Ingrid Robeyns

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. She is also a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association and was elected the association's eighth president in April 2017. She is an advocate of economic limitarianism.

Biography

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. Robeyns also has an MA in philosophy from the Open University (2007).

Robeyns claimed dual Dutch/Belgian citizenship in 2013.

Academic career In 2006, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research awarded Robeyns a five-year grant for research on theories of justice. In 2018, Robeyns was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Publications

Robeyns, Ingrid (2024). Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth. London: Allen Lane/Penguin. ISBN 9780241578193