Timothy Ingold CBE FBA FRSE (born 1 November 1948[1]) is a British anthropologist, and Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.

[1] His doctoral work was conducted with the Skolt Sámi of northeastern Finland, studying their ecological adaptations, social organisation and ethnic politics.

In his recent work, he links the themes of environmental perception and skilled practice, replacing traditional models of genetic and cultural transmission, founded upon the alliance of neo-Darwinian biology and cognitive science, with a relational approach focusing on the growth of embodied skills of perception and action within social and environmental contexts of human development.

[6] Writing within the anthropological realm of phenomenology, Ingold explores the human as an organism which 'feels' its way through the world that "is itself in motion";[7] constantly creating and being changed by spaces and places as they are encountered.

Ingold was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to anthropology.