Partha Dasgupta

Sir Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Previously, he taught at the London School of Economics and Stanford University.His research has covered development economics, the economics of technological change, population, social capital and ecological economics. In 2021 he was awarded the Kew International Medal of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and in 2023 was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for "services to economics and the natural environment." In February 2024 he won The Frontiers of Knowledge Award.