By training, Daniela is a Development and Environmental Economist with a background in Food Security and Human Rights Law. Her doctoral research focuses on complex climate risk and adaptation for resilience. Specifically, her research uses Bayesian Network Analysis to quantify interactions between drivers of complex climate risk to food security across Eastern Africa. Her project is motivated by the need for novel early warning systems, and the value of a Systems Approach in quantifying synergies and trade-offs between adaptive responses. Beyond spatial and cross-sector trade-offs of adaptive measures, her research is predictive in nature and also seeks to assess temporal trade-offs—recognizing that reductions in risk in one area or time-period may interact with changes in risk in another.

Prior to commencing her PhD, Daniela was a Project Manager and Researcher at LSE Consulting, where she founded and led LSE’s Food Systems and Security Hub (FSSH). She led and contributed to projects for a variety of government and non-government institutions including the FAO, WFP, WWF, GAIN, Welthungerhilfe, EIU, GIZ, European Commission, European Parliament, and U.S. Government, among others.

Education: MSc Environmental Economics from LSE; MSc International Development Management-Applied Development Economics Specialism from LSE; B.A. International Relations-Human Rights Law specialism from Eckerd College; Advanced Diploma in Agriculture and Farming Systems from Capel Manor College. 

Scholarship: GRI PhD Scholarship

Selected publications 

• Velut, JB., Baeza-Breinbauer, D., De Bruijne, M., Garnizova, E., Jones, M., Kolben, K., Oules, L., Rouas, V., Tigere Pittet, F., Zamparutti, T. (2022). Comparative Analysis of Trade and Sustainable Development Provisions in Free Trade Agreements. Read publication. 
• Brice J., Soldi R., Alarcon-Lopez P., Guitian J., Drewe J., Baeza Breinbauer D., Torres F. (2021). The Relation Between Zoonotic Pandemics and the Livestock Sector. European Parliament, ENVI. Read publication.
• L. Smit, C. Bright, R. McCorquodale, M. Bauer, H. Deringer, D. Baeza-Breinbauer, F. Torres-Cortés, F. Alleweldt, S. Kara, C. Salinier and H. Tejero Tobed. LSE Consulting. Study on Due Diligence Requirements through the Supply Chain. (2020. European Commission DG EMPL). Read publication. 
• M. Mendez-Parra; D. Baeza Breinbauer; et al., LSE Consulting. Sustainability Impact Assessment Supporting the EU- Mercosur AA Negotiations. 2020. European Commission, DG Trade). Read publication. 
•  S. Lovo; K. Kuralbayeva; D. Baeza Breinbauer. LSE Consulting. Dependencies of Food System Transformation in the Wider Economy and Society. (2019. WWF-UK). Read publication. 
• Gatthi, J., et al., Co-Editor, Designing the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA): An African Human Rights Perspective, (2016, UNOHCHR).