The SPIA Affiliate Network

The SPIA Affiliate Network is a key element of SPIA's new operational model, utilizing world-class research consortia for country studies. SPIA Affiliate membership is offered to Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-PIs of full SPIA country studies. This group is a point of contact for the country studies and is expected to exchange information on the country work through regular calls amongst the group members and/or with SPIA.

The SPIA Country Affiliates provide advice or specific guidance on topics that are relevant to SPIA. Through their own networks, they extend the reach of SPIA’s professional network and can be invited by SPIA to participate in meetings and events.

On the other hand, the Affiliate Member status provides researchers with greater visibility and traction with CGIAR and other counterparts in the countries, as it allows them to leverage SPIA’s reputation within the system and to extend or deepen their CGIAR networks.

  • Bangladesh
    Andrew BellSchleifer Family Associate Professor of Sustainability, Department of Global Development
    Martina OccelliResearch Associate, Agricultural Economics, Cornell University & Associate Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
    Saiful IslamProfessor Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University
  • Colombia
    Carolina Castro OsorioProfessional Research Projects, Faculty of Economics Los Andes University, Bogota
    Derek BeachProfessor Department of Political Science Aarhus University
    Ignacio Sarmiento BarbieriAssociate Professor Los Andes University, Bogota - Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 
    Margarita GafaroPh.D. in Economics from Brown University.
    Manager of the Cali branch of Banco de la República and director of the Centro de Estudios sobre Producción y Comercio Sectorial (CEPCO) of the same institution.
    Rachid LaajajAssociate Professor Los Andes University, Bogota - Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Ethiopia
    Dawit AlemuManager SWR Ethiopia office of Wageningen University and Research - WUR. PhD in Agricultural Economics
    Kaleb BayeAssociate Professor, Director of the Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University. PhD in Nutrition and Health from the University of Montpellier, France.
    Mariana BelgiuAssociate Professor, Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS) at the Faculty ITC, University of Twente. PhD in Remote Sensing and MSc degree in Applied Geoinformatics from the University of Salzburg (Austria
    Tanguy BernardDepartment Chair, GREThA,   and professor at University of Bordeaux. PhD in Development microeconomics and applied econometrics. 
  • India
    Emilia TjernstromSenior Research Fellow, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability Impact Labs at Monash University. PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    Gaurav DattAssociate Professor in the Department of Economics and Deputy Director of the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability 
    Madhura SwaminathanProfessor and Head Economic Analysis Unit Indian Statistical Institute.
    Sandipan BaksiDirector of the Foundation for Agrarian Studies. PhD, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
  • Nigeria
    Nnaemeka Andegbe ChukwuoneSenior Lecturer and Director at the University of Nigeria Nsukka. Conducts research in economic development, environmental and natural resources conservation issues, and teaches undergraduate courses in agricultural economics.
    Salvatore Di FalcoVice Dean for Research, and Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva. Focuses on the intersection between agricultural, environmental and development economic
    Yonas AlemDirector of Academic Programs at the Environment for Development (EfD) and an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. Researcher at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). 
  • Uganda
    Jeffrey MichlerAssociate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Arizona. PhD Agricultural Economics, Purdue University.
    Leah BevisAssociate professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at the Ohio State University. PhD, Applied Economics, Cornell University. 
    Osaretin OlurotimiAssistant Research Professor at University of Arizona. PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Vietnam
    David WüpperProfessor (W3) and Group Leader, Land Economics Group, University of Bonn.
    Duy Linh Nguyen Deputy Dean, Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA).
    Matin QaimDirector, Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Schlegel Professor of Economic and Technological Change, University of Bonn
    Thang Tung Nguyen Senior Researcher Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the Economic and Technological Change Unit, University of Bonn