Adesoji O. Adelaja

Affiliated Faculty College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Hannah Distinguished Professor
• Land Use, Food Security, Conflicts and Resilience, Placemaking, Renewable Energy

• Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics

• 446 W. Circle Dr
• Room 205 Morrill Hall
• East Lansing MI 48824
• 517-353-5458
• adelaja@msu.edu

WEBSITE

http://www.afre.msu.edu/people/adelaja_a

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Soji Adelaja is the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy in the Department of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics (AFRE) at MSU. He was the Director of MSU’s Land Policy Institute (LPI), Co-Director of the People & Land (PAL) Initiative, and Co-Director of the Michigan Higher Education Land Policy Consortium (MIHELP) from 2005 to 2011. Prior to MSU, Dr. Adelaja was the Executive Dean of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Dean of Cook College, and Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University, where he previously served as Cook College Dean/Director of Research, chair of the AFRE department, and Professor of Agricultural and Food Economics. At Rutgers, Dr. Adelaja also founded the Rutgers’ EcoPolicy Center, Food Policy Institute, and Food Innovation Center.

Dr. Adelaja is an eclectic scholar and team-builder, whose interests span a variety of areas of land use policy, agricultural & food policy, food security, renewable energy policy, regional growth strategies, economic development, and regional growth strategies. He is best known for his work in agricultural and food policy at the urban fringe; asset-based economic development; and the economics of conflicts, shocks, resilience, and development. A committed land grant scholar, his work has impacted on public policy in many areas. He advises many business and government leaders and serves on or chairs several corporate and philanthropic boards.

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