Bowy den Braber
I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen in Denmark, during the period 2020-2023. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of Hohenheim.
I have been trained as an animal ecologist, but I have gradually shifted my research interest to the intersection of environment and human wellbeing. My work is mostly quantitative and I use methods from a wide variety of disciplines including econometrics, geo-information, remote sensing, and machine learning.
My postdoctoral work has uncovered that even low levels of tree cover can improve people’s dietary quality in West Africa. Also, I have been able to show that tree plantations and forest regrowth are linked to poverty reduction in Africa.
2015-2019 PhD, University of Sheffield, UK
2009-2012 MSc, Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
2005-2009 BSc, Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Since 2025 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Hohenheim – and Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow.
2020-2023 Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2014-2019 PhD fellow, University of Sheffield, UK
2014-2015 Traineeship, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Italy
2013-2014 Internship at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
2012 Principal Investigator at Frontier, Cambodia
Since 2016 British Ecological Society – Member
Since 2016 Forest & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research and Engagement (FLARE) – Member
bowydenbraber@gmail.com