Ingrid Robeyns — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities and the associated Ethics Institute.
Advocate of economic limitarianism, a concept she explores in her 2024 book 'Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth'.
Authored 'Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined' (2017) and co-authored 'Amartya Sen's work and ideas: a gender perspective' (2005).
Obtained a doctorate in economics from the University of Cambridge in 2003, with a dissertation on gender inequality and the capability approach.
Elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.
Served as the eighth president of the Human Development and Capability Association, elected in April 2017.

Biography

Ingrid A. M. Robeyns is a distinguished Belgian/Dutch philosopher who holds the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities and its Ethics Institute. Born in Leuven, Belgium, in 1972, she is a prominent advocate of economic limitarianism, a concept she has explored extensively in her academic work and publications.

Robeyns' academic foundation is multidisciplinary.