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Norbert WilsonDirector, Duke World Food Policy Center; Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Food, Economics & Community at Duke Divinity School

Norbert Wilson is the Director of the World Food Policy Center. He is a Professor of Food, Economics, and Community at Duke Divinity School, with a joint appointment at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke. Professor Wilson’s research touches on several food issues, such as access, choice, food waste and domestic food systems. Before joining Duke Divinity School, Wilson was a professor of food policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University (2017-2020). He was also a professor of agricultural economics at Auburn University (1999-2016). He was an economist/policy analyst in the Trade Directorate (2004-2006) and the Agriculture Directorate (2001-2002) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France.

Recent Publications

  • Amanda Wood, Jack Daly, Jourdan Foulger, Rujia Xie, Norbert L.W. Wilson. Cultivating an ethos of “everyday convergence”: insights from Multiscale RECIPES Network for food waste reduction. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (2025) 12:1658. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05905-6
  • Andrew Muhammad, Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Norbert L.W. Wilson. Global Food Demand: Overcoming Challenges to Healthy and Sustainable Diets. Annual Reviews of Resource Economics. Vol. 17. June 10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-112923-040421
  • Folta SC, Wilson N, Wensman J, Zoubek S, Fryling H, Wilde P. Control Over Food and Autonomy in Life: A Qualitative Study With Low-Income Consumers. Health Education & Behavior. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/10901981251358186
  • Norbert Lance Weston Wilson, Ruiqing Miao. Food waste, date labels, and risk preferences: An experimental exploration. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2025;1-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13507
  • Yiwen Zhao, Linlin Fan, Norbert L.W. Wilson, Angelica Valdes Valderrama, Parke Wilde. Variations on the Thrift Food Plan: Model diets that satisfy cost and nutrition constraints. Food Policy 130 (2025) 102781
Norbert Wilson