Elizabeth Cripps

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Elizabeth Blanche Cripps is a British political philosopher. She is a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh. Her research addresses environmental philosophy, including questions around climate change, population and parenting, environmental ethics, environmental politics, and environmental justice.

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Career

From 1995–9, Cripps studied at St John's, University of Oxford, initially reading Maths and Philosophy, and then Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. [1] She subsequently worked as a journalist, both freelance and for the Financial Times Group. [1] [2] She returned to academia in 2003, [2] undertaking an MPhil (2003–5) and PhD (2005–8) in philosophy at University College London (UCL). [1] Her PhD thesis was entitled Individuals, Society and the World: A Defence of Collective Environmental Duties. [3] During her studies, she taught variously at UCL, West London College, and Heythrop College, as well as continuing to work as a freelance journalist. [1]

Upon completing her PhD, Cripps moved to the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, initially (2008–9) as a fixed term lecturer and then (2009–12) as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. [1] Her project was entitled Collective Action, Collective Responsibility and a New Environmental Ethics. [4] After this, she remained at Edinburgh as a Lecturer in Political Theory. [1] Her first book, the academic monograph Climate Change and the Moral Agent: Individual Duties in an Interdependent World, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013. [5]

Cripps was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2016. [1] In 2022, she published What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care with Bloomsbury. [6] The following year, she published Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids – and Everyone Else with MIT Press. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cripps, Elizabeth (September 2022). "CV" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Dr Elizabeth Cripps". University of Edinburgh . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Individuals, society and the world : a defence of collective environmental duties". E-Theses Online Service . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards 2009". British Academy . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Reviews:
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  7. ↑ Purcell, Conor (1 June 2023). "Should we worry about our children's lives in the climate crisis?". Irish Times . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Warburton, Nigel (17 May 2023). "Everyday Philosophy: How best to educate our children". The New European . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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