Luiza Toma studied statistics and economic forecasting at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Following a period of research with the Institute of Agricultural Economics of the Romanian Academy, and consultancy with the World Bank, European Commission, FAO and OECD, she went on to doctoral research on international trade and environment at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Since joining Scotland’s Rural College in 2005, she has been applying economic modelling to animal health and welfare, food waste, environmental efficiency, and technological uptake in over 30 research projects, with findings published in more than 40 refereed journal articles. She is also involved in (mostly postgraduate) teaching and supervision at SRUC and the University of Edinburgh.