Esther-Mirjam Sent is Professor of Economic Theory and Economic Policy at Radboud University Nijmegen. Her research interests include behavioural economics, experimental economics and economic policy as well as the history and philosophy of the economic sciences and the economics of science. Points of attention are limited rationality, emotion and gender.

Prof. Sent is co-editor of the Journal of Institutional Economics and member of the Upper House on behalf of the Dutch Labour Party.