Andy Stirling (born 3 March 1961STIRLING, Prof. Andrew Charles
''Who's Who 2015'', A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014) is Professor of science and technology policy at

Sussex University , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. He has a background in the

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, a master's degree in archaeology and social anthropology (Edinburgh) and a D.Phil. in science and technology policy (Sussex).Prof Andrew Stirling
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Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth t ...

International, Stirling has worked in collaboration with a diverse range of organisations. His research interests include technological risk, innovation policy, scientific uncertainty and public involvement in decision-making, and he has been involved in developing some participatory appraisal methods. He has served on several policy advisory committees, including the UK Government's

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and

GM Science Review Panel GM or Gm may refer to: Companies * General Motors, US automobile manufacturing company which was founded in 1908 ** Motors Liquidation Company, the US automobile manufacturing company known as General Motors Corporation from 1916 to 2009 * ...

as well as the European Commission's

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1961 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh People associated with energy British environmentalists Academics of the University of Sussex People associated with Greenpeace {{UK-academic-bio-stub