Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Lawrence Haddad is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and the current President of the UK and Ireland's Development Studies Association. He is an economist and his main research interests are at the intersection of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. He was formerly Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Food Consumption and Nutrition Division and Lecturer in Development Economics at the University of Warwick. His field research has been in the Philippines, India and South Africa. He has a PhD from Stanford University.

Selected Projects

• ALINe
• Public Perceptions of International Development in the UK

Thematic Expertise

Children and Youth; Food Security; Poverty.

Geographic Expertise

Central and South Asia; South Africa.

Publications

• Henson, S., Lindstrom, J. and Haddad, L. (forthcoming) 'Public Perceptions of International Development and Support for Aid in the UK: Results of a Qualitative Enquiry', IDS Working Paper, under review , Brighton: IDS
• Godfray, H.C.J., Beddington, J.R., Crute, I.R., Haddad, L., Lawrence, D., Muir, J.F., Pretty, J., Robinson, S., Thomas, S.M. and Toulmin, C. (2010) 'Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People', Science 327:812-18
• Haddad, L. and Zeitlyn, S. (2009) 'Lifting the Curse: Overcoming Persistent Undernutrition in India', IDS Bulletin 40.4, Brighton: IDS
• Haddad, L., Sumner, A., Lindstrom, J. et al (2008) 'Improving the nutrition status of children and women', id21 Insights 73, Brighton: IDS
• Haddad, L. (2008) 'Development Narratives: Recent Trends and Future Needs', IDS In Focus 3.13, Brighton: IDS
• Haddad, L. and Geissler, C. (2008) 'Food and nutrition policies and interventions'
• Sumner, A. with Haddad, L. and Gomez-Climent, L. (2008) 'Rethinking Inter-Generational Transmission(s): Does a Wellbeing Lens Help?'
• Sumner, A., Lindstrom, J. and Haddad, L. (2007) 'Greater DFID and EC Leadership on Chronic Malnutrition: Opportunities and Constraints'
• Haddad, L. and Knowles, C. (2007) 'Reinventing Development Research', IDS Bulletin 38.2, Brighton: IDS
• Scoones, I., deGrassi, A., Devereux, S. and Haddad, L. (2005) 'New Directions for African Agriculture', IDS Bulletin 36.2, Brighton: IDS