Dr. Sabine Go

Biography

Sabine Go is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She obtained her PhD from Vrije Universiteit in 2009. Her research is primarily focused on the emergence and development of economic institutions in the early modern Low Countries. Currently, her work examines the occurrence and evolution of contract enforcement mechanisms and their effects on economic development and the behavior of parties within specific industries. Go has been involved in various projects, including the NWO project 'Risky Business: Pricing, Governance, and Integration of European Insurance Markets from c. 1400 to c. 1870' as the Principal Investigator. Furthermore, she has received prestigious grants, such as the Charles Wendell Research Grant from the New Netherland Institute and an ERC Consolidator Grant, contributing to her investigations into early modern legislation and procedures around 'averij grosse'. She has collaborated internationally with experts from institutions like the University of Parma and the University of Cambridge, and she is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Her recent activities involve presenting lectures on the governance of marine insurance during the late 16th to 19th centuries. Additionally, she has contributed to creating the 'Insurance Pricing Database 14th-19th century'.

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