Research contributions
Hicks studied the health of global coral reefs. She showed that the coral reefs that have healthy ecosystems were in remote areas with low fishing pressure and locations where there were high levels of local engagement with local marine management. [5] On the other hand,places with poor fisheries governance,intensive capture and a recent history of environmental disaster have worse performing coral reefs. [5]
As global diets move to become more healthy and sustainable,"blue foods" such as fish can have low environmental impacts and are rich in micronutrients. [6] Hicks was interested in the injustices in the production,distribution and consumption of so-called "blue foods". [6] In 2019,Hicks was awarded an ERC Starting Grant to investigate micronutrient variability amongst fish in tropical Africa. [7] She is interested in the impact of fishing pressure,food insecurity and climate changes on these nutrient concentrations,as well as how nutrient concentrations impact social processes. She demonstrated that the nutrients in local fish were more than enough to treat people with malnutrition,but that the catch was often not accessible to people most in need. [7] She has argued that instead of increasing revenue from fish exports,policy is required to ensure that local communities benefit from seafoods. [7] Hicks believes that to effectively combat ecological destruction,efforts must be made to promote a healthy planet and also a just society. [8]
Hicks appeared in the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy ,but criticised the film for being misleading. [9]
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