Publications

Please find selected publications below. These are also available on my Google Scholar profile here. Feel free to get in touch with me for a copy of publications that are not freely accessible.

Critical (energy) geographies

Peer-reviewed journal articles

van den Bold, M. Discursive trends and their socio-ecological implications in Senegal’s renewable energy turn. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Special Issue (under review).

Kampman, H., Nichols, C., van den Bold, M. 2021. Forging just dietary futures: bringing mainstream and critical nutrition into conversation. Agriculture and Human Values. doi: 10.1007/s10460-021-10275-1.

van den Bold, M. 2021. In pursuit of diverse energy futures: the political economy of electricity in Senegal. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. doi: 10.1177/25148486211034808.

Food and nutrition

Guest edited Special Issues

van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., Gillespie, S., Harris, J. Stories of Change in Nutrition: Lessons from Africa and Asia. Food Security (Series in progress).

Gillespie, S., Bhavani, BV, Dangour, A., Poole, N., van den Bold, M. 2019. Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia. Food Policy (Special Issue) 82: 1-82.

Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., Menon, P. (Eds.). 2017. Stories of Change in Nutrition. Global Food Security (Special Issue) 13: 1-88.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Adeyemi, O., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., Covic, N. 2022. Changes in Nigeria’s enabling environment for nutrition from 2008 to 2019 and challenges for reducing malnutrition. Food Security Series on Stories of Change in Nutrition: Lessons from Africa and South Asia. doi: 10.1007/s12571-022-01328-2.

Nisbett, N., Harris, J., Headey, D., van den Bold, M., Gillespie, S., Aberman, N., Adeyemi, O., Aryeetey, R., Avula, R., Becquey, E., Drimie, S., Iruhiriye, E., Salm, L., & Turowska, Z. 2022.  Stories of change in nutrition: lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe. Food Security Series on Stories of Change in Nutrition: Lessons from Africa and South Asia. 10.1007/s12571-022-01314-8.

Turowska, Z., Buttarelli, E., Sombié, I., Touré, M., Nisbett, N., van den Bold, M. 2022. Stories of Change in Nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992-2018: a macro-level perspective. Food Security Series on Stories of Change in Nutrition: Lessons from Africa and South Asia. doi: 10.1007/s12571-022-01331-7.

Adeyemi, O., Toure, M., Covic, N., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., Headey, D. Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: a regression analysis. 2022. Food Security Series on Stories of Change in Nutrition: Lessons from Africa and South Asia. doi: 10.1007/s12571-022-01279-8.

Aryeetey, R., Atuobi-Yeboah, A., Billings, L., Touré, M., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N. 2021. Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: focus on stunting and anemia among children under 5 years (2009-2018). Food Security Series on Stories of Change in Nutrition: Lessons from Africa and South Asia. doi: 10.1007/s12571-021-01232-1.

Gillespie, S., Harris, J., Nisbett, N., van den Bold, M. 2021. Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: an introduction to a special series in Food Security. Food Security 13: 799-802. doi: 10.1007/s12571-021-01166-8.

van den Bold, M., Bliznashka, L., Ramani, G., Olney, D.K., Quisumbing, A.R., Pedehombga, A., Ouedraogo, M. 2021. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture program impacts on time use and associations with maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes in Burkina Faso. Maternal and Child Nutrition 17:e13104.

Gillespie, S., Poole, N., van den Bold, M., Bhavani, R.V., Dangour, A., Shetty, P. 2019. Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned? Food Policy (Special Issue) 82: 2-11. doi: 10.1007/s12571-015-0449-6.

Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M., Hodge, J. 2019. Nutrition and the governance of agri-food systems in South Asia: a systematic review. Food Policy (Special Issue) 82: 12-26. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.013.

Gillespie, S., Hoddinott, J., Nisbett, N., Arifeen, S., van den Bold, M. 2018. Evidence to Action: Highlights from Transform Nutrition Research (2012 – 2017). Food and Nutrition Bulletin 39(3): 335-360. doi: 10.1177/0379572118788155.

Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M. 2017. Stories of Change in Nutrition: an overview. In Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., and Menon, P. (Eds.) Stories of Change in Nutrition, Global Food Security (Special Issue) 13: 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.02.004.

Kohli, N., Avula, R., van den Bold, M., Becker, E., Nisbett, N., Haddad, L., Menon, P. 2017. What will it take to accelerate improvements in nutrition outcomes in Odisha? Learning from the past to prioritize the future. In Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., and Menon, P. (Eds.) Stories of Change in Nutrition, Global Food Security (Special Issue) 13: 38-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.04.002.

