Emma started at eftec in 2023 and specialises in natural capital accounting, land management and policy, and spatial analysis.

She has experience in multiple marine contexts: using value transfer approaches to value marine ecosystem services, helping building a model for Marine Net Gain market analysis and developing a marine environment valuation framework. Currently, she is managing a project modelling the socio-economic impacts of a reduction in bottom-trawling on fish stocks.

Her work also involves terrestrial environments including three Environmental Land Management Scheme test and trials, gaining insights into key challenges and working closely with land managers and conducting site visits. She also contributes to economic valuation studies including eliciting farmers’ preferences for agri-environment scheme attributes across England and building business case narratives based on this evidence, for example for flood risk management in the Fens using multiple capitals approach.

Prior to eftec, she had experience as a Research Assistant for the University of York, conducting a systematic review of the natural capital impacts of deer, and completed a project on the environmental impacts of shooting in England.

Emma holds an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from LSE and has undertaken modules in Ocean Management and Conservation and Land-use Management and Change. Her master's dissertation applied econometric approaches to evaluate the impact of the Kariba avoided deforestation project using remote-sensing data.