Richard D. Bardgett

Professor Richard Bardgett is an ecologist and writer based at Lancaster University, United Kingdom. His work explores how soils and their biodiversity shape terrestrial ecosystems and their response to global change, and how land can be managed for healthy soil. He is a past President of the British Ecological Society and co-founder of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), and in 2023 was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to soil ecology and climate change science.