. J., P. Crutzen, M. Claussen and H. Held eds., Earth System Analysis for Sustainability. MIT Press. ISBN: 9780262195133.
Tickell, C. 2004. Gaia and the human species. Pp. Chapter 19 In: Schneider, S. H., J. R. Miller, E. Crist and P. J. Boston eds., Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century. The MIT Press. ISBN: 978-0262194983.
2003
Tickell, C. 2003. The scandal of unsustainability. Pp. 10-19 In: Tobias, M., T. Timmers and G. Wright eds., A Parliment of Science: Science for the 21st Century. University of New York Press. Albany, New York. ISBN: 978-0791458143.
2002
Tickell, C. 2002. The changing countryside: The effects of climate change on the landscape. Pp. 49-58 In: Jenkins, J. ed., Remaking the Landscape: The Changing Face of Britain. Profile Books Ltd. London. ISBN: 978-1861973757.
1996
Tickell, C. 1996. The role of the United Nations. Pp. 152-167 In: Fara, P., P. Gathercole and R. Laskey eds., The Changing World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521283281.