retirement in 2005. In 2005 Ellis appeared as a guest speaker at the Nobel Conference in St. Peter, Minnesota. Work George Ellis has worked for many decades on anisotropic cosmologies (Bianchi models) and inhomogeneous universes, and on the philosophy of cosmology. He is currently writing on the emergence of complexity, and the way this is enabled by top-down causation in the hierarchy of complexity. Recently Ellis has also collaborated with Teppo Felin, Denis Noble, and Jan Koenderink on a set of articles published in the journal Genome Biology. In terms of philosophy of science, Ellis is a Platonist. Publications Books Papers Ellis has over 500 published articles; including 17 in Nature. Notable papers include: Honours In 2019 Rhodes University in Grahamstown announced it would award Ellis an honorary doctorate in laws (LLD, hc) See also List of science and religion scholars Notes and references External links Partial list of Ellis' published papers George Ellis's web page Professor George Ellis: a man of many parts, Cape Argus, 18 March 2004 George Ellis's scientific work as listed at SPIRES on Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett (transcript) George Ellis extended interview with transcript for the 'Why Are We Here?' documentary series. 1939 births Living people Alumni of Michaelhouse South African cosmologists Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the International Society for Science and Religion Philosophers of cosmology South African Christians South African mathematicians South African Quakers Templeton Prize laureates Academic staff of the University of Cape Town University of Cape Town alumni Writers about religion and science