Interdisciplinary Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- roslyn.henry1@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
Dr Roslyn Henry is an interdisciplinary research fellow. Roslyn’s research interests lie in exploring the interplay between food security, land use and biodiversity. She obtained her degree in zoology and her PhD in ecological modelling at the University of Aberdeen. Roslyn then worked with the University of Edinburgh for several years, developing global land use models to explore land use and food security issues, before returning to Aberdeen. She has expertise in individual-based ecological modelling and global land use modelling.
Qualifications
- PhD Biological sciences2016 - The University of Aberdeen
- BSc(Hons) Zoology2012 - The University of Aberdeen
Latest Publications
High resolution land use maps from 1960 to 2100
One EarthContributions to Journals: ArticlesFuture projections of biodiversity under global change need to include genetic diversity
Global Change Biology, vol. 31, no. 8, e70477Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70477
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Assessing the impact of strictly protecting 30%–50% of global land on carbon dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems
Plants People Planet, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1070-1079Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModelling the effect of a nutritional shock on tuberculosis in India
BMC Global and Public Health, vol. 3, no. 1, 56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00153-x
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- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Estimating the epidemiological and economic impact of providing nutritional care for tuberculosis-affected households across India: a modelling study
The Lancet Global Health, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. e488-e496Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests lie in exploring the interplay between food security, land use and biodiversity. My research is primarily modelling based and I am involved in developing the global land use model, LandSyMM (https://landsymm.earth/about-us) and the process based eco-evolutionary model RangeShifter (https://rangeshifter.github.io/portfolio/rangeshifter2.0/). I am particularly interested in how socio-economic factors, such as dietary choices and human health, may impact land use with consequences for biodiversity.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.


Geography and Environment
Research Specialisms
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Ecosystem Ecology and Land use
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Past Research
I completed my PhD at the University of Aberdeen and investigated the ecological and evolutionary forces that shape population dynamics using individual based modelling.
Collaborations
Collaborations with:
LandSyMM modelling group based at Edinburgh University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
RangeShifter modelling group based in The School of Biological Sciences at Aberdeen University.
- Publications
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Global and regional health and food security under strict conservation scenarios
Nature Sustainability, vol. 5, pp. 303-310Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00844-x
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Exploring global food system shocks, scenarios and outcomes
Futures, vol. 123, 102601Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102601
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Impacts of future agricultural change on ecosystem service indicators
Earth System Dynamics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 357-376Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-357-2020
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Comparing the impact of future cropland expansion on global biodiversity and carbon storage across models and scenarios
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 375, no. 1794, 20190189Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0189
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The role of global dietary transitions for safeguarding biodiversity
Global Environmental Change, vol. 58, 101956Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101956
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Transforming agricultural land use through marginal gains in the food system
Global Environmental Change, vol. 57, 101932Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101932
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Why the US–China trade war spells disaster for the Amazon
Nature, vol. 567, no. 7749, pp. 451-454Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00896-2
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Food supply and bioenergy production within the global cropland planetary boundary
PloS ONE, vol. 13, no. 3, e0194695Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdaptation of global land use and management intensity to changes in climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide
Global Change Biology, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 2791-2809Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14110
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Genetics of dispersal
Biological Reviews, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 574-599Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12356
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