research overview We apply cutting-edge statistics and data science to solve problems in development for a better and fairer planet. You can find out more about our work here www.ziamehrabi.com.
selected publications journal article Shifting baselines and biodiversity success stories. Nature. E17-E18. 2022 How to buffer against an urban food shortage. Nature. 175-176. 2021 Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms. Nature Sustainability. 651-657. 2021 Digital technology helps remove gender bias in academia. Scientometrics: an international journal for all quantitative aspects of the science of science, communication in science and science policy. 4073-4081. 2021 More farms, less specialized landscapes, and higher crop diversity stabilize food supplies. Environmental Research Letters. 055015-055015. 2021 Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat. Conservation Letters. 2021 The global divide in data-driven farming. Nature Sustainability. 154-160. 2021 Hunger in Africa: get the costing right. Nature. 500-500. 2020 A scoping review of research funding for small-scale farmers in water scarce regions. Nature Sustainability. 836-844. 2020 Livestock policy for sustainable development. 160-165. 2020 Food system collapse. Nature Climate Change. 16-17. 2020 TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology. 119-188. 2019 Synchronized failure of global crop production. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 780-786. 2019 The challenge of feeding the world while conserving half the planet. Nature Sustainability. 409-412. 2018 Smallholders need access to big-data agronomy too. Nature. 30-30. 2018 Protecting the origins of coffee to safeguard its future. Nature Plants. 2017 Restoration: avoid arbitrary baselines. Nature. 469-469. 2016
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years) Africa Continent Americas Transnational Region Asia Continent Europe Continent Oceania Transnational Region