Wolfram Schlenker
Faculty Advisor

Wolfram Schlenker is a leading environmental and agricultural economist whose research examines how climate change, weather variability, environmental policy, and resource constraints affect agriculture, food security, migration, and public health. His work integrates empirical data and economic modeling to quantify the real-world impacts of climate and policy decisions on human systems, particularly in the global food economy.

His scholarship spans critical areas including the relationship between temperature and crop yields, the effects of U.S. biofuel mandates on commodity prices, the role of air pollution and groundwater depletion in agricultural output, and the broader economic implications of environmental degradation. Dr. Schlenker’s research has been published in leading academic journals and widely cited in international policy discussions on food systems and climate resilience.

He earned his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master's in Environmental Management from Duke University, and a degree in Engineering and Management Sciences from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. As the Ray A. Goldberg Professor of the Global Food System at the Harvard Kennedy School, he teaches and advises on environmental economics, food systems, and climate risk, while also serving as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and contributing to global scientific discourse as a reviewer and editorial board member.