Joanna Upton, PhD | Caveat utilitor: A comparative assessment of popular resilience measurement approaches
Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:20pm to 1:20pm
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The Program in International Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences is pleased to host the Seminar in International Nutrition with guest speaker Joanna Upton, Ph.D., Research Associate, Applied Economics & Management at Cornell University. "Caveat utilitor: A comparative assessment of popular resilience measurement approaches" is co-authored with Susana Constenla Villoslada, Chris Barrett.
Joanna Upton is a Research Associate in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. She focuses with her research and outreach on food security, food policy, and resilience in sub-Saharan Africa, and has a passion in particular for working on questions with policy-relevant applications. She works closely with a wide range of collaborators, including academics from diverse disciplines, CGIAR institutions, UN organizations, government agencies, think tanks, and non-profit organizations implementing programs in developing countries. Joanna also thrives on working with students and mentees, both in the classroom and in the field.
When not at work, Joanna most enjoys being in nature, growing and cooking food, building things, and spending time with friends and family around the world.
See her up-dated CV and more information can be found on her personal website.
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