Amanda Palazzo profile picture

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

View more

Palazzo, A. , Vervoort, J., Havlik, P. , Mason-D’Croz, D., & Islam, S. (2014). Simulating stakeholder-driven food and climate scenarios for policy development in Africa, Asia and Latin America A multi-regional synthesis. CGIAR-CCAFS , Copenhagen, Denmark.

Kiselev, S., Romashkin, R., Nelson, G.C., Mason-D'Croz, D., & Palazzo, A. (2013). Russia's food security and climate change: Looking into the future. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2013-39. 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-39.

Dube, S., Scholes, R.J., Nelson, G.C., Mason-D'Croz, D., & Palazzo, A. (2013). South African food security and climate change: Agriculture futures. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2013-35. 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-35.

Takle, E.S., Gustafson, D., Beachy, R., Nelson, G.C., Mason-D'Croz, D., & Palazzo, A. (2013). US food security and climate change: Agricultural futures. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2013-34. 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-34.