Koos Gardebroek

Koos Gardebroek is an Associate Professor at the Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS), specializing in Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy. His work integrates machine learning and econometric methods to address critical issues in food security, policy evaluation, and environmental risk analysis.

• University: Wageningen University & Research
• School: Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS)
• Department: Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy
• Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Gardebroek's research spans agricultural economics, machine learning applications, and policy analysis, with a focus on household resilience, commodity futures markets, and biofuel policy impacts. His recent work includes modeling food demand shocks in West Africa and analyzing tree failure risks in the Netherlands.

Key trends in his publications include machine learning techniques for grains futures price prediction, policy evaluation using FADN data, and conflict-food price dynamics in low- and middle-income countries. These works highlight his interdisciplinary approach combining environmental risk, economic modeling, and data science.

Gardebroek actively supervises PhD projects on topics like Ghanaian food systems, Ukrainian land policies, and Irish agricultural efficiency. He has contributed to policy debates via media engagements, particularly on food price volatility and its societal impacts.