Dr Emma McKinley

Elected: 2026

Area(s): Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine & Mathematics

Specialist Subject(s): Marine social science, ocean literacy, ocean research, stakeholder engagement

Senior Research Fellow, Cardiff University

Dr McKinley is an experienced marine social scientist who leads work on ocean literacy and human-ocean relationships, using these insight to support effective ocean governance. She is the academic lead of the Severn Estuary Partnership, founder of the Marine Social Science Network, sits on the UK’s National Decade Committee for the UN Ocean Decade, and the IOC-UNESCO Group of Experts on Ocean Literacy.