Biography

Goedele is an assistant professor in agricultural economics and food policy in the Earth and Life Institute at the University of Louvain, Belgium, since 2019. She has an interdisciplinary background with a MSc in bio-science engineering (2012) and a PhD in agricultural economics (2016) from the University of Leuven. Her doctoral dissertation was awarded with the Carl K. Eicher award for Best PhD on Africa from the International Association of Agricultural Economists. Prior to joining the University of Louvain, she was a visiting researcher at Wageningen University, University of Göttingen and the World Bank.  

Her research focuses on the transition towards more sustainable agrifood systems. She frequently engages in inter- and transdisciplinary research, and works together with various research institutes and NGOs. She has extensive experience with survey design, quantitative and qualitative data collection and impact evaluation, and conducted and/or supervised field work in Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Benin, Vietnam and Belgium. She teaches various courses in (agricultural) economics and policies at the faculty of bio-science engineering at the University of Louvain. She is a senior editor for the journal of Food Security since 2021, and was on the board of AgEconMeet from 2021 until 2023. 

Her personal website can be accessed here. 

Publications

Van den Broeck, G. The future of food security: three main avenues for research on trade in food systems. Food Sec. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-025-01572-2 

Van den Broeck, G., & Akaribo, F. N. (2025). Is Cocoa Production a Main Driver of Children’s Work in Ghana?. The Journal of Development Studies, 61(1), 102-117. 

Enthoven, L., & Van den Broeck, G. (2023). How to boost the local trade of participatory guarantee system (PGS)-certified produce? A value chain perspective in Huánuco, Peru. Ecological Economics, 212, 107929. 

Van den Broeck, G., Kilic, T., & Pieters, J. (2023). Structural transformation and the gender pay gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. Plos one, 18(4), e0278188 

Enthoven, L., Skambracks, M., Van den Broeck, G. (2023). Improving the design of local short food supply chains: Farmers’ views in Wallonia, Belgium. Journal of Rural Studies, 97, 573-582. 

Enthoven, L., & Van den Broeck, G. (2021). Local food systems: Reviewing two decades of research. Agricultural Systems, 193, 103226. 

Van den Broeck, G., Mardulier, M., & Maertens, M. (2021). All that is gold does not glitter: Income and nutrition in Tanzania. Food Policy, 99, 101975. 

Van den Broeck G., Kilic T. (2019). Dynamics of off-farm employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A gender perspective. WORLD DEVELOPMENT, 119, 81-99. 

Van den Broeck G., Swinnen J., Maertens M. (2017). Global Value Chains, Large-scale Farming and poverty: Long-term evidence from Senegal. Food Policy, 66, 97-107. 

Van den Broeck G., Maertens M. (2016). Horticultural exports and food security in developing countries. Global Food Security, 10, 11-20.