HHB is glad to welcome Jutta Bolt – Associate Professor at Lund University – as a new HHB Researcher.

Prof. Bolt holds a PhD in Economics (University of Groningen). Her research focuses on understanding long term comparative economic development patterns, with a special focus on Africa. Her current research projects include studying long term population dynamics in Africa, understanding the historical origins of present-day income inequality in Africa, studying long term agricultural productivity in Africa and the Maddison project aimed at measuring long rung global economic development.