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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-08-15 human Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005873b.htm person Walker Brian Harrison AO FAA FTSE AACR2 23 September 1940 Place of Birth Harare, Zimbabwe Agricultural scientist Ecologist Nobel laureate Brian Walker has made significant contributions to the area of ecology and agriculture. He has been a member of boards, committees and other scientific and research organisation across the globe from China to Africa. In addition Brian Walker served as Chief of the CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology.

"Brian Walker is an ecologist at the forefront of the inter-disciplinary area of resilience in complex adaptive systems. His major contributions have been his pioneering studies of the functional significance of biodiversity, understanding the dynamics of ecosystems that exhibit alternate stable states, and his novel insights into the resilience of linked social-ecological systems. He has an outstanding record of scholarship and international and national science leadership across multiple disciplines." [from https://www.science.org.au/profile/brian-walker 24.4.2021]

1961 1961 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc)(Agriculture), University of Natal, South Africa 1964 1968 Award - Canadian Commonwealth Scholar 1966 1966 Education - Master of Science (MSc), (Plant Ecology), University of Saskatchewan, Canada 1968 1968 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Plant Ecology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 1969 1975 Career position - Lecturer(later Senior Lecturer), Division of Biological Sciences, University of Rhodesia 1971 1971 Award - Charles Bullard Research Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1975 1983 Career position - Director, Centre for Resource Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1975 1985 Career position - Professor, Department of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1983 1985 Career position - Head of Department of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 1985 1987 Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research 1986 1986 Award - Distinguished Graduate in Agriculture Award, University of Saskatchewan 75th Anniversary of the College of Agriculture 1987 1990 Career position - Member, Special Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) 1987 1994 Career position - Member, IUCN Commission on Ecology 1987 1996 Career position - Member, Australian Committee for UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme 1987 1998 Career position - Member, National Committee for the IGBP (Australia) 1987 1999 Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology 1989 1993 Career position - Member, Australian Endangered Species Advisory Committee 1990 1996 Career position - Member, Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme of ICSU 1990 1997 Career position - Chairman, Scientific Steering Committee of the IGBP core project on Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems 1991 1991 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1992 1999 Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pest Popultions Control 1993 1999 Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management 1995 1999 Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University 1995 1999 Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas 1998 2000 Career position - Member of the Board, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1999 1999 Award - Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal 2000 Career position - Member, Beijer International Institute for Ecological Economics 2000 2003 Career position - Chair of the Board, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2000 2006 Career position - Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems 2000 2008 Career position - Science Program Director, The Resilience Alliance 2000 2014 Career position - Chairman of the Board, The Resilience Alliance 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in ecology 2001 2001 Award - Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. 2004 2004 Award - Sustainability Award (jointly), Ecological Society of America 2006 Career position - Hon. Research Fellow, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship 2006 2010 Career position - Member, International Scientific Council for the Knowledge Systems for Innovation Program, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2006 2012 Career position - Board Member, Australia 21 2007 2007 Award - Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2007 2007 Award - Nobel Peace Prize (jointly as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)) 2008 Career position - Research Fellow, The Stockholm Resilience Centre, University of Stockholm, Sweden 2008 Career position - Hazard and Risk Science Base Project, Beijing Normal University, China - Member of the 'Core International Experts' 2008 2012 Career position - Advisory Board member, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra 2010 2019 Career position - Chairm Advisory Board, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies 2013 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2018 2018 Award - Blue Planet Prize, Asahi Glass Foundation 2020 2020 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to science, particularly to ecosystem ecology and research, and to professional scientific bodies Pittock, Albert (Barrie) (1938 - )

Fellow Australian member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change c 2007

 Church, John Alexander (1951 - )

Fellow Australian member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change c 2007

 CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1987 - 2000)

Chief of Division 1987 - 1999

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Research School of Biological Sciences 1995 - 1999

 University of Canberra (1990 - )

Advisory Board member, Institute of Applied Ecology 2008 - 2012

 Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 1999

 CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannahs (1995 - 2001)

Member of the Board 1995 - 1999

 CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (1993 - 2006)

Member of the Board 1993 - 1999

 CRC for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pest Populations (1992 - 1999)

Member of the Board 1992 - 1999

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 1991

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2013

 CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1982 - 1987)

Chief of Division 1985 - 1987

 Nobel Laureates, Australia (1901 - )

Member, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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 'Walker, Brian Harrison', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Walker, Brian Harrison Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. 'for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change' The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. 'for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change' Stockholm, Sweden Nobel Prize Outreach 2025 2025 The Nobel Prize Nobel Media Resource: Brian Harrison Walker - Curriculum Vitae Walker, Brian Brian Harrison Walker - Curriculum Vitae Resource Section: Dr Brian Walker Dr Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)