Paula Harrison

Paula Harrison is Principal Natural Capital Scientist and Professor of Land and Water Modelling at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Co-Director of the Centre for Excellence in Environmental Data Science. An internationally recognised expert in scenarios and modelling, she specialises in working across sectors and disciplines to integrate diverse sources of knowledge for supporting evidence-based holistic decision-making. Paula serves as Co-Chair of the IPBES Nexus Assessment on interlinkages between biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change. She was also a member of the IPBES Scenarios and Models Task Force contributing to the development and testing of the Nature Futures Framework, a Coordinating Lead Author on the IPBES Europe and Central Asia Assessment and the UK National Ecosystem Assessment and a Contributing Author to the IPBES Global Assessment and IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. She has led numerous large-scale transdisciplinary projects on natural capital, ecosystem services, climate change impacts and adaptation, pathways to sustainable futures and integrated modelling platforms.