I am an Assistant Professor and the Director of LSU Global Value Chains Research Program at Louisiana State University. My research centers on the intersection between International Trade, Economic Development, and Agricultural Economics.
Please feel free to get in touch with me should you be interested in exploring potential collaborations or extending invitations for research seminars.
Contact: slim@agcenter.lsu.edu | Google Scholar | LinkedIn | Twitter | CV
News: I am very honored to be selected as the 2025 Farm Foundation Agricultural Economics Fellow (LSU AgCenter News).
2025 Timeline for Invited Talks and Conferences:
Executive Committee Member, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, Tysons, VA, December, 2025
Invited Speaker and Panelist, Indo-Pacific Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Agriculture (co-hosted by the Australian Government Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry and the Australian Farm Institute), Brisbane, Australia, November, 2025
Research Travel, Multiple institutional visits to be announced, Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea, November-December, 2025
Global Forum on Farm Policy and Innovation (invitation-only), Washington DC, October 7, 2025
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, July 27-29, 2025
Farm Foundation Round Table Meeting (invitation-only), Spokane, WA, July, 2025
Global Value Chain Development Report 2025 (invitation-only), Authors' Workshop and Trade Conference, Washington DC, June 19-20, 2025
2025 Farm Foundation Summit (invitation-only): Shaping the Future of US Food and Agriculture, Libertyville, Illinois, May 20, 2025