Deputy Director, One Ocean Hub
Deputy Director of the One Ocean Hub (With funding from United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)One Ocean Hub (Grant Ref: NE/S008950/1)) at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University. She holds a PhD in Botany. Bernadette publishes in the fields of ocean governance, social-ecological systems, marine spatial planning, and transdisciplinary research. She has contributed towards regional approaches for marine spatial planning and area-based management particularly for the Western Indian Ocean Region. Currently she is an investigator on two community of practice projects, namely the Algoa Bay Project: Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Accounts Framework, both in South Africa. She is also involved with a Blue Action Fund Project, towards capacity development in the uThukela Marine Protected Areas Project. Work with co-researchers is focusing on integration and elevation of communities and Indigenous Peoples inclusion in ocean-based area management approaches. She also is the lead on a climate services project, towards building resilient coastal cities.