Dr. Rahel Laudien

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Rahel Laudien is a crop modeller at PIK focusing on climate risk management in agriculture in the tropics. In her research, she uses statistical crop models and machine learning approaches for seasonal crop yield forecasting to support early warning systems on food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining PIK, she worked for a consultancy in the field of climate adaptation services in the Netherlands.

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
T +49 (0)331 288 20771
laudien[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

  • Laudien, Chemura, Cronauer, Gleixner, Heckmann, Staubach, von Witzke, Gornott, (2023). Climate risk analysis for adaptation planning in Zambia's agricultural sector. A report prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for
    Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), DOI: 10.48485/pik.2023.022
  • Laudien, Schauberger, Waid, Gornott, 2022: A forecast of staple crop production in Burkina Faso to enable early warnings of shortages in domestic food availability, Nature Scientific Reports, Volume 12.
  • Röhrig, Gloy, von Loeben, Arumugam, Aschenbrenner, Baek, Bado, Chemura, Habtemariam, Kaufmann, Koch, Laudien, Liersch, Lüttringhaus, Murken, Neya, Noleppa, Ostberg, Santo, Schauberger, Shukla, Tomalka, Wesch, Wortmann, Gornott, 2021: Climate Risk Analysis for Identifying and Weighing Adaptation Strategies for the Agricultural Sector in Burkina Faso. A report prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
  • Blocher, Vinke, Schellnhuber, Gleixner, Gornott, George, Kileli Leyani, Laudien, Lobanova, Ludescher, Weisz (2021). Assessing the Evidence: Climate Change and Migration in the United Republic of Tanzania. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam and International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva.
  • Bergmann, Vinke, Fernández Palomino, Gornott, Gleixner, Laudien, Lobanova, Ludescher, Schellnhuber 2020: Assessing the Evidence: Climate Change and Migration in Peru. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, and International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva.
  • Laudien, Schauberger, Makowski, Gornott, 2020: Robustly forecasting maize yields in Tanzania based on climatic predictors, Nature Scientific Reports, Volume 10.
  • Laudien, Schauberger, Gleixner, Gornott, 2020: Assessment of weather-yield relations of starchy maize at different scales in Peru to support the NDC implementation, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 295.
  • Laudien, Boon, Goosen, van Nieuwaal, 2019: The Dutch adaptation web portal: seven lessons learnt from a co-production point of view, Climatic Change, Volume 153.

SAFE4ALL (2024-2027): Safeguarding African Foodsheds and Ecosystems for all Actors across Local, regional and international Levels to manage migration, funded by Horizon Europe

CC&H (2020-2025): Climate change and health in Burkina Faso and Kenya, funded by DFG

Agrica Sahel (2021-2023): Development of agricultural forecast systems and evaluation of adaptation strategies in the Sahel region, funded by BMZ

EPICC (2018-2021): Climate services for Peru, India and Tanzania, funded by IKI and BMUB