Adam Izdebski

Adam Izdebski is a full professor of environmental history at Jagiellonian University in Kraków and leads an independent research group at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany. His interdisciplinary work bridges historical studies and ecological sciences, focusing on long-term environmental and societal dynamics.

His research centers on environmental history, particularly climate change, pandemics, biodiversity loss, and the interplay between economic development and ecological systems during the Late Holocene. He explores how past societies interacted with their environments, offering insights into current and future sustainability challenges.

The trend in his research, supported by major grants like the ERC Synergy Grant EUROpest, reflects a growing integration of historical data with ecological modeling to understand social-ecological resilience over millennia.

Scientific Awards:

• ERC Synergy Grant EUROpest (2024)

Adam Izdebski has been actively involved in science for policy, advising the European Commission and the European Parliament on environmental and historical ecological matters. His leadership in large-scale collaborative research initiatives underscores his role in shaping interdisciplinary environmental scholarship.

He leads an independent research group at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, indicating active engagement in a structured research team focused on geoanthropological and historical ecological inquiry.