Professional summary
Anita Lazurko’s research focuses on the use of transdisciplinary and social science research principles, socio-economic and social-ecological scenario methods, and systems analysis to understand and navigate complex sustainability challenges. She applies this expertise to scientific research about a wide range of sectors and issues from biodiversity loss to climate resilience. Anita’s skillset is relevant for highly collaborative, transdisciplinary processes that synthesize knowledge across a range of disciplines, data types, sectors, and scales (e.g., linking participatory stakeholder engagement and quantitative modelling). She is particularly interested in how scenario processes better reflect the uncertainty and complexity of environmental challenges and stimulate transformations to sustainability.
International Science Council. (2024). A guide to anticipation: Working paper on tools and methods of horizon scanning and foresight. Contributors: Dina Abdelhakim; Anne-Sophie Stevance; Peter Bridgewater; Lauren Sullivan; Maxine Newlands; Stuart Barrow; Ana Rengel-Gonçalves; Ranjan Datta; Wilfred Luga; Anita Lazurko et al.. International Science Council.
Lazurko, A., Schweizer, V. & Armitage, D. (2023). Exploring “big picture” scenarios for resilience in social–ecological systems: transdisciplinary cross-impact balances modeling in the Red River Basin. Sustainability Science.