Tom Oliver is Professor of Applied Ecology and Research Dean for Environment at the University of Reading. He is a prominent systems thinker, advising both the UK government and the European Commission. His first book The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World (W&N, 2020) was published to critical acclaim and translated into Korean and Italian.
""Billionaires aren't going to rescue us from the climate crisis. The real change we need must come from ordinary people. This excellent book helps us to better understand how we can trigger a positive transformation in our culture, and ourselves."" Russell Warfield, Head of Communications at climate charity Possible. “A rigorous and compelling analysis of impending global crises and the proposed responses, with a bracing realism on the problems of each.” Michael Foley, author of The Age of Absurdity “We are Homo deludians, a selfish species lost inside a dark technosphere. The Nature Delusion illuminates a pathway out of this cave and offers reconnection to Earth, nature and life.” Glenn Albrecht, philosopher