Elizabeth Blanche Cripps is a British

political philosopher Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from de ...

. She is a Senior lecturer in Political Theory at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

. Her research addresses

environmental philosophy Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, referring respectively to all living and non-living things occurring naturally and the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism ...

, including questions around

climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

, population and

parenting Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and educational development from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biologica ...

environmental ethics In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resourc ...

environmental politics Environmental politics designate both the politics about the environmentAndrew Dobson, ''Environmental Politics: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford University Press, 2016 (). and an academic field of study focused on three core components:Cart ...

, and

environmental justice Environmental justice is a social movement that addresses injustice that occurs when poor or marginalized communities are harmed by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses from which they do not benefit. The movement has gene ...

Career

From 1995–9, Cripps studied at St John's,

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

, initially reading Maths and philosophy, and then

Politics, philosophy, and Economics Philosophy, politics and economics, or politics, philosophy and economics (PPE), is an interdisciplinary undergraduate or postgraduate degree which combines study from three disciplines. The first institution to offer degrees in PPE was the Unive ...

. She subsequently worked as a journalist, both freelance and for the Financial Times Group. She returned to academia in 2003, undertaking an

MPhil A Master of Philosophy (MPhil or PhM; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated MPhil (or, at times, as PhM in other countries). MPhil are awarded to postgraduate students after completing at least ...

(2003–05) and PhD (2005–08) in philosophy at

University College London University College London (Trade name, branded as UCL) is a Public university, public research university in London, England. It is a Member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the Federal university, federal Uni ...

(UCL). Her PhD thesis was entitled ''Individuals, Society and the World: A Defence of Collective Environmental Duties''. During her studies, she taught variously at UCL,

West London College West London College, legally known as the Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College is a large further and higher education college in West London, England, formed in 2002 by the merger between Ealing Tertiary College and Hammersmith and West ...

, and

Heythrop College Heythrop College, University of London, was a constituent college of the University of London between 1971 and 2018, last located in Kensington Square, London. It comprised the university's specialist faculties of philosophy and theology with soc ...

, as well as continuing to work as a freelance journalist. Upon completing her PhD, Cripps moved to the Department of Politics and International Relations at the

, initially (2008–09) as a fixed term lecturer and then (2009–12) as a

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

Postdoctoral Fellow A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary academ ...

. Her project was entitled ''Collective Action, Collective Responsibility and a New Environmental Ethics''. After this, she remained at Edinburgh as a Lecturer in Political Theory. Her first book, the academic monograph ''Climate Change and the Moral Agent: Individual Duties in an Interdependent World'', was published by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

in 2013. Cripps was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2016. In 2022, she published ''What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care'' with

Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural institution, cultural, intellectual, and educational ...

. The following year, she published ''Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids – and Everyone Else'' with

MIT Press The MIT Press is the university press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MIT Press publishes a number of academic journals and has been a pioneer in the Open Ac ...

Selected publications

*Cripps, Elizabeth (2013). ''Climate Change and the Moral Agent: Individual Duties in an Interdependent World''. Oxford University Press. *Cripps, Elizabeth (2022). ''What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care''. Bloomsbury. *Cripps, Elizabeth (2023). ''Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids – and Everyone Else''. MIT Press.

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cripps, Elizabeth Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British philosophers British women philosophers Environmental ethicists Environmental justice scholars Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Alumni of University College London Academics of the University of Edinburgh British journalists British women journalists