Stephen Quilley lectures in Ecological Innovation at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Previously he has held appointments at Keele University, University College Dublin, the University of Manchester and the Moscow School of Economic and Social Science. From a Quaker background and having spent decades identifying as a libertarian socialist, green and pagan, Quilley is in the process of becoming a Catholic. He writes in a personal capacity and his views do not represent those of his employer or any research funding organization.