Nisbett, N., van den Bold, M., Gillespie, S., Menon, P., and the Stories of Change Study Team. 2017. Community-level perceptions of nutrition’s drivers of change: evidence from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., and Menon, P. (Eds.) Stories of Change in Nutrition, Global Food Security (Special Issue) 13: 74-82. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.01.006.

Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M. 2017. Agriculture, food systems and nutrition: making the connection. Global Challenges 1600002. doi: 10.1002/gch2.201600002.

Kim, S., Avula, R., Ved, R., Kohli, N., Singh, K., van den Bold, M., Kadiyala, S., Menon, P. 2017. Understanding the role of intersectoral convergence in the delivery of essential maternal and child nutrition interventions in Odisha, India: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 17:161. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4088-z.

van den Bold, M., Pedehombga, A., Ouedraogo, M., Quisumbing, A., Olney, D. 2015. Can integrated agriculture-nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? Journal of Development Studies 51(9): 1155-1174. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2015.1036036.

van den Bold, M., Kohli, N., Gillespie, S., Zuberi, S., Rajeesh, S., Chakraborty, B. 2015. Is There an Enabling Environment for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in South Asia? Stakeholder perspectives from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 36(2): 231-247. doi: 10.1177/0379572115587494.

Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M., Hodge, J., Herforth, A. 2015. Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia and East Africa: Examining the enabling environment through stakeholder perceptions. Food Security 7(3): 463-477. doi: 10.1007/s12571-015-0449-6.

Doss, C., Kovarik, C., Peterman, A., Quisumbing, A., van den Bold, M. 2015. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myth and reality. Agricultural Economics 46(3): 403-434. doi: 10.1111/agec.12171.

Quisumbing, A. R., Rubin, D., Manfre, C., Waithanji, E., van den Bold, M., Olney, D., Johnson, N. Meinzen-Dick, R. 2015. Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture:  learning from high-value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia. Agriculture and Human Values 32(4): 705-725. doi: 10.1007/s10460-015-9587-x.

Avula, R., Kim, S., Kohli, N., Chakrabarti, S., Tyagi, P., Singh, K., van den Bold, M., Kadiyala, S., Menon, P. 2015. At-scale delivery of Essential Nutrition Interventions (ENIs) in India is limited by variable gaps in policy, design, implementation and demand. The FASEB Journal 29(1), Supplement 898.32.

Book chapters

Menon, P., Kohli, N., van den Bold, M., Becker, E., Nisbett, N., Haddad, L., and R. Avula. 2016. Chapter 17: 25 Years of Scaling Up: Nutrition and Health Interventions in Odisha, India in Nourishing Millions. Stories of Change in Nutrition. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Discussion papers

Gillespie, S., van den Bold, M. 2015. Stories of Change in Nutrition – A Tool Pool. IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01494. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Quisumbing, A. R., Rubin, D., Manfre, C., Waithanji, E., van den Bold, M., Olney, D., Meinzen-Dick, R. 2014. Closing the Gender Asset Gap. Learning from value chain development in Africa and Asia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01321. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Doss, C., Kovarik, C., Peterman, A., Quisumbing, A., van den Bold, M. 2013. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myth and reality. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1302. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

van den Bold, M., Pedehombga, A., Ouedraogo, M., Quisumbing, A., Olney, D. 2013. Can integrated agriculture-nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1315. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

van den Bold, M., Quisumbing, A., and Gillespie, S. 2013. Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition: An Evidence Review. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1294. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Briefs and short articles

Kohli, N., van den Bold, M., Becker, E., Avula, R., Nisbett, N., Haddad, L., and Menon, P. 2016. Odisha, India country brief. Stories of Change in Nutrition. Brighton, UK: Transform Nutrition.

van den Bold, M. 2014. Women’s empowerment and nutrition: what does the evidence tell us? Transform Nutrition research brief, Issue 02.

van den Bold, M., Pedehombga A, Ouedraogo M, Quisumbing A, Olney D. 2013. An Integrated Agriculture-Nutrition Program in Burkina Faso Can Change Gender Norms on Land and Asset Ownership. In Gender, Agriculture, and Assets: Learning from Eight Agricultural Development Interventions in Africa and South Asia, edited by A. Quisumbing, R. Meinzen-Dick, J. Njuki, and N. Johnson. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.