Congrats to Norbert L. W. Wilson (Divinity) on Becoming the New Director of the World Food Policy Center (WFPC)

Norbert L. W. Wilson (Divinity) will become the new director of the World Food Policy Center (WFPC) and also professor of public policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University starting July 1, 2022.

Wilson is president-elect of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA). AAEA is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with members in more than 60 countries.

His research explores food system issues such as food access, equity, choice and food waste. He has published in AEA Papers and Proceedings, World Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public Health, Food Policy, Agricultural Economics and other publications. He has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation and the Walmart Foundation.

Before coming to Duke in 2020, Wilson was a professor of food policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (2017-2020). He was also a professor of agricultural economics at Auburn University (1999-2016). While at Auburn, Wilson served as a deacon at St. Dunstan’s, the Episcopal Student Center of Auburn University (2011-2016). He was an economist/policy analyst in the Trade Directorate (2004-2006) and the Agriculture Directorate (2001-2002) of the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) in Paris.

He has taught courses in U.S. and global food policy, charitable foods, and food and health. He earned a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Davis; an M.Sc. in agricultural economics from the University of London, Wye College; and a B.S. in agricultural economics from the University of Georgia.