Joachim von Braun

Joachim von Braun is Professor emeritus for economic and technological change at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn University. He received his doctoral degree in agricultural economics from the University of Goettingen, Germany, in 1978. He received an honorary doctoral Degree from the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim and other awards. His research is on economic development, science and technology policy, poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, resource economics and trade.
He is President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of the Vatican; von Braun is member of German National Academy of Sciences – Leopoldina, Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), fellow of African Academy of Science, The World Academy (TWAS), the International Science Council, and of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.
He is Vice President of the German NGO leading on food, nutrition and poverty reduction “Welthungerhilfe”, co-chair of the Malabo-Montpellier Panel on African food and agriculture policy, and member of the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy. He serves as a member of the High level Advisory Board for the UN Food Systems Summit. Joachim chaired the Scientific Group for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. He was member of the Board of GAIN and its Vice Chair. From 2002 to 2009, he was director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based in Washington DC, the world’s premier research institute addressing food, agriculture, nutrition and related development policies. From 2000 to 2003, he was president of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). Joachim published more than 200 peer reviewed publications.