Professor emeritus (2019-), and academic staff member (1983-2019), International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Degrees: M.A. (University of Cambridge, UK), Ph.D. (University of East Anglia, UK). Worked in Southern Africa 1979-89. Areas of specialization: 1. Development ethics, human development and human security, well-being; with special reference to climate change, and to migration; 2. Methodologies in public policy analysis and evaluation; especially in analysis of policy discourse and argumentation. https://www.eur.nl/people/des-gasper