Adam John
Curriculum Vitae
Work address:
Stockholm Environment Institute
Linnégatan 87 D
115 23 Stockholm
Sweden
adam.john@sei-international.org
Home address:
Adam John
Holmvägen 19
19435 Upplands Väsby
Sweden
adam.dr.john@hotmail.com
CURRENT POSITION
Research Fellow
Stockholm Environment Institute
Duties: Collaborating on journal article and discussion paper on “Senegal’s Response to the 2008 Rice
Crisis and Adaptation Policies”. April 2014 – September 2014
Preparing a journal article on “Rice Production Constraints and ‘New’ Challenges for South Asian
Smallholders”. November 2013 – March 2014
DEGREES
Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies (IKDPM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
PhD. Agricultural Development Policy - Defending thesis 2014
Thesis: Price Relations between World Rice Markets
Reading University, UK
MSc International Economic Development - 2007
Anglia Ruskin University, UK
BA (Hons) Business with Spanish Studies – 2006
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
World Rice Prices; Times Series Econometrics; Price Transmission and Volatility; Rice Farming Systems
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Rodent Outbreaks and Rice Pre-harvest Losses in Southeast Asia” Food Security. (April 2014)
“Price Relations between International Rice Markets” Agricultural and Food Economics, vol. 2(1).
(January 2014)
“Price Relations between Export and Domestic Rice Markets in Thailand” Food Policy, vol. 42 (October
2013), pp. 48-57.
DISSCUSION PAPERS
“Alternatives to Open-field Burning on Paddy Farms” OPTIONS, vol. 18 (2012), pp. 19-21. Agricultural
and Food Policy Studies Institute, Malaysia.
BLOG ARTICLES
“Are International Rice Prices Competitive?” ORYZA. (January 21th 2014)
http://www.oryza.com/news/rice-news/oryza-shares-academic-findings-are-international-rice-pricescompetitive
“The Impact of Rodent Outbreaks on Rice Production” Swedish International Agriculture Network
Initiative (SIANI) (May 14th 2013)
http://www.siani.se/sv/node/7224
Adam John
Curriculum Vitae
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
The 4th International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Dendrochronology. Invited as a
keynote speaker. Presenting: Rice production constraints and ‘new’ challenges for South Asian
smallholders and Rodent outbreaks and pre-harvest rice losses in Southeast Asia. May 14th & 15th 2014.
Sari, Iran.
The 4th Annual Agricultural Research Conference: Agricultural Research towards Sustainable
Development Goals. Presented: Rodent Outbreaks in Southeast Asian Rice Cropping Systems. Using
Ecologically-based Rodent Management to Reduce Pre-harvest Losses. In Parallel sessions 1:4 Pre/Post
Harvest Losses-Including Post-Harvest Handling and Storage. September 25th 2013. Uppsala, Sweden.
Conflict in Thailand Seminar. Presented paper: The Root Cause and Aggravating Factors Behind the
Violence in Patani. August 31st 2013. Lund, Sweden.
OTHER DIPLOMAS
Cambridge English Language Teaching Award (CELTA). Bournemouth, UK. 2009
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Summer school on Latin American Economies. Santiago, Chile. 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The Language Studio, Malaysia
English teacher 2009-2010
Duties: Taught elementary to advanced English as a foreign language to secondary school
students, professionals, and business executives at the Petronas headquarters
Westbourne Academy, UK (Accredited by the British Council)
English teacher 2009
Duties: Taught elementary to advanced English as a foreign language to adults including
Business English
EDITING WORK
Department for Agribusiness and Information Systems, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Proof reader for the department’s academic articles. 2010-2011
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Acted as anonymous reviewer for the journals, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade and African
Journal of Agricultural Research
LANGAUGES
English - Fluent, Swedish - Conversational, Spanish - Conservational, Malay - Basic
REFERENCES
Prof. Fatimah Mohamed Arshad
Director of the Agricultural and
Food Policy Studies Institute
Putra Infoport
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor Darul Ehsam
Malaysia
fatimah@upm.edu.my
Matthew Fielding
Project Manager
Stockholm Environment Institute
Linnégatan 87 D
115 23 Stockholm
Sweden
matthew.fielding@sei-international.org