Jacques Grinevald
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Jacques Grinevald (born January 14, 1946 in Strasbourg) is a French philosopher and historian of scientific and technological development who helped pioneer the idea of degrowth.[1][2][3][4] He is a professor emeritus of global ecology at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.[5][6]
After studying political science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Grinevald went on to obtain a doctoral degree in epistemology and the history of science from Paris Nanterre University.[7][8][9]
Grinevald joined the faculty of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in 1973. He has also taught at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and at the University of Geneva.[10]
In 2015, he was awarded an Energy and Resources Institute Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Award "for his important contributions to the Decroissance (Degrowth) literature."[11]
