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Biography

Lisa Thalheimer is a research scholar in the Migration and Sustainable Development Research Group of the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program. In her research, Thalheimer advances methods in attribution science to shed new light on the impacts of climate change on migration, health, and extreme weather events. She studies how climate science can be leveraged to enhance adaptation and accountability for the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on vulnerable populations and environments. Her research approach is strongly interdisciplinary and collaborative, integrating numerical models and data science methods. She also publishes on the implications of burgeoning early action/early warning and forecast-based financing on displacement risk.

Thalheimer’s recent publications include research on attributing extreme weather to anthropogenic climate change, systemic risk, and compounding vulnerability in Somalia, and the impacts of compound drought on migration in Madagascar, Mexico, and Nepal. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals, including Global Environmental Change, Earth’s Future, and Climatic Change. Thalheimer’s work has been featured in the global media, including by The New York Times, BBC, Der Standard, and PBS. Thalheimer regularly provides scientific advice and training for researchers and practitioners in the Global South and has authored expert reports for climate migration. She has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank and various development organizations. Thalheimer has served as a scientific advisor to the Migration Policy Institute.

Thalheimer holds a DPhil in climate science from the University of Oxford, UK, and a master’s degree in sustainability management from Columbia University, US. She worked in a variety of roles on the linkages between the environment and inclusive growth at the United Nations in Germany, the World Bank, and the IMF in Washington, D.C., and The Earth Institute in New York, NY.

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Last update: 13 DEC 2024