Dr. Walter Falcon

Biography

Walter Falcon is a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and has a distinguished career in agricultural policy and economics. He served as the deputy director at the Center for Food Security and the Environment and was the director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Prior to his tenure at Stanford, Falcon held a professorship in economics at Harvard University. He has held significant roles, including co-directing the Center for Environmental Science and Policy and acting as a senior associate dean for social sciences. Falcon has been an active consultant for numerous international organizations and served as a trustee and chairman for major agricultural research institutes, including the International Rice Research Institute and the International Center for Wheat and Maize Improvement. His research focuses on the intersection of biotechnology, food security, and agricultural policy in developing countries, and he has co-authored influential papers regarding the impacts of El Niño on Asian agriculture and food price volatility. Throughout his career, he has received several prestigious awards, including the Bintang Jasa Utama Medal from the Government of Indonesia for his contributions to the country's development efforts.

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