Eleanor Ford

Eleanor Ford is a Marine Social Scientist at the Scottish Marine Institute (SAMS), part of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), United Kingdom. Her research bridges marine environmental systems and societal dynamics, focusing on human dimensions of coastal resource management.

Her expertise centers on community-industry relationships in fisheries and aquaculture sectors, examining cultural significance of coastlines and societal impacts of marine governance policies. Ford's work actively contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly life below water (SDG 14) and sustainable communities (SDG 11), through interdisciplinary analysis of how marine management schemes affect coastal populations. She employs social science methodologies to evaluate cultural dependencies on marine environments and policy-induced community transformations.

Ford's 2022 publication in the ICES Journal of Marine Science represents her signature interdisciplinary approach, analyzing pandemic impacts on marine researchers through combined lenses of occupational science and marine policy. This work demonstrates her capacity to connect global crises with sector-specific workforce challenges, revealing productivity pressures and emerging adaptive strategies within the marine research community.

Her academic impact is evidenced by an h-index of 11 with 11 Scopus citations, reflecting substantial influence in marine social science. Ford maintains an international collaborative network spanning multiple European institutions, as demonstrated by her multinational co-authorship on pandemic impact research. Her affiliation with SAMS UHI places her within a leading marine research ecosystem focused on integrated ocean solutions.