Esther Boere is an agricultural economist in the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Ecosystem Services and Management (ESM) program. Her research focuses on analysing the driving factors of land use change through short- and long-term responses to climate change and extreme events and regional- and country-level impacts on food security, deforestation and restoration policies. Prior to joining IIASA, Dr Boere received her PhD from Wageningen University on the effect of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy reform on land use changes.