{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Picture of Lindsay stringer '''Lindsay C. Stringer''' is a Professor in Environment and Development at the University of York.

Stringer's research is interdisciplinary and uses theories and methods from both the natural and social sciences to understand human-environment relationships, feedbacks and trade-offs, examining the impacts for human wellbeing, equity and the environment

== Education ==

* PhD in Geography, University of Sheffield, Department of Geography, 2005<ref name=CCEPProfile>{{cite web|title=Lindsay Stringer – Professor in Environment and Development, University of Leeds |url=https://www.cccep.ac.uk/profile/lindsay-stringer/|publisher=Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy|accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref> * MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment in Drylands, University of Sheffield Department of Geography, 2001 * BSc in Physical Geography, University of Sheffield Department of Geography, 2000

== Career ==

Stringer has been involved in research on land, food, water, energy and climate change worth c.£42 million (total value) since 2005.

She chaired the Independent International Task Force for the Dryland Systems Programme of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) from 2014 to 2016.

She was an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lead author for the Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.ipcc.ch/report/authors/report.authors.php?p=&p&q=34&p|title=IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

She is currently IPCC lead author for the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) as well as Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 cross-chapter paper on Deserts, Desertification and Semi-arid Areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.ipcc.ch/report/authors/report.authors.php?q=36&p=&p|title=IPCC Sixth Assessment Report|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

She was Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Africa Regional Assessment, and Lead Author for the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipbes.net/users/lindsaystringer|title=Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

Stringer is involved in the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eld-initiative.org/en/who-we-are/partners/|title=Economics of Land Degradation|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517040715/https://www.eld-initiative.org/en/who-we-are/partners/|archive-date=17 May 2021|access-date=|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as being an Elected Steering Committee Member for DesertNet International.

She was competitively selected for the international Homeward Bound expedition to Antarctica: a women in climate science leadership programme in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/hb1-participants/|title=Homeward Bound Project|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

She was Director of the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK from 2011–2014

She is the Director York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI). The centre was set up by the University of York to facilitate and deliver interdisciplinary research in environmental sustainability. [https://www.york.ac.uk/yesi/about-us/]

She is a member Centre for Dryland Agriculture’s International Scientific Advisory Board, Bayero University Kano<ref>{{Cite web |title=VC Inaugurates Reconstituted CDA International Scientific Advisory Board |url=https://cda-buk.edu.ng/vc-inaugurates-reconstituted-cda-international-scientific-advisory-board/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Centre for Dryland Agriculture |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Prizes ==

* Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/news/article/59/professor-lindsay-stringer-receives-royal-society-wolfson-research-merit-award|title=Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> * Women of Achievement Award, 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/forstaff/news/article/4668/celebrating_our_women_of_achievement_2015|title=Leeds University Women of Achievement|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> * Philip Leverhulme Prize for advancing sustainability in the world’s drylands, 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-leverhulme-prizes-2013|title=The Leverhulme Trust|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

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