Ingrid A. M. Robeyns (born 1972) is a Belgian/Dutch philosopher who holds the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities and the associated Ethics Institute.[2] She is also a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association and was elected the association's eighth president in April 2017.[3] She is an advocate of economic limitarianism.
Ingrid Robeyns | |
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 Robeyns in 2014 | |
| Born | Ingrid A. M. Robeyns 10 September 1972 Leuven, Belgium |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | KU Leuven (Lic., MSc) Open University (MA) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Thesis | Gender Inequality: A Capability Perspective (2002) |
| Amartya Sen | |
| Influences | Martha Nussbaum |
| Academic work | |
School or tradition | Capability approach |
| Institutions | Utrecht University Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Main interests | |
Notable ideas | |
| Website | ingridrobeyns |
| Notes | |
Biography
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Robeyns was born in Leuven, Belgium, in 1972. She earned a licentiate qualification in economics from the KU Leuven in 1994. She went on to study social and political science at the University of Göttingen in Germany. She returned to KU Leuven for her MSc in economics, which she completed in 1997. She obtained her doctorate in economics from the University of Cambridge in 2003, with a dissertation was on gender inequality and the capability approach.[4] Robeyns also has an MA in philosophy from the Open University (2007).[4][5]
Robeyns claimed dual Dutch/Belgian citizenship in 2013.[6]
Academic career
editIn 2006, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research awarded Robeyns a five-year grant for research on theories of justice.[4] The work considers what the question of justice means within the welfare state for children, parents, and non-parents.[7] In 2018, Robeyns was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]
Publications
edit- Robeyns, Ingrid (July 2002). Gender inequality: a capability perspective (PhD thesis). Cambridge University. OCLC 894596063.
- Robeyns, Ingrid; Kuklys, Wiebke (2004). Sen's Capability Approach to welfare economics – Cambridge working paper in economics 0415 (PDF). Cambridge, England: Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- Robeyns, Ingrid; Agarwal, Bina; Humpries, Jane (2005). Amartya Sen's work and ideas: a gender perspective. Oxon, England: Routledge. ISBN 9780415373203.
- Robeyns, Ingrid; Brighouse, Harry (2010). Measuring justice: primary goods and capabilities. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781843156994.
- Robeyns, Ingrid (2014). The Capability Approach. Cambridge, England: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781909254909
- Robeyns, Ingrid; van Hees, Martin; Nys, Thomas (2014). Basisboek ethiek. Amsterdam, Holland: Uitgeverij Boom. ISBN 9789461059321.
- Robeyns, Ingrid (2017). Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined. Cambridge, England: Open Book Publishers. doi:10.11647/OBP.0130. hdl:10419/182376. ISBN 9781783744237.
- Robeyns, Ingrid (2019). "What, if Anything, is Wrong with Extreme Wealth?". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 20 (3). Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 20:3: 251–266. doi:10.1080/19452829.2019.1633734.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Prof.dr. I.A.M. Robeyns (1972 – )". Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ↑ "Human Resource Management – Nog meer nieuws over HR" [Human Resources Management – More HR news] (in Dutch).
- ↑ "HDCA Fellows". Human Development & Capability Association. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- 1 2 3 Morris, Christopher (2009), "Contributors", in Morris, Christopher (ed.), Amartya Sen, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii–xiii, ISBN 9780521618069
- ↑ Robeyns, Ingrid. "CV". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ Robeyns, Ingrid (13 October 2013). "One woman, two votes". Crooked Timber. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ "Social justice and the new welfare state". Eramus University Rotterdam. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ "Ingrid Robeyns". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.
