About: Rupert Read

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Rupert Read (born 1966) is an academic and a Green Party campaigner and a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. Read is a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia where he was awarded – as Principal Investigator – Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding for two projects on "natural capital". His other major recent academic focus has been on the precautionary principle, having contributed substantially to work co-authored with Nassim Nicholas Taleb on applying the principle to questions of genetic modification of organisms. In further work, Read has theorised the utility of the precautionary principle in a wide range of areas, including: climate change, the environment, as well as financial and technology sectors.

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  • Rupert Read (born 1966) is an academic and a Green Party campaigner and a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. Read is a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia where he was awarded – as Principal Investigator – Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding for two projects on "natural capital". His other major recent academic focus has been on the precautionary principle, having contributed substantially to work co-authored with Nassim Nicholas Taleb on applying the principle to questions of genetic modification of organisms. In further work, Read has theorised the utility of the precautionary principle in a wide range of areas, including: climate change, the environment, as well as financial and technology sectors. Read's application of the precautionary principle in climate and environmental affairs underlies many of his talks and presentations, notably including "Shed a Light – This civilisation is finished: so what is to be done?" which was given at Churchill College, Cambridge and has gained success on YouTube with over 200,000 views. In June 2018, Read triggered a BBC policy shift by publicly refusing to debate with a climate change denier. This led to new policy that meant the BBC would no longer present climate change deniers' views as a counterbalance to scientific standpoints. In October 2018, Read declared his support for Extinction Rebellion. Acting as Extinction Rebellion's spokesperson, he gave a number of interviews on national news programmes during the Rebellion's London protests in April 2019 (see below). Read was part of the five members of the group invited to meet with Environment Secretary Michael Gove to discuss their demands. The following day the UK Parliament declared a "climate change emergency"; part of Extinction Rebellion's demands. Read commented regularly through the Eastern Daily Press "One World Column" for five years. In his regular appearances in the local and national press, he speaks on sustainable transport, green economics, and social justice. He was formerly chair of the thinktank, a former Green Party spokesperson for transport and former East of England party co-ordinator. (en)
  • Rupert Read (°1966) is een Britse wetenschapper. Hij was een woordvoerder en kandidaat voor de Green Party, en ondersteunt ook publiek Extinction Rebellion en de schoolstaking voor het klimaat. Read is sedert 1997 lector filosofie aan de Universiteit van East Anglia, waar hij in 2018-2019 werkte aan een project op het gebied van natuurlijk kapitaal en nadien rond het voorzorgsbeginsel, toegepast op genetische modificatie van organismen, klimaatverandering, het milieu, en technologie. (nl)
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  • Rupert Read campaigning in Cambridge during the general election of 2015. (en)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Cora Diamond James L. Guetti Peter Winch (en)
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  • Philosophy of literature, Philosophy and film, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophy of science (en)
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  • Norwich City Councillor for Wensum Ward (en)
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  • Rupert Read (°1966) is een Britse wetenschapper. Hij was een woordvoerder en kandidaat voor de Green Party, en ondersteunt ook publiek Extinction Rebellion en de schoolstaking voor het klimaat. Read is sedert 1997 lector filosofie aan de Universiteit van East Anglia, waar hij in 2018-2019 werkte aan een project op het gebied van natuurlijk kapitaal en nadien rond het voorzorgsbeginsel, toegepast op genetische modificatie van organismen, klimaatverandering, het milieu, en technologie. (nl)
  • Rupert Read (born 1966) is an academic and a Green Party campaigner and a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. Read is a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia where he was awarded – as Principal Investigator – Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding for two projects on "natural capital". His other major recent academic focus has been on the precautionary principle, having contributed substantially to work co-authored with Nassim Nicholas Taleb on applying the principle to questions of genetic modification of organisms. In further work, Read has theorised the utility of the precautionary principle in a wide range of areas, including: climate change, the environment, as well as financial and technology sectors. (en)
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