
Liesbeth Colen
Additional roles:
Speaker of SIA Master (Sustainable International Agriculture)
Teaching:
Socioeconomic of Rural Development and Food Security; Food Systems and Healthy Diets; Topics in Rural Development Economics; Introduction to Choice Experiments in Food Economics; Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems
Publications:
Englberger, L., Colen, L. & Rommel, J. (2025) Farmers' attitudes towards economic experimentation, Q Open (forthcoming)
Di Marcantonio, F., Havari, E., Colen, L., & Ciaian, P. (2022). Do producer organizations improve trading practices and negotiation power for dairy farms? Evidence from selected EU countries. Agricultural Economics, 53(S1), 121-137.
Adewopo, J. B., Solano-Hermosilla, G., Colen, L., & Micale, F. (2021). Using crowd-sourced data for real-time monitoring of food prices during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from a pilot project in northern Nigeria. Global Food Security, 29, 100523.
Mary, S, Shaw, K, Colen, L, Gomez Y Paloma, S (2020). Does agricultural aid reduce child stunting? World Development 130: 104951
Cockx, L, Colen, L, de Weerdt, J (2018) From Corn to Popcorn? Urbanization and food consumption in Sub-Sahara Africa: evidence from rural-urban migrants in Tanzania, World Development 110: 140-159
Colen, L, Melo P, Abdul-Salam Y, Roberts D, Mary S, Gomez Y Paloma S (2018) Income elasticities for food, calories and nutrients across Africa: A meta-analysis, Food Policy 77, 116-132.
Colen, L, Persyn, D, Guariso, A (2016). Bilateral Investment Treaties and FDI: Does the Sector Matter? World Development 83: 193-206.
Colen, L, Maertens, M, Swinnen, J (2012). Private standards, trade and poverty: GlobalGAP and horticultural employment in Senegal. The World Economy 35 (8): 1073-1088.
Maertens, M, Colen, L, Swinnen, J (2011). Globalization and poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario? European Review of Agricultural Economics 38 (1): 31-54.
Colen, L, Maertens, M, Swinnen, J (2009). Foreign direct investment as an engine for economic growth and human development: A review of the arguments and empirical evidence. Human Rights and International Legal Discourse 3 (2): 177-227.