Ingvild Almås is Research Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for the Economics of Breastfeeding (LRF CEB) at the Department of Economics, University of Zurich.
The center aims to build a holistic understanding of decision-making, market forces, and the costs and benefits of breastfeeding, and to use this knowledge to guide policies and interventions that improve the well-being of children, families and society. It studies the social and market dynamics of breastfeeding and infant nutrition, with a particular focus on questions relevant to low- and middle-income countries. The center builds research infrastructure and expertise for long-term projects, and it shares its findings with the scientific community, clinicians, policymakers and the public, both directly and through partners.
More information is available on the center's website at the University of Zurich and on the LRF CEB page of the GHMRC.