Olivier Ecker is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit based in Washington, DC. Olivier leads the consumer behavior and dietary change workstream of the Unit’s country modeling team. His research focuses on economic issues of food systems transformation and food security in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He specializes in models and methods to assess the effects of policies and shocks on food demand and household diets. Olivier also conducts research on armed conflict and humanitarian assistance. He serves as IFPRI’s focal point in the Fighting Food Crises along the Humanitarian-Peace-Nexus Coalition and as a member of the institute’s Publications Review Committee. Olivier received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Language Skills: German, English, French