Dave Goulson

Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at University of Sussex, UK. He has published more than 350 scientific articles on the ecology of insects. He is the author of Bumblebees (OUP 2010), and of several bestselling popular books including A Sting in the Tale (2013); A Buzz in the Meadow ( 2014); The Garden Jungle (2019) and Silent Earth (2021), collectively translated in 20 languages. Goulson founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, a charity that has grown to 12,000 members. He is an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts & National Allotment Society, and Director of the Buzz Club, a nationwide citizen science club focussed on wildlife gardening.