Graduate Supervisions

I believe research should be both theoretically and policy-relevant. I encourage graduate students to address research gaps from both perspectives. While excellent research is important, it's crucial to disseminate and communicate the results in simple language. This ensures effective use, such as informing public policy. I also prioritize students' familiarity with internationally recognized journals, attendance at conferences, and experience in writing economic reports and policy briefs. This prepares them well for their future training or career.

I'm available to work with master's and Ph.D. students on topics related to international trade, economic integration, economic sanctions, globalization and development, energy and environment, international development, and meta-analysis. If you would like me to be your advisor, please contact me through my email: safesorg@uoguelph.ca or sylva210@yahoo.com 

List of my Graduate Students:

• Esther Metieh, Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. COVID-19 and Canadian Agri-food Trade. (2022-2024)

• Promesse Esolema, Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. COVID-19, Canadian Agri-food Trade, and E-commerce. (2022-2024)

• Aaron Lorenz, Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. On Rice and Weddings: An Investigation of the Impacts of Food Aid on the Age of Marriage. (2022-2023)

• Francis Asare, Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. WTO Trade Disputes and Canadian Agri-food Trade. (2021-2022)

• Ji Shi, Master's Degree (M.FARE),  Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. The Impact of Canadian FTAs on Agri-food Trade. (2020-2021)

• Kareem Refaat, Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. Export Duration and Survival of Canadian Agri-food Trade. (2019-2021)

• Natalia Piedrahita, PhD, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph, Member of the PhD Advisory Committee (2017-2021), Statistician, Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome, Italy.

• Brendan McDougall, Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. The Impact of Canadian FTAs on the Extensive and Intensive Margins of Agri-food Trade. (2019-2020). Policy Analyst at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Ottawa, Canada

• Dumani Nangamso Madalane, Masters’ Degree, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. The Impact of Internal Remittances on Rural Credit Market Outcomes: Evidence from South Africa. (2017)

• Anne Cathrine Toft Jørgensen, Master’s Degree, Aarhus University, Denmark. Assessing the welfare impact of the European Union—Eastern African Community Economic Partnership Agreement. The case of Uganda´s Imports from the EU (Sept 2017)

• Søren Aasborg Østervig, Master’s Degree, Aarhus University, Denmark. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) impact, from a Danish perspective (2017). Currently, PhD Student at Aarhus University

• Jørgen Drud Hansen, Master’s Degree, Aarhus University, Denmark. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) impact, from a Danish perspective (2017)

• Sobiya Rasenthiran, Master’s Degree, Aarhus University, Denmark. The Effect of the EU GSP on the Extensive and Intensive Margins of Trade for Developing Countries (2016)

DEFENSE & EXAMINATION COMMITTEES: 

• External Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, Veredigna Leddan, “Heterogenous Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains - A mixed-methods analysis with focus on the Philippines”, Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Member of the Examination Committee, M.Sc. Thesis, Aaron Lorenz, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, University of Guelph. On Rice and Weddings: An Investigation of the Impacts of Food Aid on the Age of Marriage

• External Examiner of the course International Agricultural Trade and Policy, University of Pretoria, South Africa

• External Examiner, M.Sc. Thesis, Inseok Jang, “Hedging strategies under market and weather uncertainties for Ontario crops”, FARE, University of Guelph

• External Examiner, Mark Eghan, Ph.D. Thesis,  “Essays on remittances, welfare and productivity of agricultural households in sub-Saharan Africa”, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

• External Examiner, Lance Hadley, Ph.D. Thesis, “New market information applications in East Africa: Three essays on mapping trade flows, identifying vulnerability in food commodity networks, and nowcasting agricultural prices in East Africa, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

• External Examiner, M.Sc. Thesis, Bibek Dahal, “Estimating carbon footprint and environmentally adjusted productivity of Ontario Dairy Farms”, FARE, University of Guelph

• External Examiner, M.Sc. Thesis, Monika Bischof, “Food prices and child marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia”, FARE, University of Guelph

• Chair of Defense Committee, M.Sc. Thesis, Benjamin Auld, “Disambiguating links between cash crops distributions and crop insurance subsidies for primary Southern commodities”, FARE, University of Guelph

• Chair of Defense Committee, M.Sc. Thesis Fuzhen Huang, “The economics of robotic milking systems in dairy: productivity and profitability”, FARE, University of Guelph

• Chair of Defense Committee, Ph.D. Thesis, Yong Liu, “Essays on estimating conditional crop yield densities and rating crop insurance contracts”, FARE, University of Guelph

• Chair of Defense Committee, M.Sc. Thesis, Danielle Mayers, “The impacts of cover crops on yields and profits in Ontario”, FARE, University of Guelph

• Member of Examination Committee, M.Sc. Thesis, Scott Mitchnick, “Long-term power purchase agreements, payment mechanisms and the benefits and the costs of exported electricity to domestic consumers in Ontario”, FARE, University of Guelph

• Chair of Defense Committee, M.Sc. Thesis, Brianne Chan, “The effect of family food skills and purchases on household-level food waste”, FARE, University of Guelph