Name Brian Walker | Role Ecologist | |
Education University of Saskatchewan | ||
Brian H. Walker is a scientist specialized in ecological sustainability and resilience in socio-ecological systems.
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Education and academic career
Brian Walker began his scientific career in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where his research was on ecosystem function and dynamics in tropical savannas and rangelands. He earned his PhD in Plant ecology from the University of Saskatchewan, in Canada in 1968.
He was a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Rhodesia, Rhodesia from 1969 until 1975. After that he was a Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, before moving to Australia in 1985. There he became Chief of the former CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology (now CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems) from 1985-1999.
He has also made significant contributions to global change science. Serving as the Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the IGBP core project on Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE), from 1990–1997 and Chair of the Board, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1999-2002.
He is currently a Research Fellow with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and is also Program Director and Chair of the Board of the Resilience Alliance, an international research group working on sustainability of social-ecological systems.
Publications
Brian Walker has co-authored two books and published more than 160 scientific papers. He also edited and co-edited nine books.
Books
His most cited papers include: