Acosta-Michlik, Lilibeth

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Prof. Dr. Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik

Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function
Former Senior Researcher

Specialization
Agricultural / Environmental Economist

Vita

2/2015-9/2015	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher
Since 08/2009	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Department of Earth System Analysis Senior Scientist (currently guest status)
Since 08/2007	University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) School of Environmental Science and Management Adjunct Professor/Scientific Coordinator
2008-2011	School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh Centre for the study of Environmental Change and Sustainability (CECS) Senior Research Fellow
2007-2011	Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium Unité d'économie rurale Scientific Coordinator
2004-2007	Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Département de Géologie et de Géographie Senior Research Fellow
2006-2007	University of the Philippines at Los Baños School of Environmental Science and Management Research Associate
2004-2005	University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) Department of Agricultural Economics Research Associate
2001-2004	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Department of Global Change and Social Systems Senior Research Fellow
1998-2000	University of Kyoto Department of Natural Resource Economics Post-doc Research Fellow
1993-1998	University of Bonn Institute for Agricultural Policy Doctorall Research in International Economic Integration and Trade
1988-1993	National Economic Development Authority, Philippines Agriculture and Environment Staff Economic Development Specialist
1990-1991	University of Cambridge Faculty of Economics and Politics Master of Philosophy in Economics and Politics of Development

Member of

Coordinating lead author, Expert group on policy support tools and methodologies for scenario analysis and modeling of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Science and Management
Editorial Board Member, Advances in Energy Research
Expert reviewer, Environment and Ecology Research Journal
Alumni Member, UP Agricultural Economics Circle, University of the Philippines at Los Baños
Alumni Member, Darwin College, Cambridge University

Awards

B.M. Gonzales “Best Thesis” award, University of the Philippines at Los Baños, 1988
Best Officer award, UP Agricultural Economics Circle, University of the Philippines at Los Baños, 1987
Balik Scientist Program award, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippines, 2008/09
Fellowship award, Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START), 2004
Fellowship award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1998-2000
Scholarship award, German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), 1993-1998
Scholarship award, British Council, 1990-1991
Scholarship award, Cambridge Overseas Trust, 1990-1991
Scholarship award, International Rice Research Institute Junior Researchers Association, 1984-1988

Refereed Publications

Talubo, Joan Pauline P. / Arian J. Jacildo / Victoria O. Espaldon / Lilibeth A. Acosta-Michlik / Damasa M. Macandog / Gloria Luz M. Nelson / Nelita M. Lalican / Edwin R. Abucay / Charisma T. Malenab / Jaderick P. Pabico / Moises A. Dorado (2015)
Vulnerability to Rainfall-induced landslide of three communities in Infanta, Quezon, Philippines
in: International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) 23 (1), 138-166
Acosta, Lilibeth A. / Elena A. Eugenio / Nelson H. Enano Jr. / Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog / Belita A. Vega / Paula Beatrice M. Macandog / Jemimah Mae A. Eugenio / Marilou A. Lopez / Arnold R. Salvacion / Wolfgang Lucht (2014)
Sustainability trade-offs in bioenergy development in the Philippines: an application of conjoint analysis
in: Biomass and Bioenergy 64 (May), 20-41
Acosta, Lilibeth A. / Mark D. A. Rounsevell / Martha Bakker / Ann Van Doorn / Montserrat Gómez-Delgado / Marc Delgado (2014)
An agent-based assessment of land use and ecosystem changes in traditional agricultural landscape of Portugal
in: Intelligent Information Management 6 (2), 55-80
Acosta, Lilibeth A. / Nelson H. Enano Jr. / Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog / Kathreena G. Engay / Maria Noriza Q. Herrera / Ozzy Boy S. Nicopior / Mic Ivan V. Sumilang / Jemimah Mae A. Eugenio / Wolfgang Lucht (2013)
How sustainable is bioenergy production in the Philippines? A conjoint analysis of knowledge and opinions of people with different typologies
in: Applied Energy 102/2013, 241-253
Acosta, Lilibeth A. / Fausto Galli (2013)
Crisis Probability Curves (CPCs): a model for assessing vulnerability thresholds across space and over time
in: Journal of Environmental Science and Management 16 (1), 36-49
Acosta, Lilibeth / Richard J.T. Klein / Pytrik Reidsma / Marc J. Metzger / Mark D.A. Rounsevell / Rik Leemans / Dagmar Schröter (2013)
A spatially explicit scenario-driven model of adaptive capacity to global change in Europe
in: Global Environmental Change 23 (5), 1211-1224
Van Herzele, Ann / Anne Gobin / Peter Van Gossum / Lilibeth Acosta / Tom Waas / Nicolas Dendoncker / Bruno Henry de Frahan (2013)
Effort for money? Farmers' rationale for participation in agri-environment measures with different implementation complexity
in: Journal of Environmental Management 110, 120-131
Acosta-Michlik, Lilibeth A. / Maria Victoria Espaldon (2011)
Reducing vulnerability of rural communities in the Philippines: modelling social links between science and policy
in: Roger E. Kasperson / Mimi Berberian (eds.), Integrating science and policy: vulnerability and resilience in global environmental change, London: Routledge, 307-334
Murray-Rusta, Dave / Nicolas Dendoncker / Terry P. Dawson / Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik / Eleni Karali / Eleonore Guillem / Mark Rounsevell (2011)
Conceptualising the analysis of socio-ecological systems through ecosystem services and agent based modelling
in: Journal of Land Use Science 6 (2/3), 83-99
Van Herzele, Ann / Nicolas Dendonckerc / Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik (2011)
Mobilisation capacity for agri-environmental management
in: Journal of Environmental Management 92 (3), 1023-1032

Non-refereed Publications

Acosta, Lilibeth A. / Jemimah Mae A. Eugenio (2014)
Defuzzification of fuzzy concepts to support vulnerability assessments of climate change impacts in the Philippines
in: Justin A. Daniels (ed.), Advances in environmental research 15, Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc., 165-194

Opinion Pieces

Acosta-Michlik, Lilibeth A. / Bruno Henry de Frahan / Henrich Brucke / Kristina Hansen / Guy Engelen / Inge Uljee / Ann Van Herzele / Mark Rounsevell / Roger White (2011)
A multiscalar and multiagent modelling framework for assessing sustainable futures in a globalised environment
Brussels: Belgian Science Policy (Science for a sustainable development (SSD))

Projects

Current Publications

Digital transformation for a sustainable future: insights from Brazil's civil service

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Mara Braun / Laura Donath / Sophia Hörbelt / Sophie Lampert / Marcel Wich (17/2024)

“Climate migration” as a political challenge: time to take stock of the actors and activities

Schraven, Benjamin / Jamie Slater (2024)

Seven strategies to leverage water for peace and foster sustainable and just water management for all

Krause, Stefan / Iseult Lynch / Ankit Agarwal / Adenike Akinsemolu / Berit Arheimer / Wouter Buytaert / Rita Floyd / Annabelle Houdret / Elizabeth Saccoccia / Uwe Schneidewind / Klement Tockner / Tahmina Yasmin / David M. Hannah (2024)

Can the G77 be the voice of a rising Global South?

Baumann, Max-Otto / Novoselova, Anna (2024)