Personal profile

Curriculum vitae

Pablo Manzano researches at the Global Change and Conservation group, and takes part in the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) of the University of Helsinki. He has worked since 2001 in livestock systems, notably pastoralism, both from the research and the practitioner's points of view. He has carried out ecological, social and economic research and he has also been part of the staff of international organizations (IUCN, FAO) and performed international consultancies for them and for others (UNEP, IFAD, GIZ or VSF, among others). He has extensive experience in pastoralist and livestock systems of Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as good knowledge of the pastoralist grassroots movement. He has also taught ecology/zoology field courses in Kenya and Uganda.

Education/Academic qualification

Ecology and Environmental Sciences, PhD, Seed transport by transhumant sheep and its potential implications for vegetation, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Award Date: 22 Dec 2015

Ecology and Environmental Sciences, MSc, Experimental approach to epizoochorous long distance dispersal by transhumant sheep, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Award Date: 15 Jul 2004

Pedagogy, PGCE, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Award Date: 30 Jun 2003

Biological Sciences, BSc, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Award Date: 30 Jun 2001

External positions

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

1 Jan 202231 Dec 2026

Associate Researcher, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

10 Jan 202031 Dec 2021

Research Coordinator, Asociación Biomas

1 Jan 2019 → …

Fields of Science

  • 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
  • Plant-Animal Interactions
  • Plant ecology
  • 415 Other agricultural sciences
  • Rangeland Ecology
  • Livestock
  • 519 Social and economic geography
  • Rural Development and Sustainable Livelihood Systems.
  • Pastoralism
  • 5203 Global Development Studies

International and National Collaboration

Publications and projects within past five years.