Professor Andrew J. Jordan FBA, FAcSS, FIEMA | |
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Born | Andrew James Jordan 1968 (age 56–57) Sheffield, England |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Environmental governance Europeanization of policy Climate policy |
Awards | Philip Leverhulme Prize (2003) Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2008) Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (2010) FBA (2022) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Hull (BSc) University of Manchester (MSc) University of East Anglia (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of East Anglia |
Andrew James Jordan FBA,FAcSS,FIEMA is a British environmental policy scholar and professor at the University of East Anglia (UEA),where he is director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. He is known for his work on environmental governance in the United Kingdom and the European Union. He has been honoured for his policy impact generating activities,including,advisory roles in several national and international institutions.
Jordan was born in Sheffield in 1968 and lived in Birley Carr. Later he attended Tapton Comprehensive School,Crosspool,Sheffield. He obtained his BSc in geography,with first-class honours,from the University of Hull in 1989. He completed an MSc in Environmental Pollution Control at the University of Manchester in 1990,followed by a PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1997.
Andy Jordan began his academic career at the University of East Anglia in 1992,joining the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) as a research associate. [1] He was later promoted to senior research associate in 1996,and continued his academic progression as a lecturer in environmental politics between 1999 and 2001. From 2004 to 2007,he held the position of reader in environmental politics,before being appointed professor of environmental policy in 2007. [2]
In addition to his academic posts,Jordan served as manager of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Programme on Environmental Decision Making from 2001 to 2004. [3]
In December 2024,he was appointed interim director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and formally took up the position of director in May 2025. [4]