Lia van Wesenbeeck is Associate Professor Development Economics and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for World Food Studies and hence responsible for the management and coordination of the day-to-day activities of the Centre. She also is senior lecturer at Amsterdam University College. Before, she was a senior researcher at the SOW-VU and obtained her PhD in 2000 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Dr Lia van Wesenbeeck is an expert in general equilibrium theory and applications, in particular focusing on the representation of non-market next to market choices, the modelling of the water-energy-food nexus. In addition, she has extensive experience in spatially explicit statistical analysis of survey and map data, and profiling of vulnerable groups. She is lecturing in the field of economics and food security, in the Netherlands and abroad, has supervised over 35 students at Bachelor and Master level, has supervised and is supervising a number of PhD students focusing on the impact of climate change and the WEF nexus. In addition, she serves on various national and international boards and committees

She has led several international research projects in Africa and the Carribean and has contributed to evaluations of Dutch development programmes in the field of water and food security. Currently (2024-2026), she is the international project leader of "Feed4Food", and EU-sponsored research project aiming to develop inclusive and sustainable urban agriculture in three European cities.

• DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence of Food Security | Johannesburg | Scientific subcommittee member | 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
• Ministerie van Landbouw, visserij, voedselzekerheid en natuur | Den Haag | Adviseur | 2024-01-01 - 2027-12-31

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