Olivier Ecker is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM) Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based in Washington, DC. Olivier leads the consumer behavior and dietary change workstream of FPM’s country modeling team. His research focuses on economic issues of food systems transformation and food security in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He specializes in models and methods to assess the effects of policies and shocks on food demand and household diets. Olivier also conducts research on armed conflict and humanitarian assistance. He serves as IFPRI’s focal point in the Fighting Food Crises along the Humanitarian-Peace-Nexus Coalition and as a member of the institute’s Publication Review Committee. Olivier received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, in 2009.