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Laura Deruytter

Biography

Laura Deruytter is the Principal Investigator of the Decarbonisation and Finance Chair.

Laura Deruytter is interested in how financial markets influence our daily life. Trained as a geographer, her PhD research examined the financial logics shaping municipally-owned energy and water utilities in Flanders.

Fields and research interests

Financialisation

Sustainable welfare and eco-social policies 

Ecological economics 

Political economy 

(Critical) futures studies 

Urban studies