The Fletcher School

A Graduate School of International Affairs

Daniel G. Maxwell

Daniel G. Maxwell

daniel.maxwell@tufts.edu

Phone: (617) 627-3410

Fax: (617) 627-3428

Office: Feinstein Center

Address:
Tufts University
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Medford, MA 02155

Chair, Department of Food and Nutrition Policy, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Associate Professor of Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Education

BS, Wilmington College
MS, Cornell University
PhD in Development Studies and Economic Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Professional Activities

Research Director, Food Security and Livelihoods in Complex Emergencies, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University.

Prior to academia, over twenty years of leadership in NGO program development and management. Positions include: Deputy Regional Director (2003-2006) and Regional Program Coordinator (2002-2003) CARE-International, East and Central Africa Regional Management Unit; Regional Food Security Advisor, CARE-International, East Africa Regional Management Unit (1998-2002); Rockefeller Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (1995-1998).

Courses

Fall 2009

Research Interests

Humanitarianism, livelihoods and food security, food aid, humanitarian operations and policy.

Selected Publications

  • Shaping the Humanitarian World. Series on Global Institutions. London: Routledge. (with Peter Walker).
  • “Market Information and Food Insecurity Response Analysis.” Food Security. Vol. 1(2) pp.151–168.
  • “Measuring Food Insecurity: Can an Indicator Based on Localized Coping Behaviors be Used to Compare Across Contexts?” Food Policy Vol. 33(6), pp.533-540.
  • Emergency Food Security Programming: A Good Practice Review. Humanitarian Practice Network, Good Practice Review Number 10. London: Overseas Development Institute.
  • “Global factors shaping the future of food aid: Implications for the World Food Programme.” Disasters, Special Supplement on the Sudan Food Aid Forum(forthcoming).
  • Why do Famines Persist in the Horn of Africa? Ethiopia 1999-2003.” (co-author).
  • The ‘New Famines’: Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization (2006).
  • “Towards A Global Food Aid Compact,” (co-author) Food Policy (2006).
  • Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role (co-author) (2004).
  • “Humanitarian Information Systems and Emergencies in the Greater Horn of Africa: Logical Components and Logical Linkages,” (co-author) Disasters (2003).
  • “Livelihoods, Chronic Conflict and Humanitarian Response: A Review of Current Approaches,” Natural Resource Perspectives (2003).
  • “Why do Famines Persist? A Brief Review of Ethiopia 1999-2000,” IDS Bulletin (2002).
  • “The Ethiopian Crisis of 1999-2000: Lessons Learned, Questions Unanswered,” (co-author) Disasters (2002).