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Economics and Finance

D-Index
139
Citations
296505
World Ranking
14
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his multifaceted achievement that “combines insights into human vulnerability with knowledge about the potential of democratic political power to redress and relieve this deprivation.
  • 2009 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2000 - Leontief Prize, Global Development and Environment Institute
  • 1998 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his contributions to welfare economics
  • 1998 - Nobel Prize for his contributions to welfare economics
  • 1995 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 1982 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1968 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Amartya Sen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the field of Computer Science, particularly focusing on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, and Artificial Intelligence. Their research covers multiple subfields including Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Social Psychology, and Automotive Engineering.

Their primary research topics encompass:

  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Cloud Data Security Solutions
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Recommender Systems and Techniques
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations

Sen's publication venues include Philosophy & Public Affairs, Economia Politica, Journal of Information Security and Applications, Software Practice and Experience, and the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research. Among these, Philosophy & Public Affairs features the most publications, followed by Economia Politica.

Significant recent research papers authored by Sen include:

  • Application design phase risk assessment framework using cloud security domains (2020), Journal of Information Security and Applications
  • Analysis of a cloud migration framework for offline risk assessment of cloud service providers (2020), Software Practice and Experience
  • Women scientists and pandemics (2021), Economia Politica

Frequent co-authors in Sen's work are Kenneth K. Fletcher, Anna Stilz, Nico Cornell, Garrett Cullity, and Marc Fleurbaey, each contributing to collaborative projects alongside Sen.

Sen has contributed to book publications as well, including "The Tanner Lectures on Human Values" published by University of Utah Press in 2024, which has received citations over 400 times.

Sen has been recognized with multiple awards and honors throughout their career including the 2017 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for achievements combining human vulnerability insights with democratic political power. They are also a Nobel Prize laureate in Economics from 1998 for contributions to welfare economics, along with the Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics awarded the same year.

  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2003)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2000)
  • Leontief Prize, Global Development and Environment Institute (2000)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (1995)
  • Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association (1982)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1981)
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society (1968)
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Best Publications

  • Development as Freedom

    Amartya Kumar Sen

  • Commodities and Capabilities

    Amartya Kumar Sen

  • Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation

    Amartya Sen

  • Hunger and Public Action

    Jean Drèze;Amartya Kumar Sen

  • On ethics and economics

    Amartya Kumar Sen

  • On Economic Inequality

    Amartya Kumar Sen;James E. Foster

  • Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation.

    Amartya Sen

  • Report by the commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress

    Jean-Paul Fitoussi;Amartya Sen;Joseph E. Stiglitz

  • Collective Choice and Social Welfare

    Amartya Kumar Sen

  • Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory

    Amartya K. Sen

  • Collective Choice and Social Welfare: An Expanded Edition

    Amartya Sen

  • Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement

    Amartya Sen

  • India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity

    Jean Drèze;Amartya Kumar Sen

  • The measurement of economic performance and social progress revisited

    Joseph Stiglitz;Amartya Sen;Jean-Paul Fitoussi

  • Social exclusion : concept, application, and scrutiny

    Amartya Sen

  • Poor, Relatively Speaking

    Amartya Kumar Sen

  • Inequality Re-examined

    David Archard;Amartya Sen

  • Human Rights and Capabilities

    Amartya Sen

  • The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal

    Amartya Kumar Sen

  • Utilitarianism and Beyond

    Amartya Kumar Sen;Bernard Arthur Owen Williams

  • The Quality of Life.

    Robert Sugden;Martha Nussbaum;Amartya Sen

  • Hunger and Public Action. By Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 373p. $45.00.

    Howard Tolley;Jean Dreze;Amartya Sen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Drèze
Jean Drèze University of Delhi
Sudhir Anand
Sudhir Anand University of Oxford
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
Martha Craven Nussbaum
Martha Craven Nussbaum University of Chicago
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams University of Oxford
Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
Kotaro Suzumura
Kotaro Suzumura Waseda University
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta University of Cambridge
T. N. Srinivasan
T. N. Srinivasan Yale University

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