Johan Swinnen (economist)

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Johan "Jo" Swinnen is the Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), [1] and Managing Director of the Systems Transformation Science Group of CGIAR [2] .

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He is known for his work on agricultural and food policy, political economy, institutional reforms, trade, and global value chains within the context of international development.

Education

Dr. Swinnen earned his doctoral degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University in 1992. [3] His master's and bachelor's degrees are from KU Leuven.

Career

In 1992, he became senior economist at the Leuven Institute for Central and East European Studies. In 1993, he joined KU Leuven, first as an assistant professor and later an associate professor in agricultural economics and food policy. He joined the European Commission (DG Economics and Finance) in 1998 as an economic advisor, working on preparations for the accession of 10 Eastern European countries to the European Union. He returned to academia in 2002 as a professor of economics at KU Leuven. From 2003 to 2004, Dr. Swinnen was a lead economist at the World Bank. [4]

From 2004 until 2019, Dr. Swinnen was a professor of economics and the director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at KU Leuven. [5] During this period, he was also a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies [6] in Brussels.

In 2020, Dr. Swinnen was appointed as Director General of IFPRI. In July 2021, he also became the Managing Director of the Systems Transformation Science Group of CGIAR.

Over the years, Dr. Swinnen has been a visiting professor at various universities, including at Stanford University's Center on Food Security and the Environment, [7] Göttingen University, and Wageningen University & Research. He served as an advisor to many international institutions, such as the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Throughout his career, Dr. Swinnen has led and served on many professional committees and activities. These include serving as president of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) from 2012 to 2015. From 2020 to 2023, he served as a commissioner on the Food Systems Economics Commission. [8]

Publications

Dr. Swinnen has published numerous articles and 30 books. His body of work has been widely cited [9] and has received several awards. His books include:

Swinnen has published numerous articles and 30 books. His body of work has been widely cited and received several awards. His books include:

Honors and Awards

Dr. Swinnen was elected as a Fellow of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) [10] and the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), [11] and a Lifetime Honorary Member of the IAAE. [12]

He received a Mercator Fellowship at the University of Göttingen in 2016, a Methusalem Research Award and Centre of Excellence Award at KU Leuven, and a Francqui Chair at the University of Ghent in 2009. He was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Göttingen in 2017 and the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra in 2012.

Awards for publications include

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References

  1. ↑ "Johan Swinnen joins IFPRI as new director general". CGIAR. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ↑ CGIAR. "Johan Swinnen".
  3. ↑ Cornell, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2022). "Johan Swinnen to Give First Global Development Distinguished Speaker Talk".
  4. ↑ World Bank. "Johan Swinnen".
  5. ↑ Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. "Johan Swinnen".
  6. ↑ CEPS. "Johan F.M. Swinnen".
  7. ↑ Stanford Center on Food Security and the Environment. "Johan Swinnen, PhD".
  8. ↑ Food System Economics Commission. "Who we are".
  9. ↑ Swinnen, Johan. "Google Scholar".
  10. ↑ AAEA. "Johan Swinnen".
  11. ↑ OnPoint Analytics. "Johan F. M. Swinnen".
  12. ↑ International Association of Agricultural Economists. "IAAE Honorary Life Members".
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