# Lindsay Stringer
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'''Lindsay C. Stringer''' is a Professor in Environment and Development at the [University of York](/source/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[{{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}}]
* 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](/source/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](/source/CGIAR)) from 2014 to 2016.
She was an [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change](/source/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change) (IPCC) lead author for the [Special Report on Climate Change and Land](/source/Special_Report_on_Climate_Change_and_Land) Use.[{{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=}}]
She is currently IPCC lead author for the [6th Assessment Report](/source/IPCC_Sixth_Assessment_Report) (AR6) as well as Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 cross-chapter paper on Deserts, Desertification and Semi-arid Areas.[{{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=}}]
She was Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ([IPBES](/source/IPBES)) Africa Regional Assessment, and Lead Author for the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment.[{{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=}}]
Stringer is involved in the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative,[{{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}}] as well as being an Elected Steering Committee Member for DesertNet International.
She was competitively selected for the international [Homeward Bound](/source/Homeward_Bound_(expedition)) expedition to Antarctica: a women in climate science leadership programme in 2016.[{{Cite web|url=https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/hb1-participants/|title=Homeward Bound Project|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}]
She was Director of the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at the School of Earth and Environment, [University of Leeds](/source/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](/source/Bayero_University_Kano)[{{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}}]
== Prizes ==
* Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2017[{{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=}}]
* Women of Achievement Award, 2015[{{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=}}]
* Philip Leverhulme Prize for advancing sustainability in the world’s drylands, 2013[{{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=}}]
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