Session Lead

Isabel Lambrecht recently joined Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, part of the University of Liège (Belgium), as Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Development. Prior to this appointment, she was a Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Her research focuses on rural development in fragile and transitioning economies, drawing on extensive field experience across Central Asia (Tajikistan), Southeast Asia (Myanmar), and sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Malawi, and Uganda). Before joining IFPRI, she obtained her PhD in Agricultural Economics from KU Leuven (Belgium), where her research explored gender dynamics and integrated soil fertility management in eastern DR Congo and Burundi.

Her research interests encompass gender and agriculture, agricultural technology adoption, land tenure, food and nutrition security, poverty, and survey methodology. She combines quantitative and qualitative research methods and has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Food Policy, World Development, Land Use Policy, and the European Review of Agricultural Economics. She also serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Agricultural Economics and Feminist Economics.

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