Andrew Dobson is currently Professor of Politics at Keele University‎.‎ He is the author of Green Political Thought ‎(‎4th edition‎,‎ 2006‎)‎‎,‎ and of Citizenship and the Environment ‎(‎OUP 2003‎)‎‎,‎ among other edited books‎,‎ monographs‎,‎ and papers‎.‎ He is Principal Investigator on a 2011‎-2013 funded project called ‎'‎Reducing Energy Consumption Through Community Knowledge Networks‎'‎ ‎(‎http‎:‎//www‎.‎esci‎.‎keele‎.‎ac‎.‎uk/recckn‎)‎‎,‎ and has just completed a 2‎-year funded seminar series on Biosecurity ‎(‎http‎:‎//www‎.‎bbk‎.‎ac‎.‎uk/environment/biosecurity/index‎.‎htm‎)‎‎.‎ During the writing of Listening for Democracy he was a Leverhulme Research Fellow‎.‎ He is a member of the England and Wales Green Party and has stood in Parliamentary and local elections‎.‎ He co‎-wrote the Green Party Manifesto in 2010‎,‎ and is a founder member of the thinktank Green House ‎(‎http‎:‎//www‎.‎greenhousethinktank‎.‎org‎)‎‎.‎