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We are proud to announce that Professor Nathalie Seddon has been awarded the Marsh Award for Ecology in the 2024 British Ecological Society awards. This prestigious award recognises work that has made a meaningful contribution to both the scientific community and society.
The Marsh Award for Ecology is awarded “for an outstanding current research record which is having a significant impact on the development of the science of ecology or its application.” It is provided by the Marsh Charitable Trust and administered by the British Ecological Society. Professor Seddon will receive the prize during the award ceremony at the BES Annual Meeting in December, where she will be giving the opening Georgina Mace lecture.
In addition to her research on nature-based solutions, Professor Seddon advises governments, UN agencies, and the private sector. She leads several research programmes at the University of Oxford, including as Director of the Agile Initiative, the Nature-based Solutions Initiative, and Nature-based Insights. She is also a member of the Adaptation Committee in the UK Climate Change Committee, and holds positions on a number of other bodies.
In 2022-2024, Professor Seddon lead the Agile Sprint, “How do we scale up Nature-based Solutions?” which produced the Nature-based Solutions Hub website, a one-stop resource to guide users through the process of designing, funding and implementing nature-based solutions.
You can read more about Professor Seddon’s work here.
“Winning this award is a profound honour, especially considering the extraordinary ecologists who have received it and inspired me over the years. Interdisciplinary research that integrates ecology with other disciplines plays a crucial role in our collective efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. I am overjoyed to receive an award that helps to highlight the importance of such work, and deeply grateful to the many wonderful people who have supported me over the years.”
Professor Nathalie Seddon