Fiona is a Senior Research Fellow at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of community resilience, water governance, and social systems, with interests spanning flood risk and wellbeing, social and circular innovation, community and social enterprise, social and environmental policy, water management, and public health.
Fiona is a social scientist with particular expertise in community and household flood risk preparedness, climate adaptation, and circular economy approaches to resource recovery, including end-of-waste frameworks. She has led and contributed to a wide portfolio of nationally and internationally funded research projects, supported by the European Commission, ERASMUS+ and INTERREG, as well as UKRI, Ofwat, and the Scottish Government through the Hydro Nation Programme and the Centre of Expertise for Waters.
Fiona’s work is characterised by strong interdisciplinary collaboration, policy-relevant research, and stakeholder engagement with communities, public bodies, and third-sector organisations. Her publications focus on social enterprise, health and wellbeing, social innovation, community engagement in flood risk, and environmental resilience. In addition to her research, Fiona has extensive experience in teaching and postgraduate supervision across environmental management, social innovation, and public policy. She previously managed the University’s business startup incubator and continues to contribute to national and European innovation networks.