World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Peter Roberts
Professor
Emory University


Peter is Professor of Organization & Management at Emory University and Academic Director of their Business & Society Institute. Over the past several years, he has focused his research efforts on the global specialty coffee industry. These efforts include a recently accepted World Development article called Is the Rising Tide of Specialty Coffee Lifting All Boats? and a book project titled From Supply and Demand to Numbers, Networks, and Narratives: Confronting the Commodification of Specialty Coffee Producers. Peter also works on programs that aspire to make coffee markets work for more people, in more places, and in more ways. These include the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide and a series of Storytelling Workshops (part of The Coffee Circuit) that support producers transitioning into specialty coffee production.

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