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Alexander Andersson

Research data Advisor

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Mail
alexander.andersson@gu.se
Visiting address
Erik Dahlbergsgatan 11 B
41126 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 100
40530 Göteborg

About Alexander Andersson

Background

Doctor of Practical Philosophy.

Research

From 2022 to 2025, I was a postdoctoral fellow funded by the Swedish Research council, working on the project “What do we deserve in a meritocracy?”. During these years I split my time between the University of Gothenburg and Tilburg University (TiLPS). The purpose of the project was to investigate the viability of meritocracy as a distributive principle for social and economic goods. My doctoral project was part of the Financial Ethics Research Group and focused mainly on the concept of desert and just pay theories. I defended my thesis, "Giving Executives Their Due: Just Pay, Desert, and Equality", in December 2021. The thesis is available here.