Timon McPhearson

Dr. Timon McPhearson is Professor of Urban Ecology and Director of the Urban Systems Lab at The New School. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, and Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. He is a Lead Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment report, a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES), and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Commission on BiodiverCities. He studies the ecology in, of, and for cities to advance resilience, sustainability, and justice. McPhearson has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, books chapters, books, and popular press articles.