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
Sperling, F., Havlik, P. , Denis, M., Valin, H. , Palazzo, A. , Gaupp, F., & Visconti, P. (2022). Toward resilient food systems after COVID-19. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 4 e100110. 10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100110.
Ali, Z., Scheelbeek, P.F.D., Felix, J., Jallow, B., Palazzo, A. , Segnon, A.C., Havlík, P. , Prentice, A.M., & Green, R. (2022). Adherence to EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations for health and sustainability in the Gambia. Environmental Research Letters 17 (10) e104043. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9326.
Guerrero, S., Henderson, B., Valin, H., Janssens, C., Havlik, P. , & Palazzo, A. (2022). The impacts of agricultural trade and support policy reform on climate change adaptation and environmental performance. OECD https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1787/520dd70d-en.
Palazzo, A. , Arbelaez Gaviria, J., Boere, E., Leclere, D. , Frank, S. , Janssens, C., Havlik, P. , Kahil, T. , Balkovič, J. , & Burek, P. (2022). An integrated assessment of agricultural hotspots and irrigation as a climate adaptation option. In: Scenarios Forum 2022, June 2022.
Arbelaez Gaviria, J., Palazzo, A. , Boere, E., Havlik, P. , Burek, P. , Balkovič, J. , & Trnka, M. (2022). Present and future water scarcity hotspots for rainfed and irrigated
agriculture under climate change: a global study. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, 23-27 May 2022, Vienna.