{"id":2529,"date":"2014-03-14T12:29:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T12:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2529"},"modified":"2016-04-22T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:33:04","slug":"xavier-vollenweider","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/xavier-vollenweider\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Vollenweider"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Xavier&rsquo;s PhD is on the management of climate risk and market risk in agriculture. He is interested both in developed and developing countries, focusing on Ireland and Ethiopia as case studies.<\/p>\n<p>His research is done in partnership with <a class=\"link link--external\" title=\"Teagasc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teagasc.ie\/\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teagasc&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>, a semi-state research centre of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries in Ireland. 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