I am an Associate Professor and the Director of LSU Global Value Chains Research Program at Louisiana State University. My research centers on the intersection between International Trade, Trade Policy and Geopolitics, and Global Value Chains in Agriculture.   

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 | X | CV

• 2026 Timeline for Invited Talks and Conferences: 

  • Research visit and seminar, Korea Rural Economic Institute, South Korea, July, 2026. 

• • Research visit, Asian Development Bank Insititute, Tokyo, Japan, June 2026.

• • Research Seminar and GVC Research Project, "Understanding Agricultural Global Value Chains: Concepts, Evidence, and Research Frontiers", IDE-JETRO, Tokyo, Japan, June 2026.

• • Research visit, IDE-JETRO, Tokyo, Japan, April 2026. 

• • Research Seminar, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea, March 2026.

• • Farm Foundation Round Table (Invited only), El Palso, TX, January 2026.