Glenn Denning

Glenn Denning is Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and Associate Director of the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia’s Earth Institute. With more than 25 years of field experience in Asia and Africa, Denning is an authority on international agriculture and food security. He teaches at Columbia and advises governments and international organizations.

Denning joined the Earth Institute in 2004 as Senior Research Scholar and Associate Director of the Tropical Agriculture and Environment Program. He helped establish The MDG Centre, East and Southern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, and served as its Director for 5 years. Denning provided leadership to the Centre's agenda in agriculture and rural development and its support to the African Green Revolution. He previously held senior management positions in the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and the World Agroforestry Centre in Kenya.

Denning holds agricultural science degrees from the University of Queensland, a PhD from the University of Reading, and an MPA from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.