David Gindis

Dr David Gindis

Small Group Project 2021-22

Cooperatives for Sustainable Development

This projects brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers for a two-day workshop on the role of cooperative firms in fostering sustainable development in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which sets a course to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Cooperatives are recognized as important vectors for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), because they promote democracy, ensure fair income distribution, foster social inclusion, and care for the environment. However, as noted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in a joint initiative last year, while cooperatives are central to the realization of sus¬tainable development around the world, their focus on members and local community needs diminishes their national and interna¬tional visibility, and adversely affects their potential contribution to the design and realization of SDGs.

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Areas of interest

Theory of the Firm Company Law Corporations Organisational Studies Business Ethics Political Philosophy Social Ontology

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Biography

David Gindis is Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, where he teaches company law, corporate governance, and the economic analysis of law. An institutional economist by training, he holds a BA, MA, and MPhil from the University of Lyon Lumière and completed his PhD at the University of Hertfordshire. Prior to joining Warwick in 2023, he taught microeconomics and political economy at the University of Hertfordshire Business School, having previously held positions at higher education institutions in Lyon, France. He is a co-founder and current Secretary of the World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR), and is also an Academic Affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics and an Affiliate Researcher of the Workshop on Governing Knowledge Commons. His work has been recognised with the Herbert Simon Young Scholar Prize from the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (2008) and the History of Economic Analysis Award from the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (2021).

Biographical details correct as of 24.04.26