Fern Wickson is a Professor of Ocean Leadership at UiT the Arctic University of Norway.
Previously she worked Scientific Secretary of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (an inter-governmental advisory body for the management of marine mammals) and 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 environmental governance and leadership.
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).