Speaker Bio

Dr. Easkey Britton is a renowned Irish surfer, writer and marine social scientist from Ireland, with a deep love and passion for the sea. Her work explores the relationship between people and nature, especially water environments.

She contributes her expertise in blue space, health and social wellbeing on national and international research projects, including the Erasmus+ funded INCLUSEA project fostering greater inclusion for people with disabilities in surfing in Europe. Easkey loves to write books about our human connection with water and is the author of the newly published book ‘Ebb and Flow’, as well as ‘Saltwater in the Blood’ (2021), and ‘50 Things to Do By the Sea’ (2021).