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Full Name
Gerda Kits
Preferred Name
Gerda Kits
Pronouns
she/her
Country
Canada
Email
gerda.kits AT kingsu.ca
Gender
Woman
Affiliation(s)
The King's University
About Me
Dr. Kits is a settler of European (Dutch) descent, living in Treaty Six territory in Alberta, Canada. She is an associate professor of economics at The King’s University. She has a BA in Environmental Studies from the King’s University, a Master’s of Development Economics degree from Dalhousie University, and a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Alberta. Her two primary areas of research are the socio-economic and ecological impacts of Alberta’s oilsands industry, and decolonizing and Indigenizing the economics curriculum.
Expertise by Geography
North America
Expertise by sub-field
Economic Development, Economic History, Ecological / Environmental Economics, Political Economy, Postcolonial Economics
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