Daniela Baeza Breinbauer

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Ms. Daniela Baeza Breinbauer is a Project Manager and Researcher at the LSE where she leads the Food Systems and Security Hub (FSSH) and oversees projects in the fields of Food Security; Environmental Economics; Development Economics; and Human Rights. By training, she is a Development and Environmental Economist with a background in Human Rights and Science Policy. She has previously consulted for a variety of government and non-government institutions. Some of her recent work includes evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to strengthen rural governance for food security on behalf of Welthungerhilfe, investigating zoonotic disease risks of livestock farming practices for the European Parliament, exploring sustainable food consumption choices for WWF, and assessing the food security implications of trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur for the European Commission. She holds an M.Sc. in International Development Management (Applied Development Economics Specialism) from the LSE, an M.Sc. in Environmental Economics from the LSE, and an Advanced Diploma in Agriculture and Farming Systems from Capel Manor. She is also a current PhD candidate in Environmental Economics at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute where she is using Bayesian Machine Learning techniques to develop an early warning system focused on the food security consequences of climate risks across East Africa.