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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
38597
World Ranking
524
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Lawrence Haddad is affiliated with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the domain of Environmental Science, with a focused contribution to related subfields such as Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Food Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics, predominantly centered on sustainability and public health issues related to food and nutrition. These main topics include:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Haddad's frequent co-authors demonstrate collaboration across several experts, namely:

  • Jessica Fanzo
  • Kate Schneider
  • Christophe Béné
  • Anna Herforth
  • Mario Herrero

Their published research has appeared most notably in venues such as Nature Food, The Lancet, Food Policy, Nature, and Public Health Nutrition. The number of publications per venue suggests a strong presence particularly in the journal Nature Food.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Haddad are:

  • "Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Viewpoint: Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals," 2021, Food Policy
  • "The COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries," 2021, Nature Food
  • "The Food Systems Dashboard is a new tool to inform better food policy," 2020, Nature Food
  • "The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030," 2023, Nature Food

Best Publications

  • Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

    H Charles J Godfray;John R Beddington;Ian R Crute;Lawrence Haddad

  • Explaining Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries: A Cross-Country Analysis

    Lisa C. Smith;Lawrence James Haddad

  • DOES FEMALE INCOME SHARE INFLUENCE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES? EVIDENCE FROM CÔTE D'IVOIRE

    John Hoddinott;Lawrence J. Haddad

  • Women: The Key to Food Security:

    Agnes R. Quisumbing;Lynn R. Brown;Hilary Sims Feldstein;Lawrence Haddad

  • The future of the global food system

    H.Charles J Godfray;Ian R Crute;Lawrence Haddad;David Lawrence

  • Unitary versus Collective Models of the Household: Time to Shift the Burden of Proof?

    Harold Alderman;Pierre Chiappori;Lawrence Haddad

  • The Importance Of Women's Status For Child Nutrition In Developing Countries:

    Lisa C. Smith;Usha Ramakrishnan;Aida Ndiaye;Lawrence James Haddad

  • The economic rationale for investing in stunting reduction

    John Hoddinott;Harold Alderman;Jere R. Behrman;Lawrence Haddad

  • The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

    Jules N Pretty;William J Sutherland;Jacqueline Ashby;Jill Auburn

  • Care and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurement

    Patrice L. Engle;Purnima Menon;Lawrence James Haddad

  • How serious is the neglect of intrahousehold inequality

    Lawrence Haddad;Ravi Kanbur

  • Reducing child malnutrition : how far does income growth take us?

    Lawrence James Haddad;Harold Alderman;Simon Appleton;Lina Song

  • The politics of reducing malnutrition: building commitment and accelerating progress

    Stuart Gillespie;Lawrence Haddad;Venkatesh Mannar;Purnima Menon

  • Gender Differentials in Farm Productivity: Implications For Household Efficiency and Agricultural Policy

    Christopher Udry;John Hoddinott;Harold Alderman;Lawrence Haddad

  • Effectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: systematic review

    Edoardo Masset;Lawrence Haddad;Alexander Cornelius;Jairo Isaza-Castro

  • Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality.

    Derek Headey;Rebecca Heidkamp;Saskia Osendarp;Marie Ruel

  • Are estimates of calorie-income fxelasticities too high?: A recalibration of the plausible range

    Howarth E. Bouis;Lawrence J. Haddad

  • ARE URBAN POVERTY AND UNDERNUTRITION GROWING? SOME NEWLY ASSEMBLED EVIDENCE

    Lawrence James Haddad;Marie T. Ruel;James L. Garrett

  • THE IMPACT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: WAGE EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES*

    Lawrence J. Haddad;Howarth E. Bouis

  • Women's income and boy-girl anthropometric status in the Côte d'Ivoire

    Lawrence Haddad;John Hoddinott

  • Reducing Child Undernutrition: Past Drivers and Priorities for the Post-MDG Era

    Lisa C. Smith;Lawrence Haddad

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek Headey
Derek Headey International Food Policy Research Institute
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Ruth Meinzen-Dick International Food Policy Research Institute
John A. Maluccio
John A. Maluccio Middlebury College
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Per Pinstrup-Andersen Cornell University
Patrice L. Engle
Patrice L. Engle California Polytechnic State University
Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb Tufts University
Corinna Hawkes
Corinna Hawkes City, University of London
Susan Horton
Susan Horton University of Waterloo
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex
Daniel Maxwell
Daniel Maxwell Tufts University

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