Flavia Aschi

Flavia Aschi is a Junior Assistant Professor and PhD candidate at Utrecht University's Faculty of Geosciences within the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. She specializes in environmental sciences, focusing on developing scenarios to halt biodiversity loss and promote recovery. Her work is part of the 'Bending the Curve' initiative, collaborating with Wageningen University & Research and WWF. She also serves as a visiting researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

Education:

• Master's in Ecology & Evolution (University of Amsterdam, NL)
• Bachelor's in Biological Sciences (cum Laude, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)

Research Interests: Interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable development, human-environment system interactions, and biodiversity scenario modeling. She explores strategies to align human activities with ecological preservation through systematic conservation planning and policy frameworks.

Key Collaboration: Bending the Curve initiative (Utrecht University, Wageningen University & Research, WWF)

Publications: Her 2023 study in Journal of Environmental Management analyzes cost-benefit frameworks for protecting linear landscape elements in the Netherlands, emphasizing ecosystem services.

Grants & Labs: Involved in cross-institutional projects funded by Dutch and international sustainability initiatives. Active in the Integrative Assessment of Global Environmental Change research group at Utrecht University.