Amitava Krishna Dutt
Rank
Regular Faculty - ProfessorTitle
Professor of Economics and Political Science
Fellow, Kellogg Institute of International Studies
Fellow, Kroc Institution of International Peace Studies
Director, Minor in international Development
Field(s)
International Relations
Education
B.A. Economics, University of Calcutta, 1975
M.A. Economics, University of Calcutta, 1977
Ph.D. Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983
Research and Teaching Interests
development economics, international economics, political economy, international political economy and macroeconomics
Advising Specialties
international political economy, political economy of development
Biography
Professor Dutt's areas of specialization are macroeconomic theory, development economics, international economics, political economy and international political economy. His current research focuses on global uneven development and globalization, models of growth and distribution, consumption and happiness, and the political economy of war and peace. He is the author or editor of several books including Growth, Distribution and Uneven Development (Cambridge, 1990), Crossing the Mainstream (coedited with K Jameson, Notre Dame, 2001), Development Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics (coedited with J Ros, Edward Elgar, 2003), International Handbook of Development Economics (2 volumes, coedited with J Ros, Edward Elgar, 2008), Happiness, Economics and Politics (coedited with B Radcliff, Edward Elgar, 2009), and Economics and Ethics (coauthored with C Wilber, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010) and the author of over 140 papers published in edited volumes and economics journals including American Economic Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, History of Political Economy, International Review of Applied Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Metroeconomica, Oxford Economic Papers, Review of Political Economy, Review of Radical Political Economics, and World Development. He is a coeditor of the international journal, Metroeconomica. He previously served as chairperson of the Economics Department at Notre Dame.
Office Hours
Tuesdays 12:15pm-1:15pm, Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm, Thursdays 12:15pm-1:15pm & by appointmentContact Information
Office: 420 Decio
Phone: 574-631-7594
Fax: 574-631-4405
Email: adutt@nd,edu
Mailing Address
Department of Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
