For the next week “Ingrid Robeyns”:http://www.ingridrobeyns.nl/ will be guest-blogging here at Crooked Timber. When Ingrid is not busy trying to convince her 8-month old son to eat his vegetables, she works on topics such as Amartya Sen’s capability approach. Ingrid has just been given a big grant from Dutch National Science Foundation to do research on social justice and the new welfare state, with a special focus on parenthood, gender and the elderly. She’s Belgian by nationality, but studied and worked all over the place, including in Germany, the UK and the US, and is currently based in the Netherlands. Ingrid reports that she was once introduced to the Crown Prince of Belgium as “A great Belgian feminist”. Apparently this produced a reaction of incredulity and fear and the question “Are you _really_ a feminist?” She’s trained as an economist, but has worked in political science, philosophy and social policy. I’m sure she’ll have lots to say to us over the next week.
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anno-nymous 08.21.06 at 8:40 pm
Ingrid has just been given a big grant… to do research on social justice and the new welfare state, with a special focus on parenthood, gender and the elderly.
When I hear gender, I tend to assume that means women’s + gay & lesbian issues. Under that interpretation, there is no special focus on single straight men below the age of 60, or on straight male orphans. Don’t box yourself in too tightly!
In all seriousness, though, it sounds interesting and I look forward to reading the posts.
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