Paul Howe

Director, Feinstein International Center

Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security

Professor of the Practice

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Working with Feinstein since 2021

Based in Brookline, MA

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As director, Paul Howe is responsible for the overall strategy and administration of the Feinstein International Center. A recognized expert on the topic of famine, he brings to his role over 17 years of experience working with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). In his last assignment, he served as WFP Country Director in Nigeria. He previously worked in Afghanistan, Uganda, and Laos and at WFP’s headquarters in Italy. Even while serving as a senior leader in WFP, Paul continued his research and publication activities on the issues of hunger, famine, and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Paul received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a master’s degree from Princeton University, and a doctorate from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He lives in Brookline, MA, with his wife and daughter.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Hunger and Famine
  • Humanitarian/Development/Peace Nexus

REGIONAL FOCUS

COURSES TAUGHT

MOST CITED BOOKS & ARTICLES

  • Howe, Paul, and Devereux, Stephen. “Famine intensity and magnitude scales: A proposal for an instrumental definition of famine.” Disasters no. 28(4), (December 2004): 353-372.

MOST RECENT EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Howe, Paul. “The triple nexus: A potential approach to supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals?” World Development, no. 124 (December 2019): 104-629.
  • Howe, Paul. “Famine systems: A new model for understanding the development of famines.” World Development, no. 105 (May 2018): 144-155.

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