Research topic:
The measurement of welfare, poverty, and inequality.
Jakob is an Analysing and Challenging Inequalities scholar funded by the International Inequalities Insitute at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. He is also Research and Policy Officer at the within the at the University of Oxford and Lecturer at . He studied (BA), (MA), and (MSc & MPP) with Social Protection specialisation in Germany, Spain, and at the United Nations University. Previously, Jakob held research and teaching positions with the at the University of Oxford and worked for the German Federal Foreign Office. Some of his most recent publications include reports for and with the and the , , as well as academic articles and book chapters on , , , and metrics of welfare and development.
Research interests: the development and use of conceptually and normatively sound metrics for evidence-based policy-making. He seeks to better align well-being measurement with what people value and conducts research on the theoretical formulation, empirical estimation, and policy-application of welfare, inequality, and poverty measures.
Supervisors: Dr Tania Burchardt, Professor Frank Cowell
Expertise details
Measurement, Inequality, Well-Being, Poverty, Welfare Economics, Development, Public Policy, Political Philosophy