ABOUT ME

Hello, I’m Gaia Vince.

I am an award-winning science writer and author, Anthropocene researcher, global strategist, traveller, broadcaster, analyst and speaker. I am particularly interested in the interaction between human systems and Earth’s planetary systems, and I have travelled the world extensively to research it.

I write books and articles, including for the BBC, The Guardian, New Scientist, Australian Geographic, Science. I make and present science documentaries for radio and television – I present BBC Inside Science – and I give talks around the world. Previously, I have held senior editorial positions at the science journals Nature, Nature Climate Change, and New Scientist magazine. You can see a selection of my recent work under ‘News‘ (I try to update it…). I have won awards for my work, most recently, the 2024 European Geosciences Union Angela Croome Award for excellence in Earth, space and planetary science journalism.

I am also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL’s Anthropocene Institute, a Fellow of the Energy Institute, a Visiting Fellow at the Global Systems Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce (RSA), and a Founding Member of the Climate Migration Council, and proud to be a National Oceans Centre Ambassador. I studied chemistry and physics at university, with research focused on crystallography (and later did masters in engineering and in journalism).

This is a unique time in Earth’s history, in which climate change, globalisation, communications technology and increasing human population are changing our world – and us – as never before. I am documenting these changes, talking to ordinary people, scientists and heads of state as we enter into the Anthropocene.

After I’d been travelling around the world for 800 days, I wrote this, which gives a nice overview of a journey that ended up taking 2.5 years, and formed the basis of my book ADVENTURES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE, which won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books (the first woman to do so).

My second book, TRANSCENDENCE, explores how we got here: how a smart ape became a planet-dominating force. It rewrites the story of our ‘ascent’, describing the co-evolution of our biology, environment and, importantly, our culture. It’s the story of how we made ourselves and where we are headed. It was a ‘Best Book’ pick for several national publications, an Amazon Editor’s Pick, and shortlisted for multiple awards, including the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

My latest book, NOMAD CENTURY, is an urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where – and how – we live. It is a book of solutions and also a rousing call to arms, describing how we can plan for and manage the now unavoidable climate migration while we restore the planet to a fully habitable state. It has been a ‘Best Book’ pick for several national publications, an Amazon Editor’s Pick, and shortlisted for multiple awards, and Highly Commended by the Wainwright Prize.