birth_place field work_institutions birth_date article_title name
næstved , denmark sociology , comparative social policy harvard university european university institute pompeu fabra university 24 november 1947 gøsta esping-andersen
 gøsta esping-andersen
gøsta esping-andersen

gøsta esping-andersen -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 24 november 1947 , næstved , denmark -rrb- , is a danish sociologist whose primary focus is on the welfare state and its place in capitalist economies .
esping-andersen is a professor at pompeu fabra university in barcelona -lrb- spain -rrb- , and member of the scientific committee of the juan march institute and of the board of trustees and the scientific council at the imdea social sciences institute , both in madrid -lrb- spain -rrb- .
