Ro Naastepad

Ro Naastepad is a Senior Lecturer in Economics of Technology and Innovation at TU Delft's Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. Her research reconceptualizes economics as a practical-ethical discipline, challenging neoclassical approaches through Aristotelian philosophy and alternative capital frameworks.

Key work examines technological unemployment, advocating for robot taxation and redefined progress metrics to ensure equitable automation benefits. She critiques NAIRU economics for exacerbating inequality and collaborates on EU projects like CrESSI (Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation).

Naastepad teaches monetary theory, technological change, and policy modeling while exploring accounting as a mirror of economic values.