Eva Jacob

I am currently a research associate at the BETA, University of Strasbourg. I was a post-doctoral visiting scholar at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University from September 2025 to April 2026. 

My research interests include political economy, history of economic thought, social justice, philosophy and economics, experimental economics and unconditional basic income.

My PhD thesis explores the tension between unconditional basic income (UBI) and social justice, using interdisciplinary and complementary methods like conceptual and quantitative analysis, experimental economics, and a dual approach to the history of economic thought, which includes an analytical perspective and a quantitative analysis using bibliometric studies. It critically examines the fairness of UBI in light of its unconditional nature, which allows individuals to receive financial support without work requirements. 

Building on my doctoral research as a post-doctoral researcher, I conducted at the Center for the History of Political Economy (Duke University) a research agenda based on the archives of the economist Anthony B. Atkinson who was a leading figure in public economics and theory of optimal taxation.