Ingrid Robeyns
Ingrid A. M. Robeyns is a Belgian/Dutch philosopher who holds the Chair Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities and the associated Ethics Institute.
Robeyns is also a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association and was elected the association's eighth president in April 2017. She is a notable advocate of economic limitarianism (ethical).
Biography
Robeyns is from Leuven, Belgium. She earned a Belgian licentiate qualification in economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1994. She went on to study social and political science in Germany at the Georg August Universität, Göttingen. Robeyns returned to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for her MSc in economics, which she completed in 1997.Her doctorate in economics came from the University of Cambridge in 2003. Her dissertation was on gender inequality and the capability approach. Robeyns also has an MA in philosophy from the Open University.
Robeyns claimed dual Dutch/Belgian citizenship in 2013.