Philippe Le Billon

Philippe Le Billon is a professor with the Department of Geography and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Oxford, and was formerly a research associate with the Overseas Development Institute and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. A political ecologist, he works on the linkages between environment, development and security. He is the author of Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources (also published by Hurst); co-author of Oil; and co-editor of Environmental Defenders: Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory.