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Irene van Staveren is a professor of pluralist development economics at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her theoretical interests encompass a wide variety of economic theories, including feminist economics, social economics, institutional economics, capability approach, and post-Keynesian economics. She focuses on meso-level economic topics related to social cohesion, social exclusion, inequality, discrimination, social norms, ethics, and values in economics. Van Staveren leads projects such as the online database 'Indices of Social Development' and is a member of the think tank Sustainable Finance Lab, where she advocates for sustainability and collective responsibility. She authored a pluralist economics textbook, published by Routledge in 2015, which became a massive open online course on Coursera, achieving over 70,000 learners globally. In 2021, she published 'Alternative Ideas from Ten (Almost) Forgotten Economists,' contributing to discussions about mainstream economic theories.
International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam
Full professor focusing on pluralist development economics.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.