AARES President

Emilio Morales

Dr Luis Emilio Morales is Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Economics (Value Chains) at UNE Business School, University of New England, Australia. Previously, he worked at the Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Santiago, Chile, and the SABIO Business Incubator. He holds a PhD in Economics from University of New England, Australia, and a Master Science in Agricultural Economics from Chilean Catholic University.

Emilio has conducted research on consumer preferences and willingness to pay for agro-food products. In addition, he has published research papers on price and premium transmission in Australia and compared price transmission and marketing margins between developing and developed countries. He is Managing Editor of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR) and has been Plenary Speaker at the International Seminar on Tropical Animal Production (ISTAP XI) and Visiting Scholar at the Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at University of Wyoming, the Department Agricultural and Food Market Research at University of Bonn, and the Centre for Global Food and Resources at University of Adelaide. You can access his profile at: https://www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/business/lmorales.