Ege Pehlivanoglu’s research aims to understand the dynamics and cascading effects of emerging pests and pathogens and their impacts on health and food systems.

Pehlivanoglu is a research assistant on the European Research Council (ERC) project INFLUX, investigating emerging pests and pathogens that lead to human infectious diseases, livestock diseases, and crop disease and pest outbreaks by using Anthropocene traps framework. Her work specifically examines how human activities in the Anthropocene can drive the emergence of pests and pathogens, and how these events can in turn reinforce or reshape Anthropocene dynamics. To do this, she integrates evidence on the drivers, occurrences, and impacts of emerging pest and pathogen events. Through this research, Pehlivanoglu aims to contribute knowledge that supports a more liveable planet.

Pehlivanoglu holds a BSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Istanbul Technical University, an MSc in Biology from Uppsala University, and another MSc in Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity from the University of Montpellier. Before joining Stockholm Resilience Centre, she worked as a research assistant in the Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere (GEDB) programme at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in close collaboration with the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics. In that role, she supported research within the Global Health theme, focusing on national actions addressing antibiotic resistance.

Awards and achievements

• Erasmus+ Traineeship Grant for a research visit to The Roslin Institute

Supervisor

• Peter Søgaard Jørgensen