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
Schelhaas, M.-J., Nabuurs, G.-J., Verkerk, P.J., Hengeveld, G., Packalen, T., Sallnäs, O., Pilli, R., Grassi, G., Forsell, N., Frank, S. , Gusti, M., & Havlik, P. (2017). Forest Resource Projection Tools at the European Level. In: Forest Inventory-based Projection Systems for Wood and Biomass Availability. Eds. Barreiro, S., Schelhaas, M.-J., McRoberts, R.E., & Kändler, G., pp. 49-68 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-56201-8 10.1007/978-3-319-56201-8_4.
Mosnier, A., Boere, E., Reumann, A., Yowargana, P., Pirker, J., Havlik, P. , & Pacheco, P. (2017). Palm oil and likely futures: Assessing the potential impacts of zero deforestation commitments and a moratorium on large-scale oil palm plantations in Indonesia. CIFOR Infobrief (177) 10.17528/cifor/006468.
Herrero, M., Thornton, P.K., Power, B., Bogard, J.R., Remans, R., Fritz, S. , Gerber, J.S., Nelson, G., See, L. , Waha, K., Watson, R.A., West, P.C., Samberg, L.H., van de Steeg, J., Stephenson, E., van Wijk, M., & Havlik, P. (2017). Farming and the geography of nutrient production for
human use: a transdisciplinary analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health 1 (1) e33-e42. 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30007-4.
Fetzel, T., Havlik, P. , Herrero, M., & Erb, K.-H. (2017). Seasonality constraints to livestock grazing intensity. Global Change Biology 23 (4) 1636-1647. 10.1111/gcb.13591.
Ermolieva, T., Ermoliev, Y., Havlik, P. , Mosnier, A., Leclere, D , Fritz, S. , Valin, H. , Obersteiner, M. , Kyryzyuk, S.V., & Borodina, O.M. (2017). Dynamic Merge of the Global and Local Models for Sustainable Land Use Planning with Regard for Global Projections from GLOBIOM and Local Technical–Economic Feasibility and Resource Constraints. Cybernetics and Systems Analysis 53 (2) 176-185. 10.1007/s10559-017-9917-7.