Ibrahim Worku Hassen, Ph.D. Candidate

Major Professor: Saweda Liverpool-Tasie & Thomas Reardon

Area of Specialization: Development Economics

Expected Graduation Date: Summer 2026

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Ibrahim Worku Hassen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, specializing in development economics. Mr. Hassen holds a double master’s from Harvard University (MPAID) and Addis Ababa University.

His research focuses on agricultural value chains, traders’ and consumers’ behavior, food markets, poverty analysis, diet transformation, demand estimation, economic complexity analysis, price and inflation dynamics, and the impact evaluation of large-scale projects.