Michael S Northcott BA MA PhD
Professor ; Ethics
| Roles: | Director of Research |
102, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX
Telephone: +44 (0)131 650 7994Affiliated research centres
Centre for Theology and Public IssuesBiography
Michael Northcott is Professor of Ethics in the University of Edinburgh. He is best known for his research and writing on the ethical and theological implications of climate change and the ecological crisis. He has authored or edited ten books and over eighty research papers. He has been visiting professor at Claremont School of Theology, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Flinders University, Melbourne University, and the University of Malaya. He is also an Episcopal Priest and in that capacity helps out in rural churches in Dumfrieshire where he also has a smallholding and enjoys mountain biking and hill running.
External appointments
Trustee of Traidcraft
Priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church