Laura Scherer
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. L.A. Scherer
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 6832
- l.a.scherer@cml.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0194-9942
Laura Scherer is an associate professor at Leiden University's Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML). She is interested in research on impact assessment and prioritization related to biodiversity, water, climate, and animal welfare, with applications especially in the food sector.
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News
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No hunger, and not too much global warming? Current UN plan misses opportunities -
18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate -
How polluting are the clothes in your closet? -
Bottom-dwellers thrive at foundations of offshore wind farms -
‘If we buy these imported products, we are co-responsible for the global decline in biodiversity’ -
How plant-based diets not only reduce our carbon footprint, but also increase carbon capture -
Lifestyles that avoid the world from warming up -
New study helps policymakers combat global warming with negative-emissions technology -
Here is how we can increase the effectiveness of global environment protection -
Dietary guidelines in these six countries are a win-win-win for nutrition, environment, and animals -
Was the EU’s ban on electric fishing the right decision? -
Additional efforts needed to avoid conflict in Sustainable Development Goals -
Four new editorial board positions for CML -
How your diet can improve animal welfare
In the media
PhD Candidates
Former PhD Candidates
Laura Scherer is an associate professor at Leiden University's Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML). She is interested in research on impact assessment and prioritization related to biodiversity, water, climate, and animal welfare, with applications especially in the food sector. She contributed to reports of FAO and UNEP and currently works in the Global Guidance for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators and Methods (GLAM) project hosted by UNEP. She leads a work package on climate and health impacts of shifting lifestyles within the Horizon 2020 project 1.5° Lifestyles and co-leads the Horizon Europe project BAMBOO, which focuses on biodiversity impacts of non-food biomass along global supply chains. Her team's main research contribution to the BAMBOO project is the development of impact assessment methods for functional diversity.
Professional experience
Laura obtained her PhD from ETH Zurich in 2016. During her doctoral studies, she analysed the environmental impacts of water consumption and degradation at regional and global scales. She applied her research to the agriculture and energy sectors. Afterwards, as a postdoctoral researcher at VU Amsterdam, she coordinated the European research project VITAL where she evaluated the opportunities and constraints for sustainable intensification of agriculture in Europe.
Associate professor
- Science
- Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden
- CML/Industriele Ecologie