Biography

Clifford Shearing is a Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Toronto and Cape Town. He holds an Honorary Professorship at the Australian National University. He is an Associate of the African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town.

Clifford has authored over 20 books and over 200 papers.  Recent books include Security in the Anthropocene (Transcript, with Cameron Harrington), 2017; Criminology and the Anthropocene (Routledge, edited with Cameron Holley), 2018, and Criminology and Climate: Insurance and the Regulation of Harmscapes (Routledge, edited with Cameron Holley and Liam Phelan), 2020.

Clifford, with the support of the Mauerberger Foundation Fund, supports grassroots ‘environmental entrepreneurs’ who are making a difference in transforming human engagements with earth systems through EESI (Environmental Entrepreneurs Support Initiative).