Dr Jose Ma Luis MontesclarosFood Security Lead at the NTS Centre, RSIS

Dr Jose Ma Luis Montesclaros is a Research Fellow and Food Security Lead at the NTS Centre, RSIS, where he teaches on the Political Economy of Development. He conducts policy analysis with dynamic models of food security and climate change, and investigates how institutions promote induced innovation in agriculture.

As an ASEAN Scholar, he holds a Master’s in Public Policy with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore, and represented the school as “Leader of Tomorrow” at the 44th Saint Gallen Wings of Excellence Awards.

He received his BS Economics degree from the University of the Philippines (Diliman).