Background
Toulmin is the daughter of the philosopher Stephen Toulmin, is married to Sir Mark Jones, and has three children.
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Camilla Toulmin
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She has a Bachelor degree in economics from Cambridge University, an Master of Science in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and a Doctor of Philosophy in the economics of Malian dryland farming households from the University of Oxford.
Career
Her career has focused on policy research about agriculture, land, climate and livelihoods in dryland regions of Africa. She became a senior fellow of IIED in late June 2015, and is Professor of Practice at the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. Her Doctor of Philosophy was completed in only two years, and used data collected while running a research programme in Mali.
From 1987 to 2002, she managed IIED"s Drylands Programme, and acted as the Institute"s director from February 2004 to June 2015.
She is on the board of trustees of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas.
