Eva Lang (born January 10, 1947 in Stuttgart) is a German

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

. Before her retirement, she was full professor at

Bundeswehr University Munich 200px, Entrance to the university Bundeswehr University Munich (german: Universität der Bundeswehr München, UniBw München) is one of two research universities in Germany at federal level that both were founded in 1973 as part of the German Ar ...

for

economic policy The economy of governments covers the systems for setting levels of taxation, government budgets, the money supply and interest rates as well as the labour market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the e ...

in special consideration of

political economy Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour ...

Vita

Lang studied

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

and obtained her

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' ...

and

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including ...

on the topics of infrastructure,

business cycle Business cycles are intervals of expansion followed by recession in economic activity. These changes have implications for the welfare of the broad population as well as for private institutions. Typically business cycles are measured by exami ...

theory and

public finance Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achi ...

. After an assistantship at

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one o ...

, she was appointed to a professorship at

Fachhochschule Westküste The FH Westküste University of Applied Sciences (German ''Fachhochschule Westküste'') is a vocational university of higher education and applied research located in the city of Heide in the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Hols ...

Heide Heide (; Holsatian: ''Heid'') is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Dithmarschen. Population: 21,000. The German word ''Heide'' means "heath". In the 15th century four adjoining villages decided ...

, Germany. Starting in 1996, she was professor at

. She is founder member and since 2014 anew president of the steering committee of

Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie (VÖÖ) is a German scientific society promoting ecological principles in the global economy. History and background In 1992, the economist and the physicist Hans-Peter Dürr gave a joint talk at a conf ...

(VÖÖ), a German partner organisation of

International Society for Ecological Economics The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) was founded in 1989, based heavily on the work of Herman Daly to promote ecological economics and assist ecological economists and related societies. In 1996, the Right Livelihood Aw ...

. She is member of the board of trustees of Bürgerstiftung München, a

civic society In the United Kingdom, a civic society is a voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community. Some also take the role of an amenity society. A civic society may campaign for high standards of planning of new buildi ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

.Kuratorium
buergerstiftung-muenchen.de, accessed February 24, 2015. Her academic focus is ecological economics, sustainable

social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

and

budgetary policy Budgetary policy refers to government attempts to run a budget in equity or in surplus. The aim is to reduce the public debt. It is not the same as a fiscal policy In economics and political science, fiscal policy is the use of government ...

, precautionary economics and eco-social modernization.

Literatur

* (Zugleich Dissertation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Würzburg) * * * * *
online
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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Eva 1947 births Living people 20th-century German economists 21st-century German economists Ecological economists Environmental economists Bundeswehr University Munich faculty