Louise OConnor
Research Scholar
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Louise O'Connor is a research scholar in the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program. Her current research focuses on the conservation of European biodiversity and nature's contributions to people while accounting for climate and land use change scenarios.Prior to joining IIASA, she completed her PhD in 2022 at the University of Grenoble Alpes in France where she worked on integrating species interaction networks in spatial conservation prioritization for European terrestrial vertebrates. In 2019, she obtained her MSc from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France, where she specialized in ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation science.
Last update: 23 MAR 2023
Publications
O'Connor, L., Cosentino, F., Harfoot, M., Maiorano, L., Mancino, C., Pollock, L., & Thuiller, W. (2024). Vulnerability of terrestrial vertebrate food webs to anthropogenic threats in Europe. Global Change Biology 30 (3) e17253. 10.1111/gcb.17253.
Jung, M., Alagador, D., Chapman, M., Hermoso, V., Kujala, H., O'Connor, L., Schinegger, R., Verburg, P.H., & Visconti, P. (2024). An assessment of the state of conservation planning in Europe. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 379 (1902) e20230015. 10.1098/rstb.2023.0015.
Dou, Y., Zagaria, C., O'Connor, L., Thuiller, W., & Verburg, P.H. (2023). Using the Nature Futures Framework as a lens for developing plural land use scenarios for Europe for 2050. Global Environmental Change 83 e102766. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102766.
Thuiller, W., Calderón‐Sanou, I., Chalmandrier, L., Gaüzère, P., O'Connor, L., Ohlmann, M., Poggiato, G., & Münkemüller, T. (2023). Navigating the integration of biotic interactions in biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 10.1111/jbi.14734. (In Press)