Paul Winters
Keough School of Global Affairs
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs
- Climate change and agriculture
- Rural poverty and food insecurity
- Rural development
- Small-scale agriculture
- Inclusive and sustainable food systems
- Agricultural data
- Impact evaluation
- Migration and social protection programs
Winters in the News
Farming First
Seven Food and Agriculture Innovations Needed to Protect the Climate and Feed a Rapidly Growing World
April 16, 2024
By Paul Winters, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
Fast Company
Carbon-neutral beef? Argentina’s new certification could promote more climate-friendly livestock production
March 18, 2024
By Paul Winters, a professor of global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
Discover Magazine
Argentina Could Promote More Climate-Friendly Livestock Production
March 18, 2024
By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
phys.org
Carbon-neutral beef? Argentina's new certification could promote more climate-friendly livestock production
March 13, 2024
By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
The Conversation
Carbon-neutral beef? Argentina’s new certification could promote more climate-friendly livestock production – if it’s done right
March 13, 2024
By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
Philanthropy News Digest
Agricultural innovation needed to support productivity
March 13, 2024
Speaking at the annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest, which took place from March 6-10 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Paul Winters, professor of global affairs at The University of Notre Dame, stated that countries which depend heavily on agriculture are the ones more vulnerable to experiencing food insecurity brought on by climate change challenges.
Financial Times
COP28: Food is on the table, but only as a side dish
December 08, 2023
Paul Winters, an economist at the University of Notre Dame, and US and executive director of the Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture, acknowledges the urgent need for change, but suggests, at least initially, an “evolutionary rather than a revolutionary approach” to the food and farming transition. “I don’t think the climate community has been great at working with farmers to come up with solutions,” Winters says. “It isn’t the same as telling people to ride their bike more; we have to incentivise farmers and recognise this is their livelihood.”
The Conversation
COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world
December 07, 2023
By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.