Neva Goodwin

Neva Goodwin
Born
Neva Goodwin Rockefeller

(1944-06-01) June 1, 1944 (age 80)
EducationHarvard University (BA, MPA)
Boston University (PhD)
EmployerTufts University
Known forDirector of the Global Development And Environment Institute
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(m. 1966; div. 1981)​
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(m. 1981; died 2016)​
Children2, including David Kaiser
Parent(s)David Rockefeller
Margaret McGrath
RelativesSee Rockefeller family

Neva Goodwin Rockefeller (born June 1, 1944) is an American businesswoman. She's served as co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University since 1993, where she is a research associate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy[1] and director of the Social Science Library: Frontier Thinking in Sustainable Development and Human Well-Being.[2]

Goodwin works towards a contextual economics theory that will have more relevance to contemporary real-world social and ecological concerns than does the dominant economic paradigm.[3] To this end, Goodwin is the lead author of two introductory university-level economics textbooks as well as online teaching modules,[4] along with editing two six-part series among other publications (see below).

Goodwin is also involved with efforts to motivate business to recognize social and ecological health as significant, long-term corporate goals. She is involved in socially responsible investing[5] and served in leadership roles at organizations such as, most recently, the New Economy Coalition,[6] Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Ceres, and the Sustainable Endowments Institute.[7][8]

  1. ^ "GDAE Researchers". tufts.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
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  3. ^ Some Defining Characteristics of Contextual Economics
  4. ^ "GDAE Teaching Modules on Social and Environmental Issues in Economics". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
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  6. ^ "New Economy Coalition". Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
  7. ^ "Neva R. Goodwin Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  8. ^ Neva Rockefeller Goodwin << Global Philanthropy Forum