Kara Pellowe

kara.pellowe@su.se

+460790245265

Pellowe is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Social-ecological Analysis and Modelling of Reef Ecosystem Services at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University. In her current research as part of the REEF-FUTURES Consortium, Pellowe is developing statistical and process-based models to understand how the social-ecological conditions of coral reef systems affect the delivery of reef-derived ecosystem services. Pellowe is particularly interested in identifying win-win scenarios in which multiple and diverse services are realised. She also uses models to test how policy interventions may aid in increasing the delivery of services produced by marine fisheries. More broadly, Pellowe studies the social, ecological, and institutional dimensions of marine systems, using empirical data to inform social-ecological systems models. She thinks of models as vital tools to explore how marine policies can be tailored to fit local conditions, with the aim of ensuring sustainable coastal management and the continued delivery of valuable benefits.