Deb Roberts

Deb is Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Science. She is a member of the SEFARI Directors Committee and is responsible for progressing the Institute’s impact and open science agenda. Deb is a Director of ClimateXChange and leads on Macaulay Development Trust funding opportunities. She oversees Environmental and Biochemical Sciences (EBS), Information and Computational Sciences (ICS), and Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) departments, plus their research farms.

Deb has over 25 years of experience in rural economic analysis with particular research interests in agricultural and environmental policies, regional development and social wellbeing issues in rural areas. She has an Honorary Chair at the University of Aberdeen Business school and she is responsible for the Institute’s partnerships with the University of Aberdeen. Prior to her current role, Deb was leader of the SEGS department.