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Nationality: Germany

Affiliation: UFMG Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Student Status: Other professional (non-academic)

Level of Education: Ph.D.

Field of Study: Economics

Joined: October 8, 2016

Jakob Sparn

Belo Horizonte, BR

Member: Financial Stability, History of Economic Thought, Economic History, Cooperatives, Keynesian Economics, Gender and Economics, Political Economy of Europe, Latin America, East Asia, Africa, Core, States and Markets, Behavior and Society, Commons, Finance, Law, and Economics, Complexity Economics, Economics of Innovation, Inequality, Sustainability, Economic Development

Organizer: Urban and Regional Economics

Research Interests

  • Economic Development
  • Inequality
  • Philosophy of Economics
  • Political Economy of Development
  • Regional and Urban Economics
  • Sustainability
  • Welfare Economics

About

Interested in ecological economics and development theory and practice, particularly in the transition towards a post-growth society. Recently focusing his research on the post-development and degrowth approaches from an urban and regional perspective.