Professor S. Mansoob Murshed

2002/2003 Mansoob Murshed

On 6 March 2003, Professor S. Mansoob Murshed was appointed to the Prince Claus Chair by Utrecht University for the period 2002/2003. Born in 1958, Professor Murshed is an economist from Bangladesh.
Reasons for appointing Professor Murshed include his academic work in the fields of trade and freedom of trade and in the field of peace and conflict management in relation to economic development.

Professor Murshed’s most recent field of research concerns the economics of conflict. His research will provide answers to the question of why some countries manage to avoid conflict, while others do not.