Christopher B. Barrett
- Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management
- Co-Editor-in-Chief, Food Policy
Faculty Area
Interdisciplinary Theme
Faculty Expertise
- Applied Economics
- International and Development Economics and Policy
- Food and Agricultural Economics
- Environmental, Energy and Resource Economics and Policy
- Emerging Markets
Contact
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
607.255.4489
Biography
Chris Barrett is an agricultural and development economist at Cornell University. He is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and an International Professor of Agriculture at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, as well as a Professor in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Director of the Cornell Collaboration on International Development Economics Research, a Senior Faculty Fellow of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and a Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Institute for Food Systems. He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Food Policy, edits the Palgrave Macmillan book series Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, and is an Editorial Board member for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He is an elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences, and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and the African Association of Agricultural Economists. He was previously on faculty at Utah State University and has been a visiting faculty member at Harvard, Melbourne, Monash, Notre Dame, Stanford, and UC-San Diego.
Selected Publications
- Rohr, Jason; Sack, Alexandra; Bakhoum, Sidy; Barrett, Christopher; Lopez-Carr, David; et al. "A planetary health innovation for disease, food and water challenges in Africa"Nature. 619.7971 (2023): 782-787
- Barrett, Christopher. "‘Benevolent’ patent extensions could raise billions for R&D in poorer countries"Nature. 621.7980 (2023): 687-690
- Lee, Seungmin; Barrett, Christopher; Hoddinott, John. "Food security dynamics in the United States, 2001–2017"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (forthcoming).
- Jagnani, Maulik; Barrett, Christopher; Liu, Yanyan; You, Liangzhi. "Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers"Economic Journal. 131.633 (2021): 392-419
- Barrett, Christopher; Cason, Jeffery; Lentz, Erin. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide: Third Edition. Routledge. 3 (2020): 200
- The Economics of Poverty Traps, Ed. Christopher Barrett, Ed. Michael Carter, Ed. Jean-Paul Chavas. University of Chicago Press. (2019): 464pp
- Rohr, Jason; Barrett, Christopher; Civitello, David; Craft, Meggan; Delius, Bryan; et al. "Emerging Human Infectious Diseases and the Links to Global Food Production"Nature Sustainability (Online Only). 2.6 (2019): 445-456
- Jensen, Nathaniel; Barrett, Christopher; Mude, Andrew. "Cash Transfers and Index Insurance: A Comparative Impact Analysis From Northern Kenya"Journal of Development Economics. 129.1 (2017): 14-28
- Barrett, Christopher; Constas, Mark. "Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111.40 (2014): 14625-14630
- Barrett, Christopher. "Measuring Food Insecurity"Science. 327.5967 (2010): 825-828
Awards and Honors
- Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (2022) National Academy of Sciences
- Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award for ten or more years’ experience (2017)
- Award for Scientific Excellence (2016) USAID Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
- USAID Science and Technology Pioneers Prize, Grand Prize winner (2013) US Agency for International Development
- SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2009) State University of New York
Recent Courses
- AEM 2000 - Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy
- AEM 7650/ECON 7650 - Development Microeconomics Graduate Research Seminar
Academic Degrees
- PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1994
- MS University of Oxford, 1985
- BA Princeton University, 1984