Max Mauerman is a Senior Staff Associate at Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), as well as a PhD candidate at the University of Reading Department of Agriculture, Policy and Development. His roles at IRI include the development of decision-support tools for climate risk management as well as research on economic decision-making under climate uncertainty. Prior to joining IRI, Max worked for Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), where he co-managed a large-scale evaluation of a rangeland conservation program in Namibia. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Food Programme and Tetra Tech on research topics related to climate resilience and conservation agriculture.
