Looking for Andrew (Andy) Dobson on the web, as I did yesterday in preparation for chairing his I-SEE seminar, illustrates the need to choose your name carefully. If it's an Andy Dobson you want, then you have plenty of choice. There's ...
Andy Dobson from Princeton whose interested in parasitic worms and evolution
Andy Dobson, the germanist from Manchester, with a particular interest in German history and Berlin hotels
Andrew Dobson, the Vice-President of the Bermuda Audubon Society
Andrew Dobson, the London lawyer who advises the Princess of Wales Estate on brand image
Andy Dobson who is most of the neo-classical electronica outfit Digitonal, and half of mashup-merchants AGT Rave Cru
and then there’s Andy Dobson the plumber, in Newbury, who promises something no social scientist would ever dare do: watertight solutions
Spoilt for choice really. Fortunately, the right one turned up last night. I'd say the Manchester germanist has the best website, but this Andy Dobson is the only one who's
- written a political party manifesto – successfully, as it turned out for Caroline Lucas (who may well also have had a hand in her success)
- stood as a green party candidate in a general election – unsuccessfully, as Stoke wasn't quite ready in 2005 – or now, I’d guess
- and launched a think tank: Green House, for which we writes. Green House fits well Andy’s interests in sitting between the academy and the policy community
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