Dr J.J. Beuving (Joost)
Associate professor - Cultural Anthropology & Development Studies
Associate professor - Radboud Social Cultural Research
Thomas van Aquinostraat 4
6525 GD Nijmegen
Joost Beuving (PhD, MSc) specialises in the Anthropology of Economic Empowerment, especially in entrepreneurship, problematic debt and voluntary work. In 2023 he published the monograph 'Theorizing Entrepreneurship for the Future' (Berghahn, New York). His broader interest is methodological; with Geert de Vries he published the academic textbook 'The Craft of Naturalistic Inquiry" (Amsterdam University Press, 2015). He is national co-lead of the sectorplan theme Societal Diversity & Inequality, and initiator of the Radboud Expertise Group on Action against Indebtedness, R€GAIN.
He carries out anthropological field research in several parts of Africa and Europe, and publishes in leading academic journals and book series. He is also a journal editor and manuscript reviewer for several journals, he publishes book reviews on a variety of topics.