Dr Beth Fulton

Dr Beth Fulton is a Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO. Beth is the CSIRO’s research domain leader for integrated oceans stewardship and the blue economy. In shaping the strategic direction for CSIRO’s research in this area, she is building off nearly 30 years of work developing various system modelling tools for looking at marine ecosystems and sustainability. Beth is also an Adjunct Professor and Deputy Director at the Centre of Marine Socioecology, a collaboration between University of Tasmania, CSIRO and the Australian Antarctic Division, which focuses on finding transdisciplinary, equitable and sustainable solutions to the problems facing coasts and oceans. The common theme to Beth’s work has been on developing system-scale decision support tools in support of sustainable management of potentially competing uses of marine environments and adaptation to global change. Beth has more than 200 peer reviewed publications, has contributed to IPCC and IPBES reports; and is a highly cited researcher in her field. Her contribution to marine resource management and science have been recognised with numerous awards, including election to the Australian Academy of Science (2022) and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2022); the Beverton Medal (2020) and Kay Radway Allen award (2019) for lifelong and outstanding contributions to fisheries science; biennial medal of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (2017); Ecological Society of America Sustainability Science Award (2011); a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship (2010-2014); and the 2007 Australian Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year. Beth has led multiple projections projecting climate change effects on fisheries and led a team of researchers who collectively worked with fisheries and managers to develop a climate adaptation handbook for fisheries