Lucie came to the University of 蓝莓视频 after 34 years in the Canadian foreign service, including 16 years based in Africa and Asia. She has specialized in international development throughout her career, with a particular interest in food security and rural poverty in Africa and South Asia. She has played an active leadership role in the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), notably serving as Chair of the World Agroforestry Centre, trustee of the Centre for International Forest Research and co-Chair of the CGIAR鈥檚 program on gender and development. She currently serves on the board of Partners in Health Canada.
Lucie鈥檚 primary research interest is the use of science and technology for the poor, with a particular focus on initiatives to support the 鈥渂ottom billion鈥 in Africa and South Asia. Her dissertation focuses on the uses of international scientific assessments as policy instruments in such fields as climate change, biodiversity and food security.
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Selected publications
Open access: 2013. Edwards, Lucie. 鈥淕lobal Problems, African Solutions: African Climate Scientists鈥 Perspectives on Climate Change.鈥 Africa Initiative Discussion Paper Series. No. 7.
Open access: 2012. Edwards, Lucie. 鈥淔ood Fight: The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development.鈥 Journal of Agrobiotechnology Management and Economics. Vol. 15, No. 1.