Fiona Mackay FRSE FAcSS is a professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

[4] Mackay received her BA (Hons) in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester, then her PhD in Politics from the University of Edinburgh.

[1] Mackay was the Dean and Head of School of Social and Political Science from 2014 to 2017.

[1] She founded and now co-directs Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN).

[1] She has written about the nature of feminist leadership in universities.