Prof Naomi Oreskes
Naomi Oreskes is Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. A world-renowned earth scientist, historian and public speaker, she is the author of the best-selling book, Merchants of Doubt (2010) and a leading voice on the role of science in society, the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and the role of disinformation in blocking climate action. Her new book, with Erik Conway, is The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, published by Bloomsbury Press.
Her numerous awards and prizes include the 2016 Stephen Schneider Award for outstanding Climate Science Communication and the 2015 Herbert Feis Prize of the American Historical Association for her contributions to public history. In 2018, she was named a Guggenheim Fellow, and in 2019 she was awarded the British Academy Medal.