Fern Wickson is the Scientific Secretary of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, an inter-governmental advisory body for the management of marine mammals.
Previously she has worked as Senior Scientist and Research Leader for the Responsible and Sustainable Biotechnoscience Co-Laborative at GenØk Centre for Biosafety in Tromsø, Norway.
With an interdisciplinary PhD across the Arts and the Sciences from the University of Wollongong in Australia, she explores ecological and ethical aspects entangled in practices of environmental governance.
Fern has served as a member of Norway's national Biotechnology Advisory Board, is a past president of the international Society for the Study of New and Emerging Technologies (S.Net), and an expert delegate to the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Experience
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2018–presentScientific Secretary, NAMMCO
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2015–2018Research professor, GenØk Centre for Biosafety
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2009–2015Researcher, GenØk Centre for Biosafety
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2007–2009Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bergen
Education
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Australian National University, Bachelor of Science (Ecology)
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Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts (Political Science)
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2006University of Wollongong, PhD (Biology & Science and Technology Studies)
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2001University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (Environmental Politics)
Research Areas
- Ecology (0602)
- Ethical Use Of New Technology (E.G. Nanotechnology, Biotechnology) (220103)
- Agricultural Biotechnology (1001)
- Tromsø, Norway
- Website
- @FernWickson
- Article Feed
- fern@nammco.org
- Joined
