Neus Escobar Lanzuela

Research themes

Land, water, food and energy

Research projects

At present: STRIVE – Sustainable TRade and InnoVation transfer in the bioEconomy: from national strategies to global sustainable developments goals. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. 2016: Contribution to the sustainability of the rice cultivation in Saint Louis (Senegal) (ADSIDEO 2015) 2014-2016: Design of a life-cycle indicator for sustainability in agricultural systems (CTM2013-47340-R) 2012-2014: Development of a methodology for integrating nutritional and ecological aspects for sustainable food consumption (CTM2010-18118)

Professional experience

At present: Post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) // Centre for Development Research (ZEF) of the University of Bonn (Germany) Feb 2015 – July 2016: Post-doctoral research fellow at the Food Technology Department, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) July 2010 – July 2014: PhD candidate at the Food Technology Department, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)

Degrees

2010-2015: PhD in Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)

2003-2009: Agricultural Engineer with a major in environmental engineering and natural resource management, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)

Expertise

Economic modelling for energy and agricultural policy analysis, Land Use Change impacts, Life Cycle Assessment methodologies

2021

Escobar, N and W. Britz. 2021. Metrics on the sustainability of region-specific bioplastics production, considering global land use change effects. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 167; DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105345 . (Open Access) Further Information

2020

Escobar N., E.J.Tizado, E.K.H.J. zu Ermgassen, P. Löfgren, J. Börner and J. Godar. 2020. Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil’s soy exports. Global Environmental Change, 62 . (Open Access) Further Information

2018

Escobar N., S. Haddad, J. Börner und W.Britz. 2018. Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastic. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (12) . (Open Access) Further Information

2017

Escobar N., C Manrique, N Sanjuán, G Clemente, S Rozakis. 2017. An agro-industrial model for the optimization of biodiesel production in Spain to meet the European GHG reduction targets. Energy, 120 : 619–631 . Further Information

2015

J Ribal, ML Fenollosa, P García-Segovia, G Clemente, N Escobar, N Sanjuán. 2015. Designing healthy, climate friendly and affordable school lunches. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 21(5) : 631-645 . Further Information

N Escobar, J Ribal, A Rodrigo, G Clemente, A Pascual, N Sanjuán. 2015. Uncertainty analysis in the environmental assessment of an integrated management system for restaurant and catering waste in Spain. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20(2) : 244-262 . Further Information

N Escobar, J Ribal, G Clemente, A Rodrigo, A Pascual, N Sanjuán. 2015. Uncertainty analysis in the financial assessment of an integrated management system for restaurant and catering waste in Spain. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20(11) : 1491-1510 . Further Information

Neus Escobar. 2015. Contribution to the environmental impact assessment of biodiesel in the context of Spain. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València Further Information

2014

N Escobar, J Ribal, G Clemente, N Sanjuán. 2014. Consequential LCA of two alternative systems for biodiesel consumption in Spain, considering uncertainty. Journal of Cleaner Production, 79 : 61-73 . Further Information

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Senior Researcher

Department :
ZEF B: Department of Economic and Technological Change

E-Mail:
nescobar(at)uni-bonn.de