Amanda Palazzo
Senior Research Scholar
Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Amanda Palazzo has been a research scholar in the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program since 2012. She is one of the core developers of the partial-equilibrium Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM). As part of this work, she focuses on the water-energy-land-climate nexus. She has also worked extensively with stakeholder communities to improve the relevance of modeling tools for local and regional contexts by co-developing scenarios that incorporate local insights, challenges, and development priorities.Palazzo is the co-founder and current president of the IIASA Women in Science Club (WISC), which amplifies the scientific contributions of women and provides an inclusive platform for members to work together to tackle the challenges facing women in science. She also co-coordinates the WISC mentoring program.
Prior to joining IIASA, Palazzo worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) as a developer of the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT).
Last update: 11 NOV 2024
Publications
Havlik, P. , Valin, H. , Mosnier, A., Forsell, N., Frank, S. , Leclère, D. , Palazzo, A. , Ermolieva, T., Gusti, M., Balkovic, J. , Skalsky, R. , Schmid, E., Herrero, M., Kraxner, F., & Obersteiner, M. (2015). Integrated Multi-scale Modeling Framework for Assessment of Land-use Related Challenges under Global Change. In: Systems Analysis 2015 - A Conference in Celebration of Howard Raiffa, 11 -13 November, 2015, Laxenburg, Austria.
Palazzo, A. & Brozovic, N. (2014). The role of groundwater trading in spatial water management. Agricultural Water Management 145 50-60. 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.03.004.
Vervoort, J.M., Thornton, P.K., Kristjanson, P., Forch, W., Ericksen, P.J., Kok, K., Ingram, J.S.I., Herrero, M., Palazzo, A. , Helfgott, A.E.S., Wilkinson, A., Havlik, P. , Mason-d'Croz, D., & Jost, C. (2014). Challenges to scenario-guided adaptive action on food security under climate change. Global Environmental Change 383-394. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.001.
Ye, L., Tang, H., Wu, W., Yang, P., Nelson, G.C., Mason-D'Croz, D., & Palazzo, A. (2014). Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2014-1. 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2014-1.
Herrero, M., Havlik, P. , McIntire, J., Palazzo, A. , & Valin, H. (2014). African Livestock Futures: Realizing the potential of livestock for food security, poverty reduction and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition and the United Nations System Influenza Coordination (UNSIC), Geneva, Switzerland