James R. Meadowcroft (born 15 January 1954) is a Canadian sustainability scientist.
Meadowcroft earned his Bachelor of Arts at McGill University, followed by a DPhil at the University of Oxford.[1] [2] He was a reader at the University of Sheffield,[3] before returning to Canada, where held a Tier I Canada Research Chair for fourteen years at Carleton University.[1] [2] At Carleton, Meadowcroft also held a Chancellor's Professorship.[2]