Jodey Peyton

Biography

Jodey Peyton is a researcher in the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program. She is currently supporting the administration and communication of the NaturaConnect project, a EUR 10 Million Horizon Europe project connecting Natura2000 sites across Europe to build a resilient ecological network of conserved areas for nature and people. Peyton is also supporting the IIASA Capacity Development and Academic Training Program to organize training for IIASA’s early career researchers.

Previously, Peyton worked at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) focusing on the mitigation of the impacts of invasive alien species and she is now a research fellow there. While at UKCEH, she was principle investigator for both the UK Research and Innovation (AHRC/NERC) project, From blue iguanas to blue vervain: sharing the colonial histories from the UK Overseas Territories and a UK government-funded Defra Darwin Plus project Addressing drivers of ecological change in Lake Akrotiri SBA, Cyprus. She was also co-investigator for the UK Research and Innovation NERC Innovate Grant, developing a toolkit to enable positive ecological site management and resident wellbeing in housing association developments.

More recently, she worked as an assessor undertaking the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red listing for endemic cloud forest invertebrates of the UK overseas territory of St. Helena and is leading a task on a Darwin Plus project, Developing a biodiversity and human wellbeing toolkit (based on Montserrat). In addition, Peyton recently supported the IUCN with a task for the European Commission, horizon scanning for invasive alien species that have negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems in Europe. The final list will support the Commission with shortlisting species for possible future additions to the Regulation on Invasive Alien Species.

In addition to the above, Peyton has worked on multiple UK, European, and international projects in partnership with diverse stakeholders from national governments, the international research community, non-governmental organizations, industry, and the wider public.

She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Bristol UK, her MSc from the University of Birmingham UK, and her PhD at the University of Sussex UK.

She is also the co-leader of the IIASA Biodiversity Club.


Last update: 24 APR 2025