Speaker biography
Tim Gill
UK Design Council Ambassador and Churchill Fellow, rethinkingchildhood.com
Tim Gill is an independent scholar, writer, and consultant based in London, and a leading global authority on children’s outdoor play and mobility. He is the author of Urban Playground: How child-friendly planning and design can save cities and No Fear: Growing up in a risk-averse society.
A UK Design Council Ambassador and Churchill Fellow, Tim is a former director of the Children’s Play Council (now Play England). In 2002/3 he led a UK-wide government review into children’s play. Tim holds degrees in philosophy and psychology from Oxford and London Universities, and an honorary doctorate from Edge Hill University. His website is www.rethinkingchildhood.com.