Professor Lorde has taught many courses over the years at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including supervision of several MPhil and PhD students. His teaching and mentoring have been recognised by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Guild of Students for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.  The Faculty of Social Sciences also awarded for Recognition of Leadership and Mentoring.

 

Professor Lorde’s main research interests are in the fields of international tourism, tourism demand, and international trade. He has published 55 papers and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals, prepared 7 technical reports and presented papers at 47 conferences.  The Professor has also received numerous research grants and awards from The UWI, including the prestigious Principal’s Award for Excellence in Research, the Campus Award for Best Collaborative Research and Campus Award for in Recognition of Researchers/Research Teams who have won Significant Funding. According to Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), a central index of economics research, he is currently ranked in the top 10% of researchers in Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) and top 14% in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
 
Professor Lorde currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) and Deputy Chairman of the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC), both in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, and as Member of the Minimum Wage Board in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Relations.  He is a Member of the Conference of the Latin American Network for Research on Services (REDLAS) Academic Committee, a member of the International Association of Tourism Economics and formerly a member of the Commonwealth Specialist Pool of Consultants on Small States and Climate Finance.