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Ingrid Robeyns | |
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 Robeyns in 2014 | |
| Born | Ingrid A. M. Robeyns (1972-09-10)10 September 1972 (age 53) Leuven, Belgium |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | KU Leuven (Lic.,MSc) Open University (MA) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Thesis | Gender Inequality: A Capability Perspective (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Amartya Sen |
| Influences | Martha Nussbaum |
| Academic work | |
| School or tradition | Capability Approach |
| Institutions | Utrecht University Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Main interests | Welfare economics,development economics, ethics |
| Notable ideas | Human development theory,Limitarianism (ethical) |
| Notes | |
Ingrid A. M. Robeyns (born 1972) is a Belgian/Dutch philosopher who holds the Chair Ethics of Institutions atUtrecht University, Faculty of Humanities and the associated Ethics Institute.[2]
Robeyns is also a Fellow of theHuman Development and Capability Association (HDCA) and was elected the association's eighth president in April 2017.[3] She is a notable advocate of economiclimitarianism (ethical).
Robeyns is fromLeuven,Belgium. She earned a Belgianlicentiate qualification in economics from theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in 1994. She went on to study social and political science in Germany at theGeorg August Universität, Göttingen (University of Göttingen). Robeyns returned to theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven for herMSc in economics, which she completed in 1997.
Herdoctorate in economics came from theUniversity of Cambridge in 2003. Her dissertation was on gender inequality and the capability approach.[4] Robeyns also has anMA in philosophy from theOpen University (2007).[4][5]
Robeyns claimed dual Dutch/Belgian citizenship in 2013.[6]
In 2006, theNetherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded her a five-year Vidi grant for research on theories of justice.[4] The research considers what the question of justice means within the welfare state for children, parents and non-parents.[7] In 2018 Robeyns was elected member of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]
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