biologist university professor
Goulson has stated that when he was born in 1965, the British short-haired bumblebee was quite widespread, but he never saw one before they became extinct in the United Kingdom, and he described a causal link between World World War II and the decline of the bee, due in part to habitat loss and changes in agricultural practices made necessary to increase wartime food production.
He studied Biology at the University of Oxford, and then completed a Doctor of Philosophy in butterfly ecology at Oxford Brookes University under the supervision of Denis Owen.
Goulson specialises in the ecology and conservation of bumblebees. Goulson"s upbringing was in rural Shropshire. Goulson started his academic career at Southampton University as a lecturer in Biology in 1995, where he began serious study into the life of bumblebees.
In 2006, he transferred to the University of Stirling, as Professor of Biological Sciences.
In 2010, Goulson was awarded the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Social Innovator of the Year. In 2013, Goulson moved to the University of Sussex, as Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment).
According to The Spectator, Goulson is a "respected bee expert". In 2015 he was listed at Number.
8 in British Broadcasting Corporation Wildlife Magazine"s list of the top 50 "Conservation Heroes"
In 2006, Goulson founded the charity the Goulson was well aware that too much scientific research was only read by fellow scientists and that there was a need to engage the wider public, "You can publish experiments in high quality journals again and again but they are only read by a few dozen scientists who work in your field
According to The Guardian, A Sting in the Tale "offers fascinating insights into the world of the bumblebee".
