Kornher, Lukas
Dr. Lukas Kornher
Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Economics
Regional expertise
- Africa
- South Asia
Vita
| since 6/2024 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Researcher, Research Department "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” |
| since 3/2018 | University of Bonn Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research |
| 3/2015–2/2018 | Kiel University Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Food Economics and Consumption Studies |
| 6/2011–12/2014 | University of Bonn Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research |
| 2010 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Intern and Consultant, Good Financial Governance Programme, Accra (Ghana) |
| 10/2005–7/2011 | University of Mannheim, Diplom in Volkswirtschaftslehre (MSc) |
Member of
- Royal Economic Society
- International Association of Agricultural Economists
- Associate Editor Agriculture & Food Security
Refereed Publications
- Usman, Muhammed A. / Daniel A. Mekonnen / Lukas Kornher / Joachim von Braun (2024)
Real consumer food prices and child mortality: evidence from low- and middle-income countries
in: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 1-27 - Kornher, Lukas / Tomas Belezentis / Fabio Gaetano Santeramo (2024)
EU food price inflation amid global market turbulences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine war
in: Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy, first published 13.10.2024 - Aboushady, Nora / Lukas Kornher / Chahir Zaki (2024)
Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa
in: Sunday P. Odjo / Fousseini Traoré/ Chahir Zaki (eds.), Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2024, Kigali and Washington DC: Akademiya2063, 76-133 - Kornher, Lukas / Daniel Sakyi / Linus Linnaeus Tannor (2024)
“When you need it quick, let us ship it right”: on the importance of port efficiency and service quality to comply with food trade standards in Ghana
in: Review of World Economics, first published 28.07.2024 - Liu, Zhen / Lukas Kornher / Matin Qaim (2024)
Impacts of supermarkets on child nutrition in China
in: Food Policy (127), article 102681 - Maina, Cecilia Chemeli / Lukas Kornher / Joachim von Braun (2024)
Role of food choice motives in the socio-economic disparities in diet diversity and obesity outcomes in Kenya
in: PLoS ONE 19 (5), e0302510 - Okyere, Charles Yaw / Richmond Atta-Ankomah / Collins Asante-Addo / Lukas Kornher (2024)
The effect of carbon farming training on food security and development resilience in Northern Ghana
in: Climate and Development, first published online 19.04.2024 - Okyere, Charles Yaw / Lukas Kornher (2024)
Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana
in: Land Use Policy 134, article 106932 - Kornher, Lukas / Zaneta Kubik / Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu / Maximo Torero Cullen (2023)
The aid-nutrition link – Does targeted development assistance related to food systems matter?
in: World Development 162, article 106127 - Bedi, Shaibu Mellon / Lukas Kornher (2023)
Diffusion of climate-resilient seeds and information: evidence from semi-arid regions of Ghana
in: Climate and Development, 15 (10), 841–849 - Kornher, Lukas / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2021)
Does food security matter to subjective well-being? Evidence from a cross-country panel
in: Journal of International Development 33 (8), 1270-1289 - Usman, Muhammed Abdella / Lukas Kornher / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2021)
Do non-maternal adult female household members influence child nutrition? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
in: Maternal & Child Nutrition 17 (S1), Special issue on a family systems approach to promote maternal and child nutrition, article e13123
Non-refereed Publications
- Adong, Annet / Lukas Kornher / Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu / Aslihan Arslan (2024)
The hidden costs of coffee production in the Eastern African value chains
in: Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper (24-06) - Algieri, Bernardina / Lukas Kornher / Joachim von Braun (2024)
The changing drivers of food inflation–macroeconomics, inflation, and war
ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy 339, Bonn: Center for Development Research - Kornher, Lukas / Joachim von Braun (2024)
Global food crisis and implications for actions in the context of war and pandemic shocks
in: Joachim von Braun / Bettina Iseli / Maximo Torero / Peter Turkson (eds.), Food and humanitarian crises: science and policies for prevention and mitigation, Proceedings of the Working Group 9-10 May 2023, Vatican City: Scripta Varia 154 - Kornher, Lukas / Awudu Abdulai / Muhammed Usman (2023)
The fortune of birth at the right time—The longterm effects of the 2008 food and economic crisis on child health
Conference Paper, Glasgow: Royal Economic Society - Wassie, Mengistu / Lukas Kornher, Lukas / Joachim von Braun (2022)
African Continental Free Trade Agreement: a review of analyses of likely impacts and challenges of implementation
ZEF Working Paper (5th of March 2024), Bonn: Center for Development Research - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Lukas Kornher (2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis and poor people's struggle for survival: How should governments in low-income countries respon and what resources are needed?
in: ZEF Policy Brief (33), Bonn: Center for Development Research
Opinion Pieces
- Kornher, Lukas / Clara Brandi (2025)
Trump’s tariffs as a risk for the Global South and possible options
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 24 March 2025
Projects
Highlight
Global food crisis and implications for actions in the context of war and pandemic shocks
Food and Humanitarian Crises: Science and Policies for Prevention and Mitigation, Workshop at Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 9-10 May 2023