Petr Havlík
Program Director and Principal Research Scholar
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar
Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Petr Havlík joined IIASA in 2007 as a research scholar in the former Forestry Program and is currently the Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR) Director. Within BNR, he also leads the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group (IBF).His research interests are in integrated modeling of natural resources and ecosystems management for the development of transformations in food and bio-based sectors that enable satisfying human needs while ensuring the sustainable use of terrestrial and marine environments. In this context, he also led the development of the renowned IIASA Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM).
He coordinates the institute’s contributions to global land use related foresight and assessment activities with European Commission funded research projects, and with international agencies such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank. At the national level, Havlík coordinates the contribution to policies and regulatory processes in, among others, China, the European Union, Indonesia, and the USA. These projects generated funding for IIASA of about EUR 14 million.
While working at IIASA, he also held a three-year joint position with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Havlík has been among the World’s most Highly Cited Researchers since 2018 and was ranked by Reuters as the sixth most influential climate scientist worldwide. His scientific excellence is also recognized by his appointment as a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), and the leading roles he plays in other international scientific networks, such as the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP).
Havlík received his PhD from the University of Montpellier 1 in France, and Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic.
Last update: 04 APR 2023
Publications
Kanter, D.R., Musumba, M., Wood, S.L.R., Palm, C., Antle, J., Balvanera, P., Dale, V.H., Havlik, P. , Kline, K.L., Scholes, R.J., Thornton, P., Tittonell, P., & Andelman, S. (2018). Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development. Agricultural Systems 163 73-88. 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.010.
Byers, E. , Gidden, M. , Leclere, D., Balkovic, J. , Burek, P. , Ebi, K., Grey, D., Greve, P., Havlik, P. , Hillers, A., Johnson, N., Kahil, T. , Krey, V. , Langan, S. , Nakicenovic, N. , Novak, R., Obersteiner, M. , Pachauri, S. , Palazzo, A. , Parkinson, S. , Rao, N. , Rogelj, J. , Satoh, Y., Wada, Y. , Willaarts, B. , & Riahi, K. (2018). Global exposure and vulnerability to multi-sector development and climate change hotspots. In: International Energy Workshop, 19-21 June 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Rutten, M., Achterbosch, T.J., de Boer, I.M.J., Crespo Cuaresma, J., Geleijnse, J.M., Havlik, P. , Heckelei, T., Ingram, J., Leip, A., Marette, S., van Meijl, H., Soler, L.-G., Swinnen, J., van't Veer, P., Vervoort, J., Zimmermann, A., Zimmermann, K.L., & Zurek, M. (2018). Metrics, models and foresight for European sustainable food and nutrition security: The vision of the SUSFANS project. Agricultural Systems 163 45-57. 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.10.014.
Leclere, D., Obersteiner, M. , Alkemade, R., Almond, R., Barrett, M., Bunting, G., Burgess, N., Butchart, S., Chaudhary, A., Cornell, S., De Palma, A., DeClerck, F., Di Fulvio, F. , Di Marco, M., Doelman, J., Dürauer, M., Ferrier, S., Freeman, R., Fritz, S. , Fujimori, S. , Grooten, M., Harfoot, M., Harwood, T., Hasegawa, T., Havlik, P. , Hellweg, S., Herrero, M., Hilbers, J., Hill, S., Hoskins, A., Humpenöder, F., Kram, T., Krisztin, T. , Lotze-Campen, H., Mace, G., Matsui, T., Meyer, C., Nel, D., Newbold, T., Ohashi, H., Popp, A., Purvis, A., Schipper, A., Schmidt-Traub, G., Stehfest, E., Strassburg, B., Tabeau, A., Valin, H. , van Meijl, H., van Vuuren, D., van Zeist, W., Visconti, P., Ware, C., Watson, J., Wu, W., & Young, L. (2018). Towards pathways bending the curve terrestrial biodiversity trends within the 21st century. IIASA 10.22022/ESM/04-2018.15241.
Seneviratne, .I., Wartenburger, R., Guillod, B.P., Hirsch, A.L., Vogel, Martha M., Brovkin, V., van Vuuren, D.P., Schaller, N., Boysen, L., Calvin, K.V., Doelman, J., Greve, P., Havlik, P. , Humpenöder, F., Krisztin, T. , Mitchell, D., Popp, Al., Riahi, K., Rogelj, J. , Schleussner, C.-F., Sillmann, J., & Stehfest, E. (2018). Climate extremes, land–climate feedbacks and land-use forcing at 1.5°C. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 376 (2119) e20160450. 10.1098/rsta.2016.0450.