Adam Izdebski
EUROpest Principal Investigator, Team Lead
Institute of Advanced Studies
Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Researcher Profile
Adam Izdebski is a historian and ecologist. Originally from Bydgoszcz, he studied at Oxford and Warsaw (UW), where he earned a doctorate in ancient history and Byzantium. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of his research, he received the title of professor in the field of exact and natural sciences (biological sciences). In 2018–2025, he led an independent research group at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology/Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, and previously was a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. From 2012 to 2025, he was affiliated with the Jagiellonian University, and since July 1, 2025, he leads a research group in human ecology at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. In 2025–2026, Adam is also a visiting professor and project manager at the government-funded Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, Japan. He has participated in several initiatives related to scientific advice for international institutions, and since May 2025 he has been a member of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisers to the European Commission.
List of Relevant Publications:
2024. The Emergence of Interdisciplinary Environmental History Collaborative Approaches to the Late Holocene. Annales Histoire, Sciences Sociales 76(1): 1–43
Authors
Izdebski, Adam, Kevin Bloomfield, Warren J. Eastwood, Ricardo Fernandes, Dominik Fleitmann, Piotr Guzowski, John Haldon, Francis Ludlow, Jürg Luterbacher, Joseph G. Manning, Alessia Masi, Lee Mordechai, Timothy P. Newfield, Alexander R. Stine, Çetin Şenkul, & Elena Xoplaki
2022. Palaeoecological Data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. Nature Ecology and Evolution 6: 297–306.
Authors
Izdebski, A., P. Guzowski, R. Poniat, L. Masci, J. Palli, C. Vignola, M. Bauch, C. Cocozza, R. Fernandes, F. C. Ljungqvist, T. Newfield, A. Seim, D. Abel-Schaad, F. Alba-Sánchez, L. Björkman, A. Brauer, A. Brown, S. Czerwiński, A. Ejarque, M. Fiłoc, A. Florenzano, E. D. Fredh, R. Fyfe, N. Jasiunas, P. Kołaczek, K. Kouli, R. Kozáková, M. Kupryjanowicz, P. Lagerås, M. Lamentowicz, M. Lindbladh, J. A. López-Sáez, R. Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, K. Marcisz, F. Mazier, S. Mensing, A. M. Mercuri, K. Milecka, Y. Miras, A. M. Noryśkiewicz, E. Novenko, M. Obremska, S. Panajiotidis, M. L. Papadopoulou, A. Pędziszewska, S. Pérez-Díaz, G. Piovesan, A. Pluskowski, P. Pokorny, A. Poska, T. Reitalu, M. Rösch, L. Sadori, C. Sá Ferreira, D. Sebag, M. Słowiński, M. Stančikaitė, N. Stivrins, I. Tunno, S. Veski, A. Wacnik, & A. Masi
2020. Landscape Change and Trade in Ancient Greece: Evidence from Pollen Data. Economic Journal 130: 2596–2618
Authors
Izdebski, Adam, Tymon Słoczyński, Anton Bonnier, Grzegorz Koloch, & Katerina Kouli
2016a. Realising Consilience: How Better Communication between Archaeologists, Historians and Natural Scientists Can Transform the Study of Past Climate Change in the Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews, Special Issue: Mediterranean Holocene Climate, Environment and Human Societies 136: 5–22.
Authors
Izdebski, A., Karin Holmgren, Erika Weiberg, Sharon R. Stocker, Ulf Büntgen, Assunta Florenzano, Alexandra Gogou, Suzanne A. G. Leroy, Jürg Luterbacher, Belen Martrat, Alessia Masi, Anna Maria Mercuri, Paolo Montagna, Laura Sadori, Adam Schneider, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Maria Triantaphyllou, & Elena Xoplaki.