14 Facts About Kate Raworth

Kate Raworth was born in 1970 to a florist mother and a businessman father; she has an older sister, Sophie.

Kate Raworth grew up in Twickenham in Middlesex, and attended St Paul's Girls School.

Kate Raworth then studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford, influenced by Andrew Graham.

Kate Raworth achieved first-class honours, and followed this with an MSc in Development Economics.

For 3 years from 1995, Kate Raworth worked to promote micro-enterprise development in Zanzibar as a fellow of the Overseas Development Institute.

From 2002 to 2013, Kate Raworth was a senior researcher at Oxfam.

Kate Raworth is currently a senior research associate, tutor, and advisory board member of the Environmental Change Institute of the University of Oxford, a senior associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and a member of the advisory board at the ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies.

In 2017, Kate Raworth published Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist which elaborates on her concept of doughnut economics, first developed in her 2012 paper, A Safe and Just Space for Humanity.

Kate Raworth's 2017 book is a counter-proposal to mainstream economic thinking, and she advocates for conditions to create a sustainable economy.

Kate Raworth argues for a radical re-consideration of the foundations of economic science, and is particularly critical of the outdated principle of unfettered growth, in that it is destructive of planetary resources while ill-serving human needs including quality of life.

In 2020, Kate Raworth was inaugurated as professor of practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

In 2021, Kate Raworth was appointed to the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health For All, chaired by Mariana Mazzucato.

Kate Raworth is married to Roman Krznaric, an Australian philosopher.

Kate Raworth's sister Sophie Raworth is a BBC journalist and broadcaster